Meeting Name: European Commission on Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: ECA 37/12/3
Session: Sess. 37
The countries in Central and Eastern Europe began a remarkable transition from a centrally-planned economy towards a market economy in 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell and the Iron Curtain lifted. Land reforms with the objective to privatize state-owned agricultural land, managed by large-scale collective and state farms, were high on the political agenda in most countries of the region at the beginning of the transition. More than 20 years later the stage of implementation of land reform varies.
The former socialist countries of Eastern Europe (that is, Europe east of Germany and west of the Urals, but including all of Russia) began a transition to a market economy in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. This paper looks at one aspect of that transition: the transition from state ownership to private ownership of agricultural land and the accompanying transition to a land market for agricultural land.
The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and Co-operatives, which was published between 1964 and 2009. The Land Tenure Journal is a medium for the dissemination of quality information and diversified views on land and natural resources tenure.
The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, which was published between 1964 and 2009. The Land Tenure Journal is a medium for the dissemination of quality information and diversified views on land and natural resources tenure. It aims to be a leading publication in the areas of land tenure, land policy and land reform.
This Law concerns the management of non-divided agricultural land and the lands that have been refused in ownership or usage although granted under the Law No. 7501 of 1991. The Acts provides for land use planning and for actions to be taken in case of illegal occupation, abuse and damage of agricultural land (article 6). Under article 8, the Council of Ministers is empowered to approve all necessary regulations for the better implementation of this Act.
This Law amends and supplements Law No. 8405 of 1998 on urban planning as regards several issues. Specifically, it amends: (1) article 22 dealing with tasks and responsibilities of urban planning units under city councils or municipalities; (2) article 38 dealing with the procedures for the issue of construction permits; (3) article 45 on examination of requests and approval by the competent municipal authorities of construction permits; (4) article 50 dealing with the approval process for submitted applications.
Amends: Law No. 8405 on urban planning. (1998-09-17)
These provisions supplement Law No. 9235 of 2004 with regard to the land rented to those commercial enterprises in which the State is a shareholder. In these cases, the Department of the Public Property Administration under the Ministry of Finance may sell lands at the market price when it is necessary for the exercise of its functions within the enterprise, in compliance with the criteria established by the Council of Ministers; whilst the rest of the land, if any, may be restituted to former owners.
These provisions supplement article 51 of Law No. 8405 of 1998 with regard to the fees that must be paid in respect of certain projects to obtain construction permits.
Amends: Law No. 8405 on urban planning. (1998-09-17)
This Law aims at ensuring the rational and sustainable use of land and natural resources.
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