Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land reform Land tenure Land-use planning Transfer Expropriation Lease Ownership Smallholders/peasants Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Entry into force notes This Presidential Decree enters into force on 1 January 2008, except for items 19, 20 and 22 that enter into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Presidential Decree establishes the modalities of expropriation and allotment of the plots of land specifying that the type of proprietary right to land plots shall be determined by the purposeful use thereof in accordance with the provisions of the present Presidential Decree. Land plots can be allotted to: (a) citizens on condition of provisional tenancy, lifelong hereditary possession, private ownership and lease; (b) individual entrepreneurs on lease; and (c) legal persons of Belarus on condition of permanent or provisional tenancy, private ownership or lease and to legal persons non-residents on the national territory on condition of lease. Expropriation and allotment of land plots shall be carried out by: (a) the administration of rural communities for the purpose of housing, subsidiary small-holding, gardening, haymaking and grazing; and (b) the district executive bodies for the purpose of forest management and agriculture. Provincial administration and Minsk city council shall be authorized to carry out expropriation of agricultural land, land of protected areas, forest land and transfer the aforesaid expropriated land to other categories of land in accordance with governmental and presidential decisions. Full text Russian Website www.kaznachey.com References - Legislation Repeals Presidential Decree No. 58 regulating some issues of expropriation and allotment of land. Legislation | Belarus | 2006 Keyword: Expropriation, Agricultural land, Survey/mapping Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 456 regulating some issues of land classification and transfer of land from one category to other categories. Legislation | Belarus | 2006 Keyword: Classification/declassification, Transfer, Expropriation, Agricultural land, Urban land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 422 regarding the formation and concession of plots of land pertaining to immovable property. Legislation | Belarus | 2007 Keyword: Land consolidation, Expropriation, Land-use planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 81 validating the Regulation on the transfer of land titles to legal persons. Legislation | Belarus | 2000 (2007) Keyword: Public land, Transfer, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 671 on certain aspect of expropriation and allocation of land. Legislation | Belarus | 2006 Keyword: Land-use planning, Expropriation, Liability/compensation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 213 regulating the transfer of land to citizens for private ownership. Legislation | Belarus | 2007 Keyword: Public land, Transfer, Ownership, Land valuation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Ministerial Decree No. 462 implementing Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots. Legislation | Belarus | 2008 (2010) Keyword: Financial agricultural measures, Expropriation, Liability/compensation, Forest management/forest conservation, Ownership, Lease, Transfer, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Presidential Decree No. 64 amending Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots. Legislation | Belarus | 2009 Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Transfer, Ownership, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX