Act No. 97 on mountain areas. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 1994 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Republica Italiana No. 33, ordinary supplement No. 24, 9 February 1994, pp. 1-22. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Less favoured areas Mountain area Special fund Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Act is designed for the protection and the redevelopment of mountain areas in implementation of article 44 of the Constitution. The Act institutes the National Mountain Fund, at the Ministry of the Budget and Economic Planning. The resources of the Fund come from Community, central government and public entity transfers and are entered in a separate chapter in the budget of the Ministry of the Budget and Economic Planning. The Act vests mountain organizations established to manage agricultural and pastoral resources with legal personality under private law, and recognises the right of these organizations to draft their own Articles of Association. In the mountain communities, persons inheriting leases may acquire ownership of the leased land when the lease expires. In order to acquire ownership, the heirs must notify the coheirs within six months of the expiry date of the lease by registered post and recorded delivery of their declaration of acquisition, and within three months of service they must effect payment. The Act also provides that mountain communities may, individually or in association with others, and within their own territory, encourage the management of their forests under contracts between proprietors. Full text Italian References - Legislation Implemented by Regional Act No. 16 laying down the legislative framework on mountains Legislation | Italy | 1999 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Institution, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 13 laying down new provisions on mountain areas, in implementation of Act No. 97 of 31 January 1994. Legislation | Italy | 2001 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Non-governmental entity, Institution, Agricultural land, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 15 on interventions concerning the protection, the development and the improvement of mountain territories Legislation | Italy | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Institution, Access-to-information, Subsidy/incentive, Agro-forestry, Forest management/forest conservation, Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 33 laying down provisions to implement Act No. 97 of 31 January 1994 on mountain areas Legislation | Italy | 1997 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 23 regulating gathering and marketing of spontaneous fresh and conserved mushrooms. Legislation | Italy | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Authorization/permit, Internal trade, Inspection, Institution, Vegetables/legumes, Collecting/harvesting, Non-timber products, Total allowable catch, Seasons Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 35 laying down provisions for the economic development, the promotion and the improvement of mountain areas and amending Regional Act No. 12 of 16 January 1995. Legislation | Italy | 1997 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Subsidy/incentive, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 6 regulating the gathering and marketing of spontaneous mushrooms throughout the regional territory and implementing Act No. 352 of 23 August 1993. Legislation | Italy | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Certification, Inspection, Vegetables/legumes, Offences/penalties, Collecting/harvesting, Total allowable catch Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 10 laying down provisions for improving, developing and protecting mountain territories. Legislation | Italy | 1998 Keyword: Agricultural development, Mountain area, Less favoured areas, Non-governmental entity, Institution, Classification/declassification, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX