Procedure descriptions

Delete eco-account measure

Eco-account measures are voluntary measures to enhance nature and the landscape. They are already being implemented without having to be linked to a construction project or intervention in nature. Such measures can be implemented by agricultural and forestry businesses, other private landowners or local authorities. These measures are stored in a special register. They can later be used as compensation for their own interventions in nature.

If the measure has not yet been assigned to an intervention, you can apply to the responsible lower nature conservation authority to have the eco-account measure cancelled again.

Responsible authority

The authority responsible for cancelling the eco-account measure is the lower nature conservation authority.

The lower administrative authority is

  • if you live in an urban district: the municipal administration
  • if you live in a rural district: the district office
Landratsamt Ortenaukreis

Hausanschrift

Badstraße 20
77652 Offenburg
To the electronic timetable information

Contact

Telefon (07 81) 8 05-0
Fax (07 81) 8 05-12 11
E-Mail landratsamt@ortenaukreis.de
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Details

Prerequisite

Cancellation takes place if the eco-account measure has not yet been allocated to an intervention.

Cancellation is generally no longer possible once the measures have been allocated proportionately to an intervention.

Procedure

As the organiser of eco-account measures, you can register for the online application "Kompensationsverzeichnis Baden-Württemberg" (KompVz BW) via the access for organisers of measures and then receive personal access.

  • This access can be used to apply for the cancellation of the eco-account measure at the lower nature conservation authority.
  • You can find the online application here: KompVz BW

The online application "Kompensationsverzeichnis Baden-Württemberg" is an independent specialised procedure outside the Baden-Württemberg service portal.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

none

Costs

depending on the application

Processing time

depending on the application

Miscellaneous

The transfer or sale of areas or eco-points must be reported to the lower nature conservation authority. The previous owner of the measure is deleted from the eco-account register and the purchaser is entered as the owner of the measure.

Legal basis

Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (BNatSchG):

  • § 15 Verursacherpflichten, Unzulässigkeit von Eingriffen; Ermächtigung zum Erlass von Rechtsverordnungen
  • § 16 Bevorratung von Kompensationsmaßnahmen

Naturschutzgesetz (NatSchG):

  • § 15 Rechtsfolgen des Eingriffs (ergänzende landesrechtliche Vorschrift zu § 15 BNatSchG)
  • § 16 Bevorratung von Kompenstionsmaßnahmen (ergänzende landesrechtliche Vorschrift zu § 16 BNatSchG)

Ökokonto-Verordnung (ÖKVO):

  • § 6 Rechte und Pflichten des Maßnahmenträgers

Release note

Machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 04.02.2026