Decree No. 397 On the status of farms under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture of the 'Shahumian' District of Yerevan, 1991

Council of Mini6ters of the Republic of Armenia DECREE # 397 June 13, 1991 City of Yerevan 0 0n the Status of Farms Under the Jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture of the 'Shahumian' District of Yerevan 11 1. It is ordained that land areas of collective farms and of inter-collective farm organization, which are und~r the jurisdiction of the agricultural administration of the E;x;ocutive Committee of the "Sh.:;.humiori. 01 diotrict Soviet: of Yerevan, be leased for farming in accordance with the established procedure. 2. It is ordained that all members of the existing collective farms should have t::he pre-eminent right to take cultivated land and other 1neans of product.ion on lease, and only after that may the lease be granted to State institutions, enterprises, co-operative societies, or other institutions nnd individu.'.llo, 3. The district Commission on land reform and privatization is entitled to implement the process of lease-granting and it should be completed within lS days in the Shahumian collective farms as decided at the XVIII and XXII Party Congresses. Whereas in the Noragavit, Shenqavit, and Spandarian collective farms, the process of lease-granting phould be completed between November and December of 1991, o.cco:cding t.o the decil!lioni, made e.t their re1'pective meetings. 4. Livestock will be granted on lease or will be subject to privatization, requirements in accordance and norms of the with the sanitary available land areas, whereas the remainder of the livestock will be sold at contract prices to farms which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia. 5. The annual price estimates of arable land, perennial plants, and hayfields must be fixed in compliance with the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia's Decree # 282 dated April 16, 1991. 6. It is incumbent upon leaseholders to sell their farm produce to the State on a contractual basis in proportion b:, exist.iog cult:i.v1'.ble land l'!l.tld li-ve."!ltock in th~il. possession; moreover, the leaseholders must estimate the average of indices for the last 5 years as a sales starting point {with a 1/3 reduction in case of livestock products) . 7. 50% of the rent to be paid for the cultivable land qiven on lease by the Executive committee of the district Soviet will be assigned to the local budget, whereas the remaining '.:,Ot will go to the municipal budget. 8, 'I'he Executive Committee of the Yerevan City Council has been entrusted with the control over this decrees execution. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia - V. Manukian Acting Business Manager of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia Hakopian G. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY ICMA (USA.ID CuuL.t.·ctr...:Lu.c.) Real Estate Investment Regulation Section Gov. Apparatus Dept. of the Et.:UHUll!Y Republic of Armenia Government House, Room 77 Republic Square, Yerevan ALllle!Hl4, 375010 Lu-.:ctl Tel.; (8852)-52 56-93 Intern. (Tel/Fax): Oll 7-8852-151-350 Md..l1lu.'::I AU.U.1.0 1:;lt:11:.i; Steven J. Anlian, ICMA Advisor, 11 C11 0SAID/Yerevan De&,1a..r..-tment. of Stat.e Washington, DC 20521 7020