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FAO Legal Office
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FAOLEX

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The FAO Legal Office provides in-house counsel in accordance with the Basic Texts of the Organization, gives legal advisory services to FAO members, assists in the formulation of treaties on food and agriculture, for which the Director-General acts as Depositary, publishes legal studies and maintains a database (FAOLEX) of national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and water).

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Investment Act, 2004.

Legislation
South Sudan
Northern Africa
Africa

This Act concerns investment in the South Sudan economy by public, co-operative, mixed, national, private, and foreign sectors in, among other things, agricultural, livestock, mining and tourism. It sets out objects of investment and establishes the Investment Board. Investment shall, among other objects, contribute or geared towards poverty eradication and or environmental protection. The Act also concerns settlement of disputes and allotment of land for projects by the Commissioner after consultation with any other concerned authorities.

Aliens Landholding Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015).

Legislation
Dominica
Caribbean
Americas

The Act amends the Aliens Landholding Regulation Act by inserting a new section 5A on obligations of aliens who acquire land under section 5. On acquiring land, under section 5 for an approved development the alien shall - (a) make an application for development permission under the Physical Planning Act, 2002 within six months of acquiring the land; and (b) commence construction of the approved development within one year of receipt of development permission under the Physical Planning Act, 2002.

Resolución Nº 112 - Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de mantas de fibra de coco y trigo para el control de la erosión procedentes de Estados Unidos de América.

Regulations
Ecuador
Americas
South America

La presente Resolución establece los requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de mantas de fibra de coco (Cocos nucifera) y trigo (Triticum aestivum) para el control de erosión, procedentes de los Estados Unidos de América, y deben estar libres de suelo y cualquier material extraño y estarán contenidas en empaques nuevos de primer uso.

Decree of 31 December 2010 establishing administrative coordinates of the Indigenous Apurinã Land called "Apurinã do Igarapé Mucuim" in the Municipality of Lábrea, State of Amazonas.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Decree, consisting of 2 articles, establishes administrative markings and specifies geographical coordinates of the the Indigenous Apurinã Land called "Apurinã do Igarapé Mucuim" in the Municipality of Lábrea, State of Amazonas. It states that the specified indigenous lands belong in a permanent way to the indigenous group of Apurinã, with a surface of 73.350 ha. within the State of Amazonas.