Regional Law No. 278-OZ “On turnover of agricultural land”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Amur Document type Legislation Date 2003 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Agricultural commodities Land consolidation Local government Property rights Land tenure Lease Ownership Land-use planning 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 This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates relations concerning ownership, tenancy and disposal of land parcels and land shares of agricultural land located on the regional territory. State bodies and local government must perform rational land-use planning of agricultural land and protection thereof with a view of: (a) ensuring the right of citizens to favourable environment; (b) ensuring sustainable land tenure; (c) improvement of soil fertility; and (d) ensuring sustainable economic development of the producers of agricultural commodities. Owners, tenants and leaseholders of agricultural land must use it with purposeful specific designated use thereof. Particularly valuable agricultural land areas such as agricultural land of scientific research organizations and agricultural land with cadastre estimates exceeding by 20 percent average cadastre values, shall be used exclusively for agricultural purposes. Minimum land area of consolidated agricultural land parcels shall be 5 ha. In case of sale of agricultural land parcel regional administration shall be granted preferential terms of purchase. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 331-OZ amending Regional Law No. 278-OZ “On turnover of agricultural land”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Contract/agreement, Local government, Property rights, Land tenure, Lease Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 522-OZ amending Regional Law No. 278-OZ “On turnover of agricultural land”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Farming, Family farming, Agricultural development, Lease Source: FAO, FAOLEX