Regional Act No. 29 laying down provisions for the protection, the development and the improvement of mountain territories. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Molise Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Molise No. 17, 16 September 1999. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen. Keyword Agricultural development Less favoured areas Mountain area Special fund Institution Subsidy/incentive Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act, which is divided into three Titles, aims at supporting the socio-economic development of mountain areas falling within the Molise Region, giving particular regard to environmental protection. The Molise Region, therefore, defines criteria and initiatives intended to, inter alia, guarantee the proper and rational use of mountain resources. The provisions hereby established shall apply to territories belonging to Mountain Communities as rearranged by article 28 of Act No. 142 of 1990 and falling within the less favoured areas delineated by Title IX of Regulation 950/1997/EC. Administrative tasks are entrusted to Mountain Communities in matter of hydrogeological and forestry restoration, reforestation, pasture rearrangement, restriction of the use of fertilizers and phytopharmaceutical substances, promotion of organic forms of production, management of sylvo-pastoral resources. Article 3 establishes the Regional Fund for Mountain, whose beneficiaries are specified by article 5. Title III concerns special initiatives to be undertaken to promote mountain agriculture, taking into particular account mountain zootechnics, production of milk and dairy products, use of cultural techniques compatible with the environment, fodder culture and cereal production. For this purpose, subsidies shall be granted by the Region. Article 29 sets up the Permanent Conference for Mountain under the Regional Council Chairmanship. The Conference shall exercise advisory functions relative to, among others, mountain policies and allocation of financial resources to Mountain Communities. Full text Italian Website www.regione.molise.it References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Act No. 15 on interventions concerning the protection, the development and the improvement of mountain territories Legislation | Italy | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Institution, Access-to-information, Subsidy/incentive, Agro-forestry, Forest management/forest conservation, Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX