Land is the main national wealth under special protection of the State. The right of ownership of land is guaranteed. Use of the right of land ownership cannot damage rights and freedom of citizens, interests of society, deterioration of ecological situation and natural qualities of land. The land of the Ukraine shall be classified in the following categories on the basis of purposeful use thereof: (a) agricultural land; (b) land of residential and public buildings; (c) land of protected areas and environmental protection; (d) sanitary land; (e) recreational land; (f) cultural heritage land; (g) forest land; (h) water land; and (i) land of industry, transport, communications, energy, defense and other purposes. Land plots of each category of land that are not allotted to the property or tenure of citizens or legal entities may be kept in reserve and classified as reserve land (Art. 19). The change of purposeful use of land plots of private property is carried out at the initiative of landowners (Art.20). Agricultural land includes: (a) agricultural land (arable land, perennial crops, hayfields, pastures and fallow lands); and (b) non-agricultural land (farmland and grasslands, forest protection strips and other protective plantations, other than land classified in other categories, land under farm buildings and yards, land under wholesale markets for agricultural products, temporary conservation land, etc.) (Art. 22). Agricultural land shall be transferred to the property and made available for use to the following categories: (a) citizens - for personal subsidiary farming, horticulture, horticulture, mowing and grazing, commodity agricultural production, farming; (b) agricultural enterprises - for conducting commodity agricultural production; (c) agricultural research establishments and educational establishments, rural vocational schools and general education schools - for research and educational purposes, promotion of good agricultural practice; (d) non-agricultural enterprises, institutions and organizations, religious organizations and associations of citizens - for subsidiary farming; and (e) wholesale agricultural markets to house their own infrastructure. Agricultural land cannot be transferred (allotted) to foreigners, stateless persons, foreign legal entities and foreign states (Art.22). Agricultural enterprises, institutions and organizations, personal peasant farms and farms uniting in associations and other organizational and legal forms retain the right to their land plots (land shares), unless otherwise provided by the contract (Art 27). Citizens of Ukraine - members of farms shall be allotted free of charge on condition of private ownership land plots previously allotted thereto in the amount of land plot (share) of a member of an agricultural enterprise located in the territory of the respective local administration (Art. 32). The right of ownership of the plot of land comprehends surface land, water bodies, forests and perennial plants situated thereupon (Art. 79). The state acquires the right of land ownership in the following cases: (a) expropriation of the plots of land for public needs; (b) in accordance with the contract of sale of the plots of land; (c) by inheritance; (d) transfer of the communal plots of land; and (e) confiscation of the plots of land (Art. 84). The plots of land can be conceded on lease for a period up to 50 years. In case of creation of an industrial park on the land of state or communal property, the land plot is leased for a period of not less than 30 years. (Art. 93). The right of servitude comes into existence after its official registration in conformity with the modalities established for state registration of the plots of land (Art. 100). The purpose of land survey is to ensure rational use and protection of soil, creation of favourable environment and improvement of natural landscapes (Art. 182). The main target of land monitoring is the prognostication of ecological consequences of the degradation of the plots of land for the purpose of the prevention thereof or for the purpose of the elimination of the negative processes (Art. 192). State land cadastre is the basis for keeping cadastres of other natural resources (Art. 193). The fee for the use of land of state or municipal property, defined in the contracts on granting the right to use someone else's land for agricultural purposes (emphyteusis) or the right to use someone else's land (superficies) for construction concluded at land auctions, may not be reduced by agreement of the parties during the term of the contract, as well as in case of its renewal. Until the entry into force of the law on turnover of agricultural land, but not earlier than January 1, 2020, it is prohibited: (a) to include the right to land share in the authorized capital of companies; (b) to purchase and sale of agricultural land plots of state and municipal ownership, land transferred to municipal ownership in accordance with paragraph 21 of this section or transferred to municipal ownership in accordance with Article 14-1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the procedure for allocation in kind (on the ground) of land plots to owners of land shares (units)", except for their withdrawal (redemption) for public needs; (c) to purchase or sale or other alienation of land plots and change of purpose (use) of land plots owned by citizens and legal entities for commercial agricultural production, land plots allocated in kind (on the ground) to owners of land shares (units) for conducting personal farming, as well as land shares (units), in addition to their inheritance, exchange in accordance with part two of Article 37-1 of this Code of land for another land plot with the same normative monetary value or the difference between normative monetary values which is not more than 10 percent and withdrawal (redemption) of land for public use, as well as in addition to changing the purpose (use) of land in order to provide them to investors - participants in production sharing agreements to carry out activities under such agreements. This Law consists of X Sections composed of 212 articles. Section I lays down general provisions. Section II defines land of Ukraine. Section III establishes land rights. Section IV regards acquisition and exercise of land rights. Section V establishes guarantees of land rights. Section VI regards land protection. Section VII regards management in the field of use and protection of land. Section VIII establishes liability for the infringement of land legislation. Section IX lays down final provisions. Section X lays down transitional provisions.