Governmental Decree No. 810 “On the issues of allotment of land plots for subsoil management”.

This Governmental Decree establishes that land plots shall be allotted for provisional tenancy covering the period of subsoil management for the following purposes: (a) geological exploration of subsoil; and (b) mining and construction of the infrastructure for subsoil management. Land plots for subsoil management shall be allotted by the authorized body in accordance with the territorial affiliation: (a) land plots administered by the local state administration are allotted by the state executive authority (local state administration); (b) land plots under the jurisdiction of local government, including pastures, are allotted by the executive body of local government; and (c) land plots of the state forest fund are allotted by the territorial state forestry management body. Land plots that are privately owned or in temporary tenancy are allotted by the land owner or land tenants under a contract with a subsoil manager. Geological exploration shall be performed without expropriation of land plot and without legalization of the right of use documentation, but by written consent of the authorized state body and, in case of privately owned land plot, by notarized written consent of the owner or land tenant. Land plots destined for mining and construction of the infrastructure for subsoil management, except for particularly valuable plots of agricultural land and protected areas, shall be allotted without transfer thereof to other land categories.