Regional Act No. 24 on the protection, improvement and promotion of olive production and laying down rules on the cutting of olive trees. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Basilicata Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Basilicata No. 29, 10 August 2015. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Pests/diseases Oleaginous plants Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act promotes the protection and improvement of olive trees in Basilicata, and supports olive oil production. It provides for phytosanitary protection and monitoring. Further it prohibits the cutting of olive trees (art. 4). Full text Italian