of October 16, 2009 No. 555
About protection of soils
This Law determines the basic principles of state policy, the legal basis of activities of public authorities, physical persons and legal entities for the purpose of rational and careful use of soils, preserving quality, fertility and protection of soils against the negative phenomena and governs complex of the relations connected with protection of soils.
In this Law the following basic concepts are used:
- the soil - the natural or changed as a result of economic and other activity earth blanket which is consisting of mineral and organic substances, water, air, soil organisms and products of their life activity having the fertility, structure and other properties necessary for existence of plants and animals, life support and activities of the person;
- protection of soils - complex of legal, organizational, economic and other measures on rational use of soils, and also according to the prevention of their degradation and protection against negative impacts of natural and technogenic nature;
- soil condition - set of the indicators characterizing structure, structure and properties of the soil;
- quality of the soil - set of the properties of the soil determining nature and efficiency of participation of soils in providing the favorable circle for dwelling of the person, plants and animals;
- fertile layer of earth - the upper layer of earth having properties, favorable for growth of plants;
- rare soils - the soils created in unique climatic conditions and having special nature protection, scientific and other valuable characteristics;
- the soils which are under the threat of disappearance - the soils losing the properties or disappearing as natural natural objects;
- standard rates of quality of the soil - the indicators characterizing structure and properties of the soil in case of which it keeps the fertility;
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