This Law amends certain provisions (procedural matters) part of the Law on privatization of state agricultural land (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia 87/2013).Changes are part of the amended simplified (shortened) procedural matters aimed to make the Law and its related field more accessible.The adoption of this amending Law will also provide for a longer period for payment of the purchase price for the purchase of agricultural land in state ownership if the selected bidder is an individual.

Amends: Law on privatization of state agricultural land. (2013-05-20)

This Regional Law establishes that local government shall have the authority to make decision on allotment of land plot to natural person in ownership free of charge or to refuse to do so within fifteen days from the date of submittal of application by the person concerned. Minimum land area of the aforesaid plot of land shall be 0, 10 ha and maximum land area shall be 0, 20 ha.

Implements: Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2001-10-25)

These Measures are formulated in order to strengthen the management of land and resources standardization work.

Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum agricultural land area within the boundaries of a single municipal district, except for districts specified hereinafter, that can pertain to ownership of a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 10 percent of total available agricultural land area located on the aforesaid territory at the moment of allotment or purchase of such land plots”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 46-Z “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2015-02-24)

This Act governs the conservation and utilization of slopeland.Article 3 provides for the definition of slopeland. Public slopeland which has not been subject to cadastral survey or general land registration shall be subject to regular survey and general registration. Slopeland which is available for agricultural purposes shall be classified by the limits on its permitted scope of use.

These Rules are enacted pursuant to the Slopeland Conservation and Utilization Act.Article 3 provide for the contents of soil and water conservation plan. Where the municipal or county/city competent authority designates the way in which soil and water conservation is to be handled and maintained, the area, method of handling and maintenance, and time for completion shall be notified to the operator, user or owner of the slopeland (art.5).

Implements: Slopeland Conservation and Utilization Act. (2006-06-14)

The purpose of this Act is to regulate general principles governing the limits of ownership of lands by individuals in the country. In particular, no one may own more than a certain amount of land in the whole country. Any land in excess shall be seized by the Government and redistributed. Fruit and tea gardens, as well as agricultural land are exempt from this limitation. Abandoned land, wasteland and land exceeding the maximum permitted, are considered eligible for division and redistribution. According to the Act, farmers are considered as priority in land redistribution.

This Regional Law regulates the allotment, free of charge, of public land plots with delimited ownership and pertaining to the regional or municipal public land stock in ownership to some categories of citizens. The following categories of citizens shall have the right of allotment free of charge of public land in ownership: (a) multi-child families with three or more children; (b) single-parent families with dependent children of minority age with three or more children; and (c) single-parent family with three or more children of minority age, including adopted children.

This Regional Law regulates relations dealing with land tenure, protection and conservation of land, establishing plenary powers of regional state bodies in this sphere and, in particular the issues related to land tenure and ownership. It establishes minimum (0, 5 ha) and maximum (15 ha) public and municipal land areas for plots of land allotted for family farming. Single natural or legal persons cannot have in ownership more than 10 percent of the whole available agricultural land area on the regional territory.

This Regional Law delimits plenary powers of the Regional Assembly, Regional Government and regional executive bodies in the sphere of land tenure and land management. It envisages the issues of land governance and, in particular, the modalities of lease of land in accordance with contracts, terms and conditions of allotment of agricultural land to citizens. It also establishes minimum and maximum land areas conceded in ownership to citizens for horticulture, gardening and suburban housing construction, and also concession of public and municipal land to citizens for stockbreeding.

Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Government shall be responsible for the establishment of land charges in case of increase of land area in private ownership as a result of re-distribution of such plot of land and also of public land pertaining to regional ownership, and plots of public land with undelimited ownership”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 1743-OZ “On regulation of land relations”. (2015-04-30)

This Regional Law establishes that price of a plot of land located in urban areas and destined for agricultural production already allotted to peasant farm on condition of permanent (open-ended) possession or as lifelong hereditary possession in case of purchase thereof by the aforesaid categories of tenants shall be 15 percent of estimated cadastre value at the date of submittal of application.