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1. Library Resource

   

   Multilateral Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of prevention of natural and technological disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof.

   International Conventions or Treaties

   Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   natural disasters

   compensation

   The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following spheres: (a) integration of early warning systems and emergency intervention systems; (b) joint participation in the international organizations and programs; (c) liability of each Party for the outbreak and consequences of disasters; (d) prevention of the outbreak of disasters; and (e) autonomous decision-making at the national level.

   Amended by: Protocol to Multilateral Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of prevention of natural and technological disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof. (2015-10-30)

2. Library Resource

   

   Act II of 1976 on the protection of the human environment.

   Legislation

   Hungary, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   land-use planning

   compensation

   The aim of the Act is to establish the principal rules in connection with the protection, preservation and planned development of the human environment for the purpose of the protection of people's health and the regular improvement of living conditions. Chapter II of the Act sets out detailed rules concerning the protection of the elements of environment, i.e. land, water, air, biosphere, landscape and human habitations. Chapter III deals with the responsibility in case of violation of the provisions concerning environmental protection.

3. Library Resource

   

   Order No. 238 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Instruction on calculation of environmental damages caused to soil.

   Regulations

   Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   natural disasters

   compensation

   This Order validates the Instruction for calculation of environmental damages caused to soil as a result of violation of environmental legislation and also in case of emergency situations of technological type and natural disasters. This Instruction shall be applicable to: (a) soil pollution by chemicals; (b) unauthorized waste disposal; and (c) unauthorized (unlawful) artificial covering of soil. It shall not be applicable to radioactive and biological soil pollution. The Instruction establishes calculation formula for soil pollution and methodology for calculation of damages.

4. Library Resource

   

   Law No. VII of 1961 on forest and wildlife management and its implementing Decree No. 73 of 1981 of the Cabinet on the management of forests and wildlife.

   Legislation

   Hungary, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   concession (land)

   land law

   land registration

   deforestation

   land management

   cadastres

   forest conservation

   forest land

   This is a comprehensive statute of forest management aiming to extend forests by reforestation, to produce good quality and competitive forest products; to contribute to soil conservation, water management and other useful purposes; to integrate hunting and wildlife management with the national economy. The Law differentiates between forests (for timber extraction, research purposes, protection forests and recreational forests, protected forests and for wildlife management purposes) and other woodlands whose surface area is less than half a hectare.

5. Library Resource

   

   Ministerial Decree No. 462 implementing Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots.

   Regulations

   Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   land registration

   compensation

   land management

   cadastres

   forest conservation

   forest land

   leases

   land ownership

   This Decree validates some regulations related to land tenure and land management.

6. Library Resource

   

   Decree No. 276 of 2004 (X. 8.) Korm. of the Government laying down detailed rules with regard to certain subsidies for nature conservation and to the compensation for damages.

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   Regulations

   Hungary, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   use rights

   farming systems

   compensation

   farmland

   protected areas

   The scope of application of this Decree includes the granting of state subsidy for nature conservation purposes and the compensation for the restriction or prohibition of farming and in case the production structure must be significantly changed.

   Implements: Law No. LIII of 1996 on Nature Conservation. (2010-06-20)

7. Library Resource

   

   Law No. 2480-VI “On land of energy and legal status of special zones of energy objects”.

   ЗАКОН УКРАИНЫ О землях энергетики и правовом режиме специальных зон энергетических объектов (Ведомости Верховной Рады Украины (ВВР), 2011, N 1, ст.1) {С изменениями, внесенными согласно Кодексу N 2755-VI ( 2755 -17 ) от 02.12.2010, ВВР, 2011, N 13...

   Legislation

   Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   compensation

   land

   natural disasters

   land ownership

   private ownership

   This Law establishes legal and organizational grounds for allotment and tenure of land plots for installation of energy objects, establishment of and compliance with legal status of special protected zones of energy objects with a view of continual functioning of such objects, rational utilization of land, and also ensuring safety of population and protection thereof against risks of technological disasters.

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   Law No. 3041-VI “On legal status of land pertaining to trunk pipeline protected zone”.

   ЗАКОН УКРАИНЫ О правовом режиме земель охранных зон объектов магистральных трубопроводов (Ведомости Верховной Рады Украины (ВВР), 2011, N 37, ст.371).

   Legislation

   Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   compensation

   This Law establishes organizational and legal grounds for establishment of and compliance with legal status of land pertaining to trunk pipeline protected zone with a view of ensuring continual operation and functioning thereof, rational land tenure, and ensuring environmental protection and environmental security.

9. Library Resource

   

   Ministerial Decree No. 1015 validating the Regulation on transfer of forestland to land of other categories for purposes not related to forestry.

   Об утверждении Правил перевода земель лесного фонда в земли других категорий для целей, не связанных с ведением лесного хозяйства Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан от 1 августа 2012 года № 1015.

   Regulations

   Kazakhstan, Russia, Central Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   protected areas

   compensation

   land management

   forest conservation

   forest land

   urban areas

   This Ministerial Decree establishes that transfer of forestland to land of other categories for purposes not related to forestry shall be authorized exclusively in the presence of positive conclusions of state environmental audit. Authorization for transfer shall be issued in the following cases: (a) impossibility of land tenure in accordance with previously established purposeful use of land; (b) modification of the boundaries of inhabited (urban) areas; and (c) classification of land as protected area.

10. Library Resource

    

    Regional Law No. 81-OZ “On forestry taxes for standing timber, payment for secondary forest management and non-timber forest products”.

    июля 1998 года 81-ОЗ Закон Амурской области о СТАВКАХ ЛЕСНЫХ ПОДАТЕЙ за ДРЕВЕСИНУ, ОТПУСКАЕМУЮ на КОРНЮ, и ПЛАТЕ за ПОБОЧНОЕ ЛЕСОПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕ и ВТОРОСТЕПЕННЫЕ ЛЕСНЫЕ МАТЕРИАЛЫ в ЛЕСАХ Амурской области Принят Амурским областным Советом народных...

    Legislation

    Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe

    Land, Climate Change & Environment

    Forest Tenure

    forestry

    forest land

    land management

    concession (land)

    forest conservation

    This Regional Law establishes that lease payment and concession payment shall be determined on the basis of forestry taxes. Rates of payment shall be fixed in lease contract, concession, forestry licence or forest management permit. All forestry taxes and payments cannot be lower than minimum forestry taxes and payments fixed by law. Payments for building timber and fuelwood shall be equal to minimum forestry taxes applicable to standing timber. Land tax for forest parcels shall be fixed as minimum forestry tax applicable to standing timber.