The Law 10319 of 2010 amends Law 8405 of 1998 on several topics including the permits needed for placing advertisements on the streets, the rights and duties of the urban planning inspectorate, the procedures of demolishing unlawful constructions, etc. A new form for “Connection of the object with the road infrastructure” has been approved and attached to the Law.

The Law lays down the framework for the legalization of constructions build without permissions in the informal zones, the transfer of ownership for these properties, the urbanization of the informal zones and blocks and their integration in the territorial and infrastructural development of the country, the procedures for legalization, and the establishment of responsible state structures. The Law is retroactively applicable regardless of the constructions’ purpose and function.

The Law lays down rules and procedures for the usage and exploitation of the non-cultivated agricultural lands in order to ensure the economic functioning of the property without infringing on the lawful property rights in the framework of the sustainable rural and agricultural development.