Мониторинг и устойчивост на почвите (закон за мониторинга на почвите)

 welcomes the European Commission's integrated EU soil protection framework to achieve healthy soils by 2050 as essential element for the European economy, for achieving climate neutrality and zero pollution, halting and reversing biodiversity loss, achieving food and water security and preserving public health; the costs of inaction on soil degradation exceed EUR 50 billion per year, as currently up to 70% of soils in the EU are estimated to be unhealthy;

 stresses that soil policies have a strong local and territorial dimension, due to widely differing ecosystems, soil composition, natural background concentrations, differences in land use, population density and climatic conditions as well as different administrative structures at local, regional and national levels. This diversity must be taken into account through a fully applied multilevel governance approach, to ensure clear, flexible and locally implementable soil descriptors and criteria, while allowing for comparability between Member States;

 calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the relevant local and regional authorities to set soil district targets aimed at monitoring soil health, restoring degraded soils and protecting intact soils and soil biodiversity. Emphasises the importance of carbon sequestration in healthy soils, the role of soil ecosystems in mitigating and adapting to climate change and encourages Member States to promote afforestation and reforestation and ensuring technical coordination and operational effectiveness on European territory of forest fire fighting activities;

 highlights the importance of ensuring that the elements in Annexes I and II are well balanced, clear and relevant to all soils, exploring synergies with existing monitoring systems and paying due attention to all the necessary exclusions. The effect of the proposed descriptors, criteria and methodologies on different soil types must be thoroughly examined and open to revision;

 highlights the importance of a well-balanced approach regarding administrative and financial burdens and underlines the importance of a realistic but ambitious timeline, and a clear division of responsibilities between actors, respecting the subsidiarity principle. Calls for the application of the polluter pays principle, including historical and future contaminations by ensuring that the polluter is required to make an appropriate financial contribution to the costs arising from damage to soil ecosystems.