Act No. 203 making provision on agrarian contracts. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 1982 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 121, 5 May 1982. Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Land tenure Lease Inheritance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Act has entered into force on 6 May 1982. Abstract This Act lays down provisions relating to agrarian contracts, giving particular regard to lease and sharecropping. The Act is divided into three different Titles. Title I regulates lease of agricultural lands and sets out detailed rules in matter of duration (the minimum duration is up to fifteen years), tacit renewal, withdrawal and annulment. Article 8 lays down rules for determining the fair rent. Title II of the Act deals with the conversion of lease into other contracts, such as sharecropping. Article 49 (Title III) provides for the transmission of rights on lands to heirs. Full text Italian Website www.filodiritto.com