Ministerial Decree No. 456 regulating some issues of land classification and transfer of land from one category to other categories. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Classification/declassification Transfer Expropriation Agricultural land Urban land Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that land shall be classified by categories according to Land Code. The classification shall be as follows: (a) arable land; (b) long-fallow land; (c) land under perennial cover; (d) meadow land; (d) forest land; (e) land under plantations and shrubbery not pertaining to forest estate; (f) marsh land; (g) urban land; (h) land of waterbodies; (j) disturbed land; (k) unused land; and (l) unclassified land. Classification of land by categories shall be the primary task of the state land cadastre. Transfer of land from one category to other categories in the event of modification of the purposeful use thereof in the following cases: (a) expropriation; (b) cessation of tenancy, lifelong hereditary possession, ownership or lease; and (c) application of land tenants. Full text Russian Website pravo.by References - Legislation Repeals Presidential Decree No. 369 on re-allotment of highly productive agricultural land. Legislation | Belarus | 2000 Keyword: Land reform, Agricultural land, Land consolidation, Drainage/land reclamation, Classification/declassification, Survey/mapping Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots. Legislation | Belarus | 2007 Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Transfer, Expropriation, Lease, Ownership, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX