Regional Legislative Decree No. 35/2012/A on the Legal regime of territorial management instruments. Country/Territory Portugal Territorial subdivision Azores Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República I Série, No. 158, 16 August 2012. Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Land tenure Land-use planning Use restrictions Policy/planning Environmental planning Monitoring Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Regional Legislative Decree enters into force 15 days after its publication. Abstract This Regional Legislative Decree establishes the Legal regime of territorial management instruments. It develops the bases of the policy of land use planning and urbanism contained in Law No. 48/98 of 11 August, as amended, defining the regime of the territorial management system, the general regime of land use and the regime of elaboration, follow-up, approval, execution and evaluation of the instruments of territorial management. The regional policy for land-use planning and urbanism is based on a territorial management system, which is organized, within a framework of coordinated interaction, in two areas: Regional; and Municipal. The Regional scope is achieved through the following instruments: a) PROTA — Regional Planning Plan for the Territory of the Azores; b) Sectoral plans with territorial impact; c) Special land use plans, in the form of island land use plans. The Municipal scope is achieved through the following instruments: a) The inter-municipal land use plans; b) Municipal land use plans. The Regional Government, through the department of the autonomous regional administration competent in terms of land use planning, is responsible to implement the regional policy for land use planning and urban planning, considering the municipal strategies of local development established in the intermunicipal and municipal instruments. Full text Portuguese Website dre.pt References - Legislation Repeals Regional Decree No. 46/92/A amending Regional Decree No. 22/88/A (providing for agricultural exploitation in regional territory). Legislation | Portugal | 1992 Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Subsidy/incentive, Family farming, Farming Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Decree No. 22/88/A providing for agricultural exploitation in regional territory. Legislation | Portugal | 1988 Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Subsidy/incentive, Family farming, Farming Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Decree No. 18/98/A regulating the approval of coastal zone management plans. Legislation | Portugal | 1998 Keyword: Land-use planning, Coastal zone management, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Decree No. 14/2000/A establishing the territorial management regime. Legislation | Portugal | 1999 Keyword: Land-use planning, Environmental planning, Expropriation, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX