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Presidential Decree No. 301 of 1992 "On sale of the plots of land to citizens and juridical persons in the process of privatisation of public and municipal enterprises".

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official copy.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Land tenure Transfer Public land Ownership Land commission Agricultural land Cooperative/producer organization Smallholders/peasants
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
Entry into force from the date of its official promulgation. Paragraphs 8 12 entry into force in accordance with the modalities established by the Decree of the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR of 01.11.1991 " On legal grounds for economic reform".
Abstract

The President, for the purpose of further improvement of land relationship, privatisation of land, simplification of the procedure of land allotment to citizens, decrees that privatisation of public and municipal land must be carried out in accordance with the legislation currently in force and with this Presidential Decree. Privatisation of public and municipal land must be carried out in accordance with the legislation currently in force and with this Presidential Decree. Local administration must supervise over realization of the right of collective farmers and employees of state enterprises to unimpeded going out for the purpose of setting up peasant (individual) farms. The plots of land left after free-of-charge transfer of land to the members of collective farms, other agricultural cooperatives and joint-stock enterprises including those set up on the basis of state agricultural enterprises must be included into the stock of land subject to re-distribution. Local administration is entitled to organize tenders for the sale of land and its granting on lease with the right of subsequent purchase. In carrying out tenders for the sale of land and its granting on lease former land tenants, former members of collective farms (kolkhoz) and state agricultural enterprises (sovkhoz) that are going out for the purpose of setting up peasant (individual) farm sand other employees of the aforesaid enterprises have the preferential rights of purchase. Non-distributed plots of land are transferred or sold by normative price and in case of more claimants are sold by auction to citizens and juridical persons.

Full text
Russian

References - Legislation

Implements

Land Code, Law No. 1103-1 of 1991.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1991

Keyword: Basic legislation, Land reform, Land tenure, Transfer, Right of use, Expropriation, Lease, Ownership, Liability/compensation, Smallholders/peasants

Source: FAO, FAOLEX