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Displaying 15046 - 15050 of 15550Legislative Decree No. 99 implementing Council Directive No. 86/278/EEC on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture.
This Decree aims at encouraging and at the same time regulating the use of sewage sludge in agriculture, in order to prevent harmful effects on soil, vegetation, animals and human beings. The sewage sludge shall be used as fertilizer and soil improver only after proper treatment and under the conditions established by article 3, regarding the composition, the concentration of heavy metals and other standards. Article 4 establishes the cases in which the use of sludge in agriculture is prohibited.
Law on the Protection of Marine and Freshwater Coasts, Shores and Banks (proclaimed by Resolution No. 517 of 1995).
The purpose of this Law is to provide for the protection and management of coast, shore and bank areas. Protection and management shall be based on principles of sustainable development and preservation of biological diversity (art. 1). Article 2 defines coasts, shores and banks as land areas bordering the sea, lakes, rivers, reservoirs and water courses, which for the purposes of this Law start at the "mean" water level line (art. 2).
Law of the Republic of Estonia on Agricultural Reform of 11 March, 1992.
This Law provides for the return to former owners or their legal successors, the distribution to workers or ex-workers of collective farms, and compensation of, nationalised property in agriculture and for the reorganization or liquidation of collective farms. Agricultural reform shall be carried out through restitution of land property rights and privatisation of land in accordance with the Land Reform Law of 1991. The stages of reform are: (1) determination of shares in the property of a collective farm; (2) liquidation or reorganization of the collective farm (art. 4).
Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand portant exécution de certains articles du décret du 23 janvier 1991 relatif à la protection de l'environnement contre la pollution due aux engrais.
Cet arrêté du Gouvernement flamand portant exécution de certains articles du décret du 23 janvier 1991 relatif à la protection de l'environnement contre la pollution due aux engrais est formé par 68 articles répartis en 12 chapitres. D'abord, sont définis certains termes comme, parmi d'autres, "décret", "Ministre", "formulaires", etc. (I); Déclaration (II).
Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand portant exécution des articles 33 et 34 du décret du 23 janvier 1991 relatif à la protection de l'environnement contre la pollution due aux engrais.
Cet arrêté du Gouvernement flamand portant exécution des articles 33 et 34 du décret du 23 janvier 1991 relatif à la protection de l'environnement contre la pollution due aux engrais est formé par 12 articles divisés en 7 chapitres dont les plus importants sont: Dispositions générales indiquant des définitions de certains termes (I); Production autorisée (II); Restrictions applicables aux établissements et entreprises, en cas de non-dépassement des maximums prescrits à l'article 33, paragraphe 1er du décret (III); Restrictions applicables aux établissements et entreprises en cas de dépassem