Regulation No. 21 of the Minister of Environment establishing the Procedure for the Protection of Sapropel and Sea Mud. Pays/Territoire Estonie Type du document Règlement Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Mer Mot clé Zones marines protégées Port Navigation Aire protégée Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord Résumé This Procedure establishes protection measures to ensure preservation of the supplies of sapropel and sea mud and the quality thereof. For the purpose of this Procedure, the protection zone of deposits of curative mud on shores, banks and coasts of water bodies shall mean a construction prohibition zone as defined in the Protection of Marine and Freshwater Coasts, Shores and Banks Act, where the following additional restrictions shall be applied within the boundaries of the deposit, in the water area immediately surrounding the deposit and on the terrestrial area closer than 1000 m to the boundaries of the deposit: (a) harbours and other facilities associated with water traffic may be constructed, reconstructed or restored in compliance with a general or detailed spatial plan upon the approval from the Ministry of the Environment and on the condition that the related traffic would not have any negative impact on beds of curative mud; (b) establishment of fish-farms and amelioration systems is prohibited; (c) establishment of beaches within 1000 m from the boundaries of deposits of curative mud is permitted upon the approval from the Ministry of the Environment. The following additional restrictions shall be imposed on the use of water bodies: (a) marking of a public waterway above a deposit of curative mud is permitted only on the approval from the Ministry of the Environment and on the condition that water traffic would not have any negative impact on the bed of curative mud; (b) works causing alteration of the water level or the bottom of any water body, and sinking of non-hazardous waste in a deposit of curative mud or closer than 1000 m from the boundaries of such deposits is prohibited; (d) county governments have the right to impose restrictions on the traffic of water vehicles outside public waterways in order to prevent adverse impact of water vehicles on beds of curative mud; (e) organisation of sports events which involve water vehicles fitted with a motor, directly above deposits of curative mud, is prohibited; and (f) special use of water requiring construction of water intake facilities or wastewater recipients within 1000 m from the boundaries of deposits is prohibited. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legaltext.ee