Ecological Law

The aim of planning measures for the environmental protection and the management of nature use is to provide harmonious interaction of the nature and society on the basis of scientifically reasonable combination of ecological, economic and social concerns, selection of the most efficient means for management of nature use , prevention and elimination of negative impact on the environment of economic and other human activities, conservation and accumulation of the natural potential in Belarus.

Planning of measures for the environmental protection takes place within the frame of prognostic statistics made for social and economic development of Belarus, the state plan which takes into consideration the programs and requirements of the nature protection legislation.

Territorial planning of environmental protection is performed by appropriate organs, including state bodies and public organizations.

Sectoral planning in the field of an environmental protection is performed by the ministries, state committees and other state bodies taking into consideration information for the territorial planning.

Financing of ecological programms and measures on the environmental protection is made of :

the republic and local budgets;

means of juridical persons, voluntary investments of the population, foreign

citizens , and other sources;

the republic, local extra-budgetary funds and public foundations for nature

conservation;

bank credits.

Limits for the use of natural resources is a system of territorial ecological limitations, regulating periods and volums for the useof natural, resources, stating permissible levels for pollutants and disposition of wastes etc.

The law of “Taxes on the Use of Natural Resources ” defines limits for the use of mineral resources and industrial emissions into the atmosphere. Limits for waste deposition are defined by regional deputies and the state ecological committee.

- Payments for the use of natural resources include:

- charges for the use of natural resources ;

- charges for the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere ;

- charges for the waste disposition.

Taxation for the use of land is regulated by a special law.

The aim of the environmental security measures is to provide harmonious interaction of nature and human society on the basis of scientifically grounded combinatioт of ecological, economic and social interests, to choose the most efficient means for the nature use, to prevent and eliminate the negative impact of human economic or other activity upon nature and also to concerve and grow the nature sources potential in the Republic of Belarus.

Planning of the nature protection measures is coordinated with the state development plans, programs and requirements of the nature protection legislation.

Territorial planning in environmental protection is executed by the state as well as by public bodies. Sectoral planning in environmental protection is performed by the ministeries, state commitees and other governmental bodies taking into account territorial planning .

Ecological measures, programmes and and events are financially supported by:

- the state and regional budgets;

- monetary means of physical and juridical objects, foreign citizens and other sources;

- extra budget funds and social the nature protection funds;

bank crediting.

Limits on the natural sources use make a system of territorial ecological restrictions designed for users for a certain period of time, determining polutants and waste disposition.

Limits foe extracted natural sources, limits for emission of polutants are stated in accordance with the law of «Taxes on the Use of Natural Recources» in the Republic of Belarus.

Payments for the use of natural souces include:

- charges for the use of natural sources;

• charges for the emission of pollutants, and charges for the waste disposition.

The use of land is regulated by a special law.

The Belarus Republic Soviet of Ministers defines the rate of charges for waste disposition. Waste disposition overcoming the standard limits will cost 5 times more compared to a normal one.

Payments made for the use of natural resources do not set users free from obligations to fulfil the requirements of environmental protection and to indemnify damages caused by breaching ecological legislation. To finance urgent projects in nature protection as well as ecological programmes, nature recovery measures etc. the republic, regional and local special extrabudget funds are established. These extra budget funds are made by:

• monetary means coming from physical and juridical objects, including foreign ones.

- charges for pollutant emission;

- charges for waste disposition;

• fees for the damage indemnifying and other violations of the nature protective legislation.

- means coming from realization of confiscated hunting and fishing implements and products acquired with the help of such implements etc.;

The means coming from all the funds stated above, are spent for sanitation measures and protective environmental programs, for scientific researches, introduction of ecologically safe technologies, the maintenance of cleaning consructions, the develomment of ecological education. They are used to create the material basis for controlling the status of the environment, to participate in international events in the sphere of natural protection and tosatisfy other needs connected with the nature protection.