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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of January 10, 1996 No. 4-FZ

About land reclamation

(as amended on 01-12-2025)

Accepted by the State Duma on December 8, 1995

This Federal Law establishes the legal basis of activities in the field of land reclamation, determines powers of public authorities, local government bodies by regulation of the specified activities, and also the rights and obligations of citizens (physical persons) and legal entities performing activities in the field of land reclamation and providing effective use and protection of the reclaimed lands.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Land reclamation tasks

Land reclamation is performed for the purpose of increase in productivity and stability of agriculture, ensuring the guaranteed production of agricultural products on the basis of the reproduction of fertility of lands of agricultural purpose and lands intended for implementation of agricultural activities, and also creation of necessary conditions for involvement in agricultural production of not used and unproductive lands and forming of rational structure of agricultural holdings.

Article 2. Basic concepts

For the purposes of this Federal Law the following basic concepts are used:

land reclamation - the activities directed to improvement of properties of lands, including to reproduction of fertility of lands by holding meliorative actions both their scientific and technological providing;

meliorative actions - designing, construction, reconstruction, capital repairs and operation of meliorative systems and separately located hydraulic engineering constructions, creation of agricultural forest melioration plantings and agrophytomeliorative plantings, carrying out kulturtekhnichesky works, works on improvement of chemical and physical properties of soils;

the reclaimed lands - lands which insufficient fertility improves by means of implementation of meliorative actions;

the reclaimed lands - lands on which meliorative events are held;

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