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Resolution on issues of the Land Tax (No. 265 of 1997).

Regulations
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Asia
Central Asia

State Land Management Agency under the Government of the Kyrghyz Republic and raion state administrations shall bring those tax rates to the notice of Aiyl Okmotys (Village Governments). Specified land authorities shall submit to the Government of the Kyrghyz Republic finalised tax rates valid for one occasion and annual tax for usage of the lands of settlements and non-agricultural lands and draft Regulations on procedures of calculation and collecting fees for usage of the lands of settlements and non-agricultural lands.

Loi nº 98-487 du 4 septembre 1998 portant attribution de compétences aux Régions.

Legislation
Côte d'Ivoire
Africa
Western Africa

Cette loi est constituée de trois chapitres: Dispositions générales (I), Des compétences attribuées (II), Dispositions transitoires (III). Des attributions dévolues à la Région, il ressort, entre autres, la compétence de la Région en matière d'aménagement du territoire, d'environnement et de gestion des ressources naturelles.

Decree-Law No. 69/97 prohibiting sand extraction from beaches, dunes and inland waters.

Legislation
Cape Verde
Africa
Western Africa

This Decree-Law consists of 9 articles prohibiting sand extraction, exploitation, or transport from beaches, dunes and inland waters. An authorization may be issued, under the strict control of the competent authority, only if this is activity satisfies specific requirements. It also specifies sanctions to be paid by offenders in case of non-authorized sand exploitation.

Decree-Law No. 65/98 establishing the conditions for coastal land expropriation in the district of Praia.

Legislation
Cape Verde
Africa
Western Africa

This Decree-Law consists of 5 articles establishing the conditions under which a very urgent procedure of land expropriation is allowed for turistic purposes within the District of Praia. It also includes coastal zone infrastructures' expropriation for touristic development. It concerns as well the financial compensations to be paid to landowners according to Act No. 54/98 of 29 June 1998.

Landfill Tax (Site Restoration and Quarries) Order 1999 (No. 2075 of 1999).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

Section 43C provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to restore to use a landfill site. Subsections (2) and (3) define restoration as work that is required by a planning consent, waste management licence or a resolution authorizing disposal of waste on or in the land, to be carried out after the completion of waste disposal operations. Section 44A provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to fill existing or former quarries. Certain conditions must be fulfilled.

Land Act No. 5/98.

Legislation
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
Western Africa

A law that regulates land-use planning and rational exploitation of land. Land is property of the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, its exploitation is allowed only under concession or authorization granted by the Government. Agricultural land exploitation areas shall not exceed 300 hectars, but the Council of Ministers may authorize land-use concessions to cooperatives and national or foreign companies for areas not exceeding 1500 hectars.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Legislation
Australia
Oceania

The objects of this Act are: (a) to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance; (b) to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources; (c) to promote the conservation of biodiversity; (d) to promote a cooperative approach to the protection and management of the environment involving governments, the community, land-holders and indigenous peoples; (e) to assist in the cooperative implementation of Australia's inte

Décret nº 99-339 modifiant l'annexe du décret nº 94-1139 du 26 décembre 1994 définissant les territoires ruraux de développement prioritaires.

Regulations
French Guiana
Americas
South America

Ce décret modifie l'annexe du décret nº 94-1139 du 26 décembre 1994 définissant les territoires ruraux de développement prioritaires, en ajoutant la liste de ces territoires pour le département de la Guyane.

Decree No. 56 of 1997 relative to the establishment of a nature planning function.

Regulations
Netherlands
Europe
Western Europe

The State Institute for Public Health and the Environment shall at least once every four years report to the Minister in the form of a scientific study on the state of the nature, forests and landscape indicating also probable and otherwise foreseeable future developments regarding the environment. The Minister shall indicate all bodies that shall be involved in the preparation of the plan. The report shall be sent to the parliament.

Interim Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control in Nigeria.

Nigeria
Africa
Western Africa

Interim guidelines and standards relate to six areas of environmental pollution control are issued by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA). These guidelines and standards relate to six (6) areas of environmental pollution control: Effluent limitations (ii) Water quality for industrial water uses at point of in-take (iii) Industrial emission limitations (iv) Noise exposure limitations (v) Management of solid and hazardous wastes (vi) Pollution abatement in industries.