Decree No. 2-T of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating ecological rules and regulations.

This Decree validates the Regulation on environmental quality indices for land and soil setting differentiated rates of content of chemical substances in soil. It establishes rates of content of chemical substances in soil for categories of soil of different granulometric composition, different categories of land areas, urban (residential) land that are subject to particular protection. Differentiated rates of content of chemical substances in soil shall be applicable for: (a) land monitoring (soil pollution by chemicals); (b) local environmental monitoring (observation of identified or potential sources of soil pollution by chemicals); (c) supervision in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources; (d) calculation of compensation for damages caused to environment; and (e) land-use planning arrangements aimed at land and soil protection and assessment of the results of their implementation.