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Coconut Tree Products Act of 2013 (P.L. No. 18-68).

Country/Territory
Micronesia, Fed. States
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to repeal section 201 through 215 of title 22 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended by Public Law No. 11-26, in their entirety and inserting new sections 201 through 212 in lieu thereof, in order to dissolve the Federated States of Micronesia Coconut Development Authority, and repose the responsibility for coconut development in the Federated States of Micronesia Petroleum Corporation, and for other purposes.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Energy, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural development Business/industry/corporations Bioenergy Biofuel Plant production Fruits/edible nuts Institution Textile plants/fibres Crops/grasses
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act transfers assets, liabilities e employees from the Federated States of Micronesia Coconut Development Authority to the Federated States of Micronesia Petroleum Corporation. This is done in order to enhance the capacity for the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of biofuel from the coconut tree as a supplemental source of fuel in the Federated States of 16 Micronesia, to better facilitate the buying, selling, exporting, manufacturing, and processing of copra and other coconut tree products from within the Federated States of Micronesia, and to do so as a self-sustaining enterprise. The Act repeals sections 201 through 215 of title 22 of the Code. Those provisions provided, among other things, for the creation of the Federated States of Micronesia Coconut Development Authority and defines its functions and powers and internal organization.

Full text
English
Website
fsmlaw.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Chapter 2 of Title 22 of the Code of Federated States of Micronesia- Coconut Development.

Legislation | Micronesia, Fed. States | 1982 (2001)

Keyword: Agricultural development, Plant production, Fruits/edible nuts, Inspection, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX