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The FAO Legal Office provides in-house counsel in accordance with the Basic Texts of the Organization, gives legal advisory services to FAO members, assists in the formulation of treaties on food and agriculture, for which the Director-General acts as Depositary, publishes legal studies and maintains a database (FAOLEX) of national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and water).

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Law No. 78/2017 creating a simplified cadastral information system.

Legislation
August, 2017
Portugal

This Law, consisting of 34 articles divided into four Chapters, creates a simplified cadastral information system. It adopts measures for the immediate identification of the land structure and the ownership of the rural and mixed lands. In addition, it creates: a) Geo-referenced graphical representation procedure; b) Special procedure of registration of rural and mixed lands omitted; c) Procedure of identification and registration of a land with no owner. The land has a unique identifier, called the land identification number (NIP).

Law No. 75/2017 establishing the regime on uncultivated lands and other community productive lands.

Legislation
August, 2017
Portugal

This Law, consisting of 58 articles divided into four Chapters, provides for the regime of use of uncultivated lands and other community productive lands owned and managed by local communities integrated in the cooperative and social sector as means of production. It specifies the requirements to be satisfied for exploiting these lands, and establishes the conditions for land expropriation, use, etc. It lays down duties, competencies and composition of national administration responsible for the management of the above mentioned lands.

Law No. 74/2017 amending Law No. 31/2014 on the general basis for public policies on soils, land use and urbanism.

Legislation
August, 2017
Portugal

This Law amends article 78 of the general basis for policies on public soils, land use and urbanism. Amended article establishes that the special territorial planning plans in force shall be transposed, according to the law, to the inter-municipal or municipal master plan and other plans applicable to the area covered by the special plans, until 13 July 2020. Provisions shall apply to special plans relating to alteration, suspension and preventive measures applicable to inter-municipal and municipal plans.

Resolución Nº 945 - Medidas para la inscripción de la información catastral producto de la conformación del Catastro Multipropósito.

Regulations
August, 2017
Colombia

La presente Resolución tiene por objeto adoptar medidas para la inscripción de la información catastral producto de la implementación del Catastro Multipropósito, de acuerdo con las especificaciones técnicas y metodologías autorizadas, incluyendo lineamientos generales para la participación de las Direcciones Territoriales del Instituto y la preservación de otros datos catastrales multipropósito.

Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017 (No. 38 of 2017).

Legislation
August, 2017
New Zealand

The purpose of this Act, consisting of 126 sections, divided into three Parts and completed by four Schedules, is: to record in te reo Māori and English the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua in the deed of settlement; and to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settles the historical claims of Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua.