Law establishing main regulations concerning farmland. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Vorarlberg Document type Legislation Date 1979 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Land reform Land consolidation Land tenure Land-use planning Right of use Traditional rights/customary rights Vested rights/existing rights Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Law lays down provisions relating to conditions of farmland in Vorarlberg. With a view to the creation and maintenance of an efficient and sustainable agriculture and forestry, conditions of farmlands shall by improved or newly created by applying modern economic principles, as well as land consolidations. The text consists of 111 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: Consolidation of of agricultural land and forestry land, re-allocation of land (I); Legal and agricultural aspects of agrarian community plots of land (II); Competent authorities, provisions on general proceedings, competence of agrarian authorities (III); Final provisions (IV). Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at