Resolution No. 91 of 2004 defining the authorized zones for the cultivation of rice. Pays/Territoire Égypte Type du document Règlement Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Official Gazette No. 79, 10 April 2004, 12 pp. Sujet Plantes cultivées Mot clé Céréales/grains/riz Matériel de reproduction/semences Institution Infractions/sanctions Production végétale Cultures/pâtures Produits agricoles Aire géographique Afrique, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden Résumé This Resolution is composed of 5 articles and tables containing the lists of the cultivation zones of rice. The cultivation of rice will be authorized in the provinces and areas indicated in the attached list (art. 1). Committees shall be established, from the Central Administrations of Water Resources and Irrigation and of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in the concerned provinces, for the definition of the authorized percentage of lands and irrigation canals for the cultivation of rice (art. 2). According to article 38 of the Irrigation and Sewage Law, the cultivation of rice in unauthorized zones is prohibited and all transgressors shall be punished by article 94 of the aforementioned Law (art. 3). The necessary water for the cultivation of rice will be supplied from 1 May, on the condition that the rotation of rice cultivation should start from 25 May until 31 August 2004 (art. 4). Texte intégral Arabe