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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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Resolution No. 333 promulgating Law No. 42 of 1987 concerning the re-organization of agrarian ownership under reclamation projects.

Legislation
Iraq
Western Asia

This Law focuses on the reorganization of landownership subject to agricultural land projects. It provides for ways to compensate landowners for expropriation and gives indications concerning the recording of land. It is the duty of the Lands and Appropriation Committee to notify the corresponding Real Estate Registration Department.

Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China.

Legislation
China
Eastern Asia
Asia

The Law is divided into 8 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Ownership and Right to the Use Land (II); General Plans for the Utilization of Land (III); Protection of Cultivated Land (IV); Land for Construction Purposes (V); Supervision and Examination (VI); Legal Responsibilities (VII); Supplementary Provisions (VIII).This Law grants the ownership of land in rural and suburban areas to the collectives. Such land must be registered and recorded by the Governments at the county level. State-owned land may be used by units or by individuals and is recorded by local People's Governments.

Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) (Amendment) Order 1990.

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Order amends the Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) Order 1990 and applies to England only. It expresses the definition of 'economic optimum' in terms of the fertilizer's nitrogen content and changes restriction on the use of fertilizers to restrictions on the application of the amount of nitrogen is such fertilizer.

Implements: Water Act 1989 (Chapter 15). (1989-07-06)
Amends: Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) Order, 1990. (1990-06-01)

Décret exécutif nº 89-234 portant création d'une agence nationale du cadastre.

Regulations
Algeria
Africa
Northern Africa

Il est créé une agence nationale dont le mandat officiel est de réaliser les opérations techniques devant conduire à l'établissement d'un cadastre pour l'ensemble du territoire national ainsi que de mettre sur pied et de réviser périodiquement un cadastre foncier national. L'agence peut être chargée de procéder à un inventaire systématique de tous les biens immobiliers faisant partie du domaine national. L'agence est dotée de la personnalité civile. Elle est administrée par un conseil d'administration et gérée par un directeur.