The completion of this comprehensive harmonized soil information database will improve estimation of current and future land potential productivity, help identify land and water limitations, and enhance assessing risks of land degradation, particularly soil erosion. The HWSD contributes sound…
This Regulation determines the detailed way of exercising the right to obtain tax relief/tax benefit/tax exemption for taxpayers who perform activities in what is defined as hilly and/or mountainous area (on the territory of the Republic of Croatia).This Regulation closely defines the total…
This Regulation changes certain articles part of the provisions prescribed by the Regulation on parceling and other geodetic elaborate (Official Gazette 86/2007).Changes are related to the prescribed subdivision studies which divides or combines agricultural land owned by the Croatian government…
Land consolidation can be an important tool for increasing agricultural competitiveness and improving rural conditions. Farmers can become more competitive when they decrease fragmentation and increase the size of their farms, and rural communities can benefit when consolidation projects include…
This Law amends various articles stipulated by the Law on hilly and mountainous areas (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 12/2002, 32/2002, 117/2003, 42/2005 and 90/2005).Major changes are related to the general terms, definitions and denominations; tax and taxpayer related issues; and…
This Regulation provides general principles for good agricultural practice in the use of fertilizers, the period during the year when it is not allowed to use fertilizer on agricultural soils, the methods of fertilizer application on sloping terrain, water saturated soils, flooded, frozen or…
This Regulation prescribes the criteria and necessary standards for the correct valuation (Capability Evaluation) of agricultural land, to be classified in the category of particularly valuable (P1) or valuable arable agricultural land (P2).The basic requirements for a correct evaluation are…
The articles in this issue supplement the recent publication "Good governance in land tenure and administration" (Land Tenure Studies No. 9), which provides practical advice for land professionals on improving governance in a land administration system or other land tenure arrangement…
EU membership has profound implications for all parts of a country’s economy, as well as for its relationships with the other countries in Europe and its internal political structures. Members of the EU must be democracies governed by the rule of law and which guarantee human rights. They…
This Law amends certain provisions stipulated by the the Law on hilly and mountainous areas (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 12/2002, 32/2002, 117/2003 and 42/2005).Changes are related to the tax regime and additional administration issues regarding the taxpayers working in the…
This Law amends some issues part of the Law on hilly and mountainous areas (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 12/2002, 32/2002 and 117/2003).Major changes are related to the tax revenues income issues that are realized in the area with local self-government that have the status of…
This publication considers fisheries management policies in the Mediterranean in the light of the new objectives of sustainability and governance. Emphasis is put on the decentralization of public action and the reform of institutional mechanisms.The first chapter assesses the historical and…