Legislative Decree No. 91 establishing the National Project Financing Fund for Modern Irrigation. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 44, 1 October 2005, 3 pp. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Irrigation Subsidy/incentive Special fund Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Legislative Decree is composed of 21 articles. Article 1 deals with terms and definitions. Article 2 provides for the establishment of the National Project Financing Fund for Modern Irrigation. Articles 4 and 5 refer to the capital and incomes of the Fund. Articles 7 and 8 pertain to the management and internal organization of the Fund. Farmers and leaseholders, after the approval of the ownership, can benefit of the Fund (art. 12). Measures and procedures for the payment of loans shall be defined by a resolution of the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. Project's workers and operators can benefit of incentives defined by a resolution of the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (art. 16). Article 18 subjects accounts of the Fund to the supervision and control of an authorized and legal reviser. Article 20 entrusts the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation with the issuance of the implementing Regulation of this Legislative Decree. Full text Arabic