Governmental Decree No. HG835/2020 validating the Regulation on the procedure for maintaining the Information System "Register of Soils of the Republic of Moldova".

Regulation on the procedure for maintaining the Information System "Register of Soils of the Republic of Moldova" establishes the procedure for maintaining the Information System "Register of Soils of the Republic of Moldova", the rules for registration, updating and exclusion of data describing the soil cover of the Republic of Moldova, determines the responsibility and authority for maintaining the Register of Soils of the Republic of Moldova, as well as the procedure for providing and publishing information contained in the Register. The Register is a set of systematized information about soils, which determines their spatial position, assessment of the state of soil quality and/or properties that assess the qualitative state and potential soil fertility. The Register is a state information resource, which is an official source of updated data for soil cover assessment. Insertion of information and data in the Register and its maintenance involve the following tasks: (a) systematized accumulation of information, spatial data and documents collected from various sources as a result of work on the survey/mapping of soil cover; (b) formation of a single up-to-date data source that describes and evaluating the qualitative state of the soil cover on the territory of the country; (c) information provision of central and local public administration authorities with official and relevant information about soil; and (d) informing the public about the state of the soil cover.