Law on the Agricultural Chamber for the Saarland. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Saarland Document type Legislation Date 1956 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Institution Agricultural land Local government Land-use planning Land consolidation Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Law lays down provisions relating to the Agricultural Chamber of Saarland being under the control of the Ministry for the Environment. Article 2 establishes that the Chamber shall promote agriculture in the interest of the public well-being and represent its interests. In particular, the Chamber has to: 1) organize vocational training; 2) give advice and promote agricultural organizations; 3) promote the marketing of agricultural quality commodities; 4) survey agricultural accounting and book-keeping; 5) participate in land use planning, particularly in case agricultural land is involved; 6) participate in land consolidations; 7) appoint experts; 8) issue applications for agricultural questions. The text consists of 25 articles. Full text German Website www.saarland.de