Order No. 434 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the modalities of approval by the environmental institutions of the materials regarding expropriation (purchase) and allotment of the plots of land.

The present Regulation is applicable to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and its territorial branches (environmental institutions). The Regulation establishes the mechanism of approval by the environmental institutions of the selection of the plots of land for the location of the objects thereon, allotment of all categories of land irrespectively of the form of ownership and land tenure. The main purpose of the approval by the environmental institutions of the materials regarding expropriation (purchase) and allotment of the plots of land shall be to ensure compliance with the environmental standards in the process of coming into effect or cessation of land rights of the landowners of land tenants and to promote the formation of the ecological network. The materials regarding expropriation (purchase) and allotment of the plots of land the contents and the composition of which must conform to the requirements set by environmental institution shall be examined for the compliance thereof with the legislative acts and other normative legal provisions, standards and regulations in the sphere of environmental protection, the list of which shall be validated in relation to each specific situation. The main provisions that must be taken into consideration shall be: 1) prevention of the deterioration of territories of protected areas; 2) setting conditions for conservation or re-cultivation of degraded land; 3) contributing to the formation of ecological network.