Law No. 165 “On protection of fertile soil layer of agricultural land”.

This Law regulates relations in the sphere of protection of soil, fertility, conservation of quality and protection against degradation and other negative impact on agricultural land. Basic principles of state policy in the sphere agricultural land protection under conditions of risky hill agriculture shall be as follows: (a) priority of rational use and conservation of soil for ensuring food security; (b) priority of raising soil fertility; (c) scientific substantiation of impact upon fertile soil layer of agricultural land in the process of economic and other activities; (d) monitoring of the state of soil; and (e) protection of soil against pollution.