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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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Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 (No. 16 of 2016).

Legislation
December, 2016
Vanuatu

This Act amends various enactments including the Forestry Act. That Act is amended in section 72 by adding after paragraph 71(2)(d) a new provision “(da) the requirements for the importation of sawn timber and wood products". and by inserting a new section 13A which requires the Customary Land Tribunal to consult the Council of Ministers, the Minister and the Director General of the Ministry of Finance before making any determination.

Amends: Forestry Act (Cap. 276). (2006)

Quarry (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016).

Legislation
December, 2016
Vanuatu

This Act amendments the Quarry Act in provisions concerning, among other things, a ban on quarry activities for environmental protection reasons, approval of development on land subject to a dispute between custom owners, suspension of a quarry permit and various environmental considerations regarding developments.

Amends: Quarry Act 2013 (No. 9 of 2013). (2013-10-14)

Regional Law No. 200-6-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 172-ZKO “On turnover of agricultural land”.

Legislation
December, 2016
Russia

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “This Regional Law shall not be applicable to agricultural land plots for gardening, horticulture, smallholding and to land plots under immovable property”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 172-ZKO “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2008-12-03)

Order No. 556 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation setting forth the procedure for compilation, submittal and processing of requests for public information, which is administered by the State Service for Geodesy, Cartog...

Regulations
December, 2016
Ukraine

This Order establishes the procedure for compilation, submittal and processing of requests for public information, which is administered by the State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre and its territorial bodies, and forms for the filing of such requests. Access to public information shall be ensured through provision of information and data in accordance with requests for access to public information, including requests to public information classified as open data.