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FAO Legal Office
FAO Legal Office
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FAOLEX

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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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Burgenland Geo-Data Infrastructure Law.

Legislation
November, 2010
Austria

The purpose of the present Law is to lay down rules aimed at the establishment of the infrastructure for spatial information in Burgenland with a view to environmental policies and activities which may have an impact on the environment. For the purpose of the present Law “Infrastructure for spatial information” means metadata, spatial data sets and spatial data services; network services and technologies; agreements on sharing, access and use.

Loi n° 10-023 portant détermination des principes fondamentaux du financement et de la promotion de l'habitat au Tchad.

Legislation
November, 2010
Tchad

La présente loi s'applique aux opérations de financement et de promotion de l'habitat sur l'ensemble du territoire national. Les opérations de financement de l'habitat répondent à trois objectifs fondamentaux: la facilitation de l'accessibilité de l'habitat aux bénéficiaires; l'adéquation des coûts des opérations de l'habitat avec les revenus faibles et intermédiaires; la répartition équitable des coûts des opérations de l'habitat entre les différentes parties impliquées et leur recouvrement systématique.

Saarland Land Use Planning Law.

Legislation
November, 2010
Germany

Within the framework of the Federal Land Use Planning Act of 22 December 2008 (BGBl. I p. 2986), the present Law regulates land use planning in the Saarland. The whole Saarland shall be subject to a sustainable planning policy. The text, consisting of 14 articles, deals with the following aspects: tasks of land use planning, land use planning authorities, land development plan, drawing up of the land development plan; environmental assessment, conservation of plan; special proceedings ; safeguard and implementation of land use plan, compensation and transitional and final provisions.

Agricultural Credits Act, 2010 (No. 35 of 2010).

Legislation
November, 2010
Zambia

This Act provides with respect to a system of charge, lien or assignments on agricultural goods and warehouse receipts for credit, and for supervision and the registration and certification of warehouses and for these and other purposes establishes the Warehouse Licensing Authority. The Authority shall be a body corporate and shall: (a) certify warehouses; (b) approve negotiable warehouse receipt books; and (c) perform any other function incidental or conducive to the carrying out of its functions under this Act or any other law.