This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for farming, gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.

This Regional Law establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies and local government of municipal units in the sphere of turnover of agricultural land. Maximum land area of agricultural land that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 20 percent of total available land area on a given territory at the moment of concession or purchase of such plots of agricultural land. Minimum lease period of agricultural land shall be 11 months.

This Regional Law establishes maximum and minimum land area of the plots of public or municipal land allotted to citizens in ownership for farming, gardening, horticulture, stockbreeding, subsidiary smallholding and individual housing construction. Total land area of agricultural land that can be owned or held in tenancy or lease by citizens carrying out subsistence farming and subsidiary smallholding shall not exceed 10 hectares.

The present Regulation is enacted under the Real Property Act. In particular, the Regulation establishes that any area of farm land of five acres or less is exempt from the operation of section 82 of the Real Property Act. The text consists of 1 section.

Implements: Real Property Act (C.C.S.M. c. R30). (2015)

The Land Parcel Identification System is the national identification system of exclusive state property, to be used in administrative procedures of area payments.

Repealed by: Decree No. 71 of 2015 (XI. 3.) FM of the Ministry of Agriculture concerning the Land Parcel Identification System. (2015-11-03)

Article 16 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Minimum land area of drained agricultural land shall be 0,9ha. The aforesaid land parcel shall be consolidated with the consideration of technological scheme of drainage system with a view of purposeful use thereof”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. (2009-06-04)

Article 19 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Official data related to transactions with agricultural land shall be subject to mandatory regular publication in “Compendium of regional laws and legislative acts” and in public print media instituted by local government in which territory land parcel is located”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. (2009-06-04)

Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Multi-child families, with three or more children of 18 to 23 years of age living in rural areas plots of public land shall be granted free of charge for individual housing construction, gardening, horticulture and subsistence farming on conditions that the aforesaid children are studying in general educational institutions attending full-time course of studies”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 7/2008-OZ “On some issues of legal regulation of land relations”. (2009-06-04)

This Presidential Decree approves the funding agreement between the Government of Egypt and the International Fund for Agricultural Development on the project of developing farm irrigation in the old lands. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt, the Agriculture Research Center, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation as well as other entities. The objective of the project is to improve irrigation networks, improve agricultural productivity, give market support to farmers, as well as enhancing water management.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.

This Regional Law establishes that all producers of agricultural commodities shall be subject to mandatory payment of single food tax. Objects of taxation shall be agricultural land held by the producers of agricultural commodities on condition of ownership, tenancy or lease. Food tax shall be paid in the natural form: (a) in grain by grain farming enterprises; (b) in poultry products by poultry farming enterprises; and (c) in natural products calculated as equivalent to a metric ton of grain by other enterprises producing agricultural commodities.

The Guideline 10 of 2012 lays down rules and procedures of evaluating tender offers for leasing undivided agricultural lands. The bidding procedure is implemented by the Commission for the lease of undivided agricultural lands. The offers are evaluated based on the technology to be used for plant cultivation, the investment on infrastructure such as irrigation and drainage, its impact on local employment and the financial bid.

Implements: Guideline No. 1 dated 18.7.2012 on the procedures of leasing undivided agricultural land. (2012-07-18)