Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Astrakhan Document type Legislation Date 2008 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Farming Family farming Agricultural development Public land Ownership 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 establishes the following cases of allotment of public land free of charge on condition of ownership to citizens: (a) multi-child families with three and more minor children for farming; (b) families with disabled children for farming; (c) orphans for housing construction; (d) disabled persons for housing construction, gardening, horticulture and subsistence farming in rural areas; (e) war veterans for housing construction; (f) rehabilitated victims of political repressions for housing construction, gardening, horticulture and subsistence farming in rural areas; (g) persons in need of improved housing conditions for housing construction in place of permanent residence; and (h) unmarried mother and fathers for housing construction, gardening, horticulture and subsistence farming. The aforesaid right shall be granted for once-only allotment of public land. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 8/2013-OZ amending Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013 Keyword: Agricultural land, Farming, Family farming, Agricultural development, Public land, Ownership, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 43/2011-OZ amending Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural land, Local government, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 63/2011-OZ amending Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural land, Drainage/land reclamation, Land consolidation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 40/2011-OZ amending Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural land, Farming, Family farming, Agricultural development, Public land, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 45/2015-OZ amending Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural land, Genetically modified organism (GMO) Source: FAO, FAOLEX