The objective of this Law is: (i) to determine the principles, the rules and the institutions relevant to the sustainable protection and improvement of agricultural land, giving particular regard to soil fertility; (ii) to harmonize rights and benefits of agricultural land ownership with the…

The present Law supplements Law No. 7745 on the re-evaluation and re-distribution of the ex-agricultural cooperative property by introducing new provisions dealing with the social and cultural assets of the ex-agricultural cooperatives and the offices of the ex-people’s councils. They can be…

This Regulation lays down provisions on the analysis of agricultural land indicators. In particular, it makes provision on the analysis to be carried out periodically, especially with respect to soil fertility data in order to select the appropriate agrotechnological measures to increase…

This Regulation provides for the establishment of the institutions that shall be responsible for agricultural land protection and regulates their composition and responsibilities. The Regulation is composed of the following Chapters: (I) State Committee of Land Protection; (II) State…

This Decision sets out methods for evaluating the ex-agricultural cooperatives property. Whenever the property is evaluated and distributed, or has not been distributed, the prices to be applied will be those of the evaluation period indexed at the re-evaluation time, while in cases where the…

This Regulation establishes the Governmental Land Commission and temporary land commissions in district and villages. The Governmental Land Commission is a collective body under the authority of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, whose composition is to be determined by the Council of…

This Regulation applies to the transfer of rights of use of caves. These rights may be granted for scientific, ecological, cultural, historical, tourist, healing and religious purposes. Caves shall be used in accordance with the projects approved by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry…

This Regulation orders the immediate suspension of sand and gravel exploitation in all rivers beds, as well as the disassembling of all gravel machinery located at river banks. The National Water Council, the Ministry of Territory Adjustment and Tourism, the Ministry of Environment and the…

This Law defines the legal regime of refused agricultural lands (lands which are not accepted into use or ownership by farmers). Refused lands are considered as State agricultural lands. They are transferred to the administration of the General Directorate of Forests and Pastures. The latter,…

Non-divided lands administered by the General Directorate of Forests and Pastures and distributed according to Law No. 8047 of 1995 on the administration of refused lands shall be transferred to the administration of the communes or municipalities councils. The Regulation sets forth priority…

This Regulation amends articles 1(1), 1(2), 11(3) and 11(5) of Regulation No. 831 of 1998. According to these new provisions, the study on agricultural and forestry lands registered in the Immovable Property Office can be prepared by the Directorate of Agriculture and Food or the Forestry…

This Regulation defines the procedure for leasing State agricultural and forestry lands, pastures and meadows. It consists of three Parts: (I) Designation, assessment and classification of State agricultural lands to be leased; (II) Establishment and functioning of the board for renting State…