This Act provides rules relative to cultivation, husbandry and forestry in times of war. It grants extraordinary powers to the Minister, assisted by a special Commission, to issue rules relative to agricultural production and the land use.
Decree to regulate the discharge of solid waste. The text consists of 20 articles divided into 3 Chapters: General provisions (I); Requirements relative to obtaining a permit (II); Further provisions (III). Article 1 contains definitions. Article 2 defines the application sphere of the…
This Decree prohibits the discharge of specified types of waste in discharge premises which from part of a specified category, including various kinds of organic waste from plants or animals. It also makes provision for power of the Competent Authority to attach conditions to the granting of a…
The Environment, Nature and Town and Country Planning Research Council shall carry out research regarding aspects of the environment, town and country planning and nature conservation and restoration in the Netherlands. The Council may submit policy proposals to the Minister of Agriculture,…
Regulation made under the Fertilizing Substances Act and amending the Decrees cited in the title for the purpose of further reducing the pollution of water and soil by nitrate compounds caused by animal manure. Rules for good agricultural practice are prescribed in the framework of Council…
This Decree provides for exceptions on the reduction of pig rights and poultry rights in the case of transfer of such rights due to relocation of the pig or poultry breeding activity to another farm or a relocation within the same farm. These rights are related to the right to pollute by means…
This Act provides rules for expropriation for public purposes for the benefit of the State, provincial or municipal authorities of Polder Boards. Expropriation may be effected on rights of ownership of real property or other rights relating to property such as hereditary tenure of public land,…
This Decree specifies circumstances in which the Office for the Administration of Agricultural Land may allocate agricultural land in leasehold pursuant to article 57, first comma, of the Agricultural Land Transaction Act. The circumstances include succession and expansion of the farm.
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This Act establishes the Council for the Living Environment and Infrastructure, which shall advise the Government and the two houses of parliament regarding sustainable development of infrastructure, spatial planning, the and the environment, and in particular on a wide variety of matters…
This Decree concerns the protection of the soil from polluting substances and works that deteriorate the quality of soil. The Decree prescribes rules for the use of construction materials and defines methods to measure effects on the environment and in particular the subsoil groundwater. Other…
The scope of this Act is to regulate the granting of permissions by livestock holders to emit ammoniac into the environment. A system of calculation of emission is introduced. Whether a permission to keep livestock or to increase an existing production and thus emit (more) ammoniac is granted or…
This Decree provides criteria for judging if a project for the restructuring of polluted soil must be carried out completely by its owner/polluter, or a limited restructuring which allows isolation and control of the pollution suffices. The criteria balance costs of restructuring against the…