Draft Laws

In recent years, scientists and specialists of the NSC ISSAR:

- developed draft Laws of Ukraine:

• "On preservation of soils and protection of their fertility";
• "On land monitoring";

- took part in the preparation of proposals for the Laws of Ukraine:

• "On land protection";
• "On land management";
• "On state control over the use and protection of land";
• "On the basics of national security of Ukraine";
• "On scientific and scientific and technical activity";
• "On higher education";
• "On the state system of biosafety in the creation, testing, transportation and use of genetically modified organisms";
• "On production and circulation of organic agricultural products and raw materials";

- submitted proposals to draft Laws of Ukraine:

• "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding soil protection and reproduction of their fertility";
• "On making changes to the Land Code of Ukraine and the Water Code of Ukraine regarding the promotion of the development of the peat mining industry"
• "On making changes to some legislative acts regarding the improvement of soil conservation mechanisms and economic stimulation of reproduction of soil fertility";
• "On the circulation of agricultural land";
• "On making changes to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the sustainable use of agricultural lands";
• "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the State Program for the Development of High Science-intensive Technologies";
• "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Standardization";
• "On Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine";
• "On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine" (regarding strengthening control over the use of land resources);
• "On the peculiarities of the legal regime of the lands of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine";
• "On making changes to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the improvement of the state control mechanism for preserving soil fertility";
• "On amendments to Article 209 of the Land Code of Ukraine regarding the establishment of additional directions for the use of funds received in the order of compensation for losses of agricultural and forestry production";

- submitted proposals to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine:

• to the parliamentary hearings "Priorities of the environmental policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the next five years" in the area of protection of land and soil resources of Ukraine;
• to the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Parliamentary Hearings "Environmental Policy Priorities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the Next Five Years", approved by Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dated 14.01.2020 No. 457-IX;
• "On the Recommendations of the hearings in the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Education and Science "Legislative support for the development of the national innovation system: status and solutions";

- to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine:

• to the "Methodology for determining the amount of damage caused to land and soil as a result of emergency situations and/or armed aggression and hostilities during martial law", approved by the Order of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine April 4, 2022 N 167;
• to the NAAS action plan for 2021 to implement the decision of the the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, put into effect by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated March 23, 2021 No. 111/2021 "On challenges and threats to the national security of Ukraine in the environmental sphere and priority measures for their neutralisation";
• "On ensuring the improvement of the efficiency of the use of acidic and saline soils in the agriculture of Ukraine";
• "On the current state of soil resources of Ukraine and overcoming crisis phenomena in the field of soil protection and reproduction of soil fertility";
• "Soil cover of Ukraine, its current state, fertility and priority measures for rational use and protection";

- to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine:

• to the plan of measures for the implementation of the National Action Plan for Combating Land Degradation and Desertification, approved by the Decree of the CMU dated March 30, 2016. No. 271-p;
• to the implementation of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Irrigation and Drainage Strategy in Ukraine for the period until 2030, approved by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of October 21, 2021 No. 1567-p;
• to the draft order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the plan of measures for the implementation of the Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Ukraine to the Paris Agreement for the period until 2030";
• to the draft order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the Plan of measures for the implementation of the Concept of implementation of state policy in the field of climate change for the period until 2030";
• to the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On standards of ecologically safe irrigation, drainage, irrigation management and drainage";
• to the draft of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On standards of the qualitative condition of soils";

- to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine:

• the draft of the nationwide target program for the use and protection of lands in accordance with the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of January 19, 2022 No. 70-p. "On the approval of the Concept of the National target program of land use and protection";
• Concept of the State target program of land use and protection;
• on the development and approval of normative legal acts of Ukraine: "Standards for the qualitative state of soils"; "Standards of permissible anthropogenic loads on soils"; "Standards for soil degradation", "Standards for the optimal ratio of land plots";
• on the adjustment of the Standards for maximum permissible concentrations of hazardous substances in soils, as well as the list of such substances, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 15, 2021 No. 1325;
• to the Normatives of ecologically safe irrigation, drainage, irrigation and drainage management, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated September 2, 2020 No. 766;
• to the list of priority areas of scientific research in the field of development of agro-industrial production;
• to the draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine "On approval of the Rules on ensuring soil fertility and the use of certain agrochemicals";
• to the Program of sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine for 2020-2025;
• to the Strategy for the Development of Agricultural Production in Ukraine for the Period Until 2025, Section 4.2 "Sustainable Management of Soil Resources and Reproduction of Soil Fertility";
• regarding the representation of Ukraine in the International Network of Soil Information Institutions and the creation of the NSC ISSAR;

- to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine:

• to the Methodology for determining the amount of damage caused to land and soil as a result of emergency situations and/or armed aggression and hostilities during martial law;
• on the establishment and implementation of voluntary national tasks in Ukraine to achieve a neutral level of land degradation;
• regarding the implementation of the Support Program for the establishment by the Parties of the UN Convention on Combating Desertification;
• regarding the implementation of Directive 91/676/GEC (GEC Nitrate Directive) – draft Code of Best Agricultural Practices);

- to the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine:

• to the NAAS action plan for the implementation of the decision of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, put into effect by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated March 23, 2021 No. 111/2021 "On challenges and threats to the national security of Ukraine in the environmental sphere and priority measures for their neutralisation";
• to the project "Strategies for monitoring the neutral level of agricultural land degradation in Ukraine until 2030";
• on the strengthening of state regulation of the preservation of soil fertility in the conditions of land and market relations;
• to the project "Food security strategies for the period up to 2030";
• to the draft Resolution of the CMU "On approval of the Procedure for assessing the suitability of land (soil) for the production of organic products";
• to the draft Resolution of the CMU "Issues of National Scientific Centers";
• to the draft of the Strategy for the Development of Agricultural Production in Ukraine for the period until 2025;
• regarding strengthening the system of state control and increasing the responsibility of land owners and land users for its targeted and effective use, preservation and reproduction of soil fertility and their protection from degradation, as well as ensuring the consolidation of reclaimed land;
• regarding the inclusion of the specialties "agrochemistry" and "soil science" in the current List of knowledge and specialties for which higher education applicants are trained.