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Displaying 2896 - 2900 of 15550Ministerial Decree No. 1067 validating the Regulation on state supervision over geodetic and cartographic activities.
This Ministerial Decree defines the role of state supervision over geodetic and cartographic activities as: (a) monitoring compliance with normative and technical requirements; (b) ensuring the correct mapping of state boundaries; (c) registering such activities; and (d) managing the transfer and storage of, and access to, geodetic and cartographic information. The Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography shall be the state institution responsible for supervising geodetic and cartographic activities.
Act on soil fertilizers (No. 318 of 2007).
The Act ensures that soil fertilizing products shall comply with the provisions laid down. They shall not have a detrimental effect on human, animal or plant health or the environment and shall not constitute a risk to public safety.It consists of 4 Chapters: Defining rules for fertilizer and soil conditioners (1); Administrative provisions (2); Penal Provisions (3); Entry into force (4).
Ordonnance nº 67-416 portant règlement minier.
La présente ordonnance porte règlement minier. Elle comprend 165 articles répartis en 6 titres, à savoir: Généralités (I); Régime minier de droit commun (II); Régime minier conventionnel (III); Relation des titulaires de droits miniers avec les propriétaires du sol entre eux et avec l'Etat (IV); Dispositions particulières aux hydrocarbures (V) et Entrée en vigueur du règlement (VI).En vue de susciter une mise en valeur rapide des ressources minières, les surfaces à octroyer ont été fixées dans des limites raisonables.
Decree 001 of 21 of December 2009, fixing Balaio Indigenous Land.
This Decree is composed by four articles and it fixes the limits of Balaio Indigenous Land, inside of Amazonas State.
Presidential Decree No. 422 regarding the formation and concession of plots of land pertaining to immovable property.
This Presidential Decree concerns the expropriation, consolidation and concession of land for construction. It gives state land survey organizations of the task of consolidating plots of land by contract, in accordance with general town planning practices in inhabited areas and with land use planning practices outside inhabited areas. Land survey organizations shall inform landlords and tenants of the expropriation within three working days of the date of signature of the land use-planning contract.