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Habitat (Salt Marsh) Regulations (S.I. No. 1293 of 1994).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
farming systems
land management
coastal areas
These Regulations implement in part Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with requirements of environment protection and the maintenance of the countryside. they provide for payment to eligible persons who, in respect of an area of eligible land, undertake not to use such land for a period of at least twenty years and to manage the land with the objective of establishing an area of salt-marsh in accordance with management requirements as set out in the Schedule.
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Habitat (Broadleaved Woodland) (Wales) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 3099 of 1994).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
natural resources management
environment
fisheries
land management
farming systems
forest land
forest conservation
The aid granted under these Regulations aims at the management of land of broadleaved woodland compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment the beneficiaries of aid shall conclude an agreement with the Secretary of State in which management requirements laid down in the Schedule to these Regulations are included.
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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
fisheries
protected areas
environment
natural resources management
This Order is made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 which gives the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the power to designate an area of England as an environmentally sensitive area. In such area particular agricultural methods shall be adopted so as to conserve, protect or enhance environmental features in that area. For this purpose the Minister may enter into a management agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in any designated area.
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Decree No. 791 relative to planning of the use of fertilising substances.

FOR 1999-07-01 nr 791: Forskrift om gjødslingsplanlegging.

Regulations
Norway, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
land management
According to provisions of this Decree users of arable land shall be responsible to prepare a plan for the use of fertilizing substances for the upcoming planting season in each year or a plan for a longer term in the case of use of animal manure or extensive cultivation. Such plan shall contain various indications on the required use of fertilizers. The scope of this planning is to secure an effective and rational use of fertilizing substances also for reasons of environment protection.
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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 1298 of 1998).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
The maximum rates of payments per hectare to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to an agreement including requirements regarding agricultural practices, methods and operation made under section 18 (3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 are adjusted downwards. Also payments made pursuant to section 6, comma 1 of the principal order for agreement made before the entry into force of the principal Order are modified.

Amends: Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997). (1997-06-05)
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Regulation confirming criteria for discharge of waste water into water bodies and the ground (No. 464 of 1994).

Regulations
Estonia, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
This Regulation contains maximum allowed amounts of specified polluting substances in waste water discharged in water bodies and into the soil. Section 1 species rates of discharge for towns and other settlements and objects the average amount of which is more than 2000 cubic metres a day. Section 2 contains requirements regarding pollution for towns and other settlements and objects which discharge water in a rate between 200 and 2000 cubic metres a day. Also standards are given for smaller units.
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Rates for pollution charges for the discharge of pollutants into water bodies and into the soil.

Regulations
Estonia, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
This Annex to Regulation No. 45 of 1994 specifies maximum concentrations of allowed pollution. If such values are exceeded a pollution charge must be paid according to the volume of pollutants (crowns/tonnes). Substances include phosphorus, nitrogen, suspended solids, oil products, sulphates and phenols. If pollution exceeds the maximum amount allowed by permit the charges shall be multiplied by the factor five. If pollutants are discharged in places other than indicated in the permit the charges shall be multiplied by the factor ten.
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Landfill Tax (Site Restoration and Quarries) Order 1999 (No. 2075 of 1999).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land management
Section 43C provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to restore to use a landfill site. Subsections (2) and (3) define restoration as work that is required by a planning consent, waste management licence or a resolution authorizing disposal of waste on or in the land, to be carried out after the completion of waste disposal operations. Section 44A provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to fill existing or former quarries. Certain conditions must be fulfilled.
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Tir Gofal and Organic Farming (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 3337; W.45 of 1999).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land management
These Regulations amend the Tir Gofal Regulations to: a) permit a Tir Gofal agreement to include any provision that may be agreed between the Countryside Council for Wales and a Tir Gofal applicant (reg. 2(2)); b) impose an obligation on a Tir Gofal agreement holder to maintain records (reg. 2(4)); and c) make compliance with the record keeping requirement (reg. 9A of the Tir Gofal Regulations inserted by these Regulations) and the obligation to permit entry and inspection (reg. 10 of the Tir Gofal Regulations) conditions for the payment of aid (reg.
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Planning (Control of Major-Accident Hazards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. No. 101 of 2000).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
natural disasters
These Regulations are concerned with the implementation of Article 12 of Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances. The main provisions of Article 12 of the Directive are the requirement to ensure that the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting their consequences are taken into account in land-use planning policies and that these objectives are pursued through controls.