Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 2002 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Land tenure Ownership Foreign land tenure Public land Expropriation Smallholders/peasants Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Federal Law enters into force 6 months after its official publication. Abstract The present Federal Law regulates relations connected with ownership, land tenure and disposal of the plots of agricultural land, sets use restrictions applicable to transactions with the plots and shares in common property of agricultural land out of which land rights shall originate or cease, determines the terms and conditions of allotment of the plots of agricultural land pertaining to public or municipal property, and also the modalities of expropriation thereof for public and municipal needs. The provisions of the present Federal Law are not applicable to the plots of agricultural land allotted to citizens for personal subsidiary small-holding, gardening, truck farming and animal breeding. The turnover of agricultural land shall be based on the following principles: (a) preservation of specific use of land plots; (b) setting the maximum size of the total area of agricultural land, located within the same municipal area that may be owned by one citizen and/or one legal entity; (c) preferential right of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or in cases, established by the law, of a municipal unit for purchase of a plot of agricultural land when it is sold, except in cases of public sale; (d) preferential right of other participants of share ownership to land parcel or using land parcel of agricultural organization or a citizen who is a member peasant farms to purchase a share in the common ownership in the event of a compensatory disposition of such interest by the participant of shared ownership; and (e) establishment of particulars of granting agricultural land plots to foreign nationals, foreign legal persons, stateless persons, as well as legal entities, in the statutory (share) to the capital of which the share of foreign citizens, foreign legal entities or stateless persons is more than 50 percent.The Federal Law consists of 4 Sections composed of 20 articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-7) lays down general provisions. Section 2 (arts. 8-11) specifies the particulars of turnover of the plots of agricultural land. Section 3 (arts. 12-14) establishes the particulars of turnover shares in common property to agricultural land. Section 4 (arts. 15-20) lays down transitional and final provisions. Full text Russian Website www.rg.ru References - Legislation Implemented by Regional Law No. 79-OZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural land, Drainage/land reclamation, Land tenure, Ownership, Public land, Expropriation, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Decree No. 184-P validating the Regulation “On purchase for public needs of agricultural land plots and agricultural land shares”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Private land, Property rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 288-OZ implementing Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 (2006) Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Private land, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 4476-OZ “On particulars of allotment of the plots of land out of stock of re-distribution of agricultural land”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2018 Keyword: Agricultural land, Agricultural commodities, Land tenure, Ownership, Public land, Smallholders/peasants, Land-use planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Governmental Decree No. 1482 “On signs of non-use of agricultural land plots for their intended purpose or use in violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation.” Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil pollution/quality, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Weeds, Quarantine, Plant protection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Federal Law No. 297-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2008 Keyword: Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 11-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2007 Keyword: Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 435-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2010 Keyword: Agricultural land, Expropriation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 87-FZ introducing amendments and addenda to the Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land and to the Federal Law No. 78-FZ on land use planning. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Ownership, Land-use planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 113-FZ introducing amendments and addenda to the Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 123-FZ introducing amendments to Land Code and to the Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Ownership, Public land, Non-governmental entity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 10-FZ introducing amendments to the Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 245-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Common property Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 354-FZ amending some legislative acts. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Public land, Expropriation, Ownership, Lease Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 336-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Lease Source: FAO, FAOLEX