Regional Act No. 30 on the reclamation of abandoned lands, uncultivated lands and lands insufficiently cultivated. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Veneto Document type Legislation Date 1980 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural land Abandoned land/unoccupied land Land consolidation Land reform Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act provides for the reclamation and improvement of abandoned or uncultivated lands and lands which are insufficiently cultivated, within the environmental protection framework. Article 2 gives the definition of abandoned land, uncultivated land and insufficiently cultivated land. Within nine months from the entry into force of this Act, the Regional Council shall determine the abandoned lands falling within the regional territory. Thereafter, the Regional Council shall establish the criteria for the agricultural or forest use of such lands. Article 4 entrustes to the Communes the functions related to the census, classification and annual updating of abandoned or uncultivated lands. Allotment applications shall be submitted to the Provincial Agricultural Inspectorates, which shall notify them to the owners. The latter may cultivate directly the lands in question upon request submitted to the Inspectorate, to be accompanied by the development plan referred to in article 6. In case of allotment of the abandoned lands, the beneficiary shall pay a compensation to the owner (art. 8). Full text Italian Website www.regione.veneto.it References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Act No. 18 repealing certain provisions concerning the primary sector. Legislation | Italy | 2004 Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Agricultural land, Abandoned land/unoccupied land Source: FAO, FAOLEX