Act No. LV of 1994 on Cultivated Soil.

This Act establishes provisions concerning the acquisition of ownership of agricultural land and the prohibition of acquisition, use and utilization of agricultural land, formation of land members and land protection. The Act consists of 7 Chapters divided into 90 sections: Introductory provisions (I); Acquisition of land ownership (II); Use of arable land (III); Procedures for the formation of owners (IV); Land use and protection (V); Soil protection (VI); Entry into force, transitional and final provisions (VII).
The provisions concerning arable land shall apply to inland land under agricultural and forestry cultivation, to arable land protected under nature protection, and to the protection of the soil of forest areas.
The acquisition of ownership of agricultural land, including ownership defined as a share, by any title shall be deemed to be an acquisition, except by acquisition by lawful inheritance, possession, addition, expropriation and compensation for auction.
In order to create production conditions, more favorable farm sizes, family farms that can be cultivated jointly, a land management procedure covering the territory of the settlement or a part of it that can be separated by natural boundaries shall be carried out by merging the fragmented peripheral arable lands of the owners.
The purpose of soil protection is to preserve the fertility and quality of arable land, and to prevent and eliminate its physical, chemical and biological deterioration. Soil protection is a joint task of the state and the land user, as well as the investor and operator. Water and wind erosion, extreme water management situations, salinisation, acidification and other interventions and processes causing physical, chemical and biological deterioration and pollution endangering the protection of the soil should be provided by professional soil protection cultivation practices, soil protection interventions and facilities capable of preventing and maintaining soil fertility.