Urban Code of the Volgograd Region is the main legislative act of the Volgograd Region in the sphere of urban planning and land use planning. Urban Code regulates legal relations in the field of transformation and maintenance of favourable vital functions of the population of the Volgograd Region in urban, countryside areas and interurban territories. Urban Code of the Volgograd Region is based on Urban Code of the Russian Federation and renders concrete its application conformably to the conditions of the Volgograd Region.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region have agreed as follows: 1) To recognize that state functions, responsibility and plenary powers in the field of construction, architecture, urban planning and housing and communal services on the territory of the Rostov Region are delimited at the three levels: first (federal) regards functions, responsibility, plenary powers and competence carried out by the Government of the Russian Federation; second (joint competence) regards functions, responsibility and plenary powers carried out jointly by the Govern

Act containing the Land Code and making transitional and other provisions in relation with the introduction of the Code.

The present Act, which consists of nine Parts and two schedules, provides for the setting up of group settlement areas by the State Authority and lays down related conditions of alienation and occupation. As per section 4, the State Authority may declare any area of State land to be a group settlement for the purposes of this Act. Within such areas, rural and urban settlement areas shall be created. On the other hand, whenever a land in a group settlement area is needed for any public purpose, such land shall be reserved as per section 8.

The Act consists of the following Parts: (I) Preliminary; (II) Acquisition; (III) Summary enquiry; (IV) Taking possession of land; (V) Reference to Court; (VI) Service of notices; (VII) Temporary occupation or use of land; (VIII) Miscellaneous.

The present Act, which shall apply to the Federal Territory, has been enacted for the purpose of planning in a proper manner the use of the same territory.

The present Act lays down provisions to amend and supplement the National Land Code. First of all, section 2 provides for the amendment of the long title of the National Land Code: the words “Selangor and Trengganu”are hereby replaced by the words “Selangor, Terengganu and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur”. The same amendment is laid down to the Preamble. Further linguistic amendments concern the names of official authorities and institutions (section 4). Moreover, the Act lays down amendments dealing with the application related to estate lands.

These Rules, which have been enacted in implementation of section 41 of the National Land Code 1965, shall apply only to the Federal Territory of Putrajaya. The Rules deals with the request to the Land Administrator of land for lease, temporary occupation and certain types of use and exploitation of land.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Nizhni Novgorod Region have agreed as follows: 1) The Parties shall contribute to transfer the use (on terms of preferential lease) of plots of land, constructions and buildings to the federal institutions of culture and art as far as they are necessary for carrying out their activity. 2) The Parties shall contribute to establish taxation of the federal institutions of culture and art on preferential terms and preferential tariffs for communal and other services.

El presente Decreto tiene por objeto establecer las normas, pautas y criterios para el ordenamiento territorial en el marco del uso sostenible de la tierra, preservación, defensa y recuperación del patrimonio ecológico y cultural, la prevención de desastres naturales y la distribución espacial de los asentamientos humanos.

Division X of the Code regards land tax. Article 228 establishes that the land taxi s paid by land users who have been allocated land plots for use or for lifetime use with the right of bequest. Article 229 regards the object of taxation. It specifies that the land taxi s established with consideration of the composition of land, its quality and location, public records on its value, the characteristics of its use and its environmental properties. The basis for determining land taxi s the public land record documentation of the land user.

The purpose of introduction of land charges is the creation of conditions for the rational use of lands, the protection and development, increase soil fertility, equalizing of the social-economic managing conditions on the lands of different quality. The use of land in the Republic of Tajikistan is chargeable. The payment for land is levied annually from land users in the form of the land tax and leasing fee. The document consists of 11 Articles. Article 1 establishes chargeable use of land. Article 2 regards establishment of the land tax.