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Law No. IX-1170 amending Land Reform Law (No. I-1607 of 1991).

Country/Territory
Lithuania
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Land tenure Public land Private land Expropriation Transfer Servitude Land-use planning
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Law, with the exception of Article 3, shall come into force as of the date of entry into force of the Law on Amending Article 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
Abstract

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Land reform objectives shall be set forth as follows: to ensure the protection of natural resources, to implement the right of persons to ownership and use of land by returning unlawfully expropriated land, transferring or granting it for free, and selling, renting or granting access to state land; to create legal and economic preconditions for the development of the land market, to implement social justice in the privatization of state land.” Article 11 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Decisions to return the land, to transfer ownership of the land to the owner free of charge, to provide the land plot free of charge are accepted and state land purchase-sale agreements are concluded, if the person agrees with the land, forest and water bodies determined in the land management plans and other territorial planning documents of the acquired land plot, special conditions of use, land servitudes and restrictions on economic activity."

Full text
Lithuanian
Website
e-seimas.lrs.lt

References - Legislation

Amends

Land Reform Law (No. I-1607 of 1991).

Legislation | Lithuania | 1991

Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Ownership, Public land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX