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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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Ley Nº 283 - Crea una Comisión encargada de realizar los procedimientos necesarios para recuperar las tierras del Estado que se encuentran en manos de particulares.

Legislation
Dominican Republic
Americas
Caribbean

La Ley, que consta de 5 artículos, excluye de la disposición a las pequeñas parcelas (100 tareas o menos), ocupadas por agricultores de escasos recursos económicos (art. 3º). El Tribunal de tierras deberá designar un juez especial para el conocimiento y decisión de los expedientes relativos al saneamiento catastral de los terrenos que reivindique el Estado (art. 4º).

Law on land (No. 1-446).

Legislation
Lithuania
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act lays down basic provisions on land tenure, both urban and rural. land can be owned only by Lithuanian citizens, or by the State (art. 3). Private ownership of land conveys certain standard rights and privileges, amounting to the free and unimpeded enjoyment and disposition of the owner's property (art. 7). Usufructury rights accrue to the leaseholders of private and State-owned land (art. 8).

Land Law, 1995.

Legislation
Mongolia
Eastern Asia
Asia

A Law to regulate relations with regard to land possession and use by citizens, economic entities and organizations.The 60 articles of the Law are divided into 8 Chapters: General Provisions (1); Mongolian Land Unified Fund and its Basic Classification (2); Land for Special Needs (3); Power of State and Local Self-governing Organizations regarding Land Relations (4); Land Organization, Land Unified Fund Register and Report (5); Land Possession and Use (6); Efficient and Proper Land Use and Protection (7); Other Provisions (8)."All land within the state boundaries of Mongolia constitute the

Act No. 37 on the environmental protection of riveraine and lacustrine areas belonging to the public domain, 1994.

Legislation
Italy
Europe
Southern Europe

With a view to effecting the environmental protection of the bed of rivers and lakes, which dry up and become exposed as a result of a natural or man-made change in the former course of the river or surface of the lake, the statute reverses the rules governing ownership of newly-exposed river or lake beds (called riveraine and lacustrine "appurtenances"), which henceforth shall accrue to the State in lieu of the owners of riparian or coastal land.