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Basic Law No. 86/95 on Agrarian Development.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 202/95 (I-A), 1 September 1995, pp. 5494-5500.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Forestry, Water
Keyword
Framework law Agricultural development Cooperative/producer organization Subsidy/incentive Irrigation Agro-forestry Freshwater resources management Internal trade Rural employment Food security Capacity building Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Forestry protection measures Afforestation/reforestation Monitoring
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 45 articles divided into eight Chapters, establishes the bases regulating the development and the modernization of agricultural sector. It establishes the purposes of the agricultural policy: cooperatives, natural resources protection, soil and water use, flora, fauna and forestry protection, subsidy to be granted to agricultural cooperatives, etc. The agricultural development policy obeys the following general principles: a) multi-functionality of agriculture, as an economic activity with a significant social, environmental and rural occupation; b) fairness in the conditions of production within the Community; c) protection of areas affected by permanent natural disadvantages.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
dre.pt

References - Legislation

Repeals

Act No. 109/88 on Agrarian Reform.

Legislation | Portugal | 1988

Keyword: Land reform, Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Expropriation, Agricultural land, Land tenure, Right of use, Lease

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Law No. 92/2015 amending Basic Law No. 86/95 on Agricultural Development.

Legislation | Portugal | 2015

Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Expropriation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX