Regulations on procedures of maintaining the National Land Cadastre and of conducting systematic surveys on the status of land (monitoring)

ENACTED lJ y thc Dcut:c # 179 i::;t;ucll by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia on March 6, 1991 11 Procedures of Maintaining the National Land Cadastre and of Conducting Systematic Surveys on thoQ Statue of th"' Land (Monitoring) ,i REGULATIONS 1. The National Land Cadast:::-e, as stipulated by Articles 65 1 66 and 67 in the Land Legislation of the Republic of Armenia, is kept to furnish local Soviets of People's deputies and a 11 enterprises, institutions, organizations, individual and collective farms, and citi2ons concorned, with pertinent informac.ion for safeguarding efficient land-use and land protection, for regulating laws on land use and ownership, for the organization of the proper use of land, as well as for the qualitative description and evaluation of the land, for the substantiation of the quantity of rent paid for the use of land, for the appraisal of any economic activity, and for other issues 2. The National Land Cadastre of the Republic of Armenia is maintained, and systematic surveys on the status of the land (monitoring) are conducted in conformity with uniform standards based on the results of cartographic, soil, geobotanical and other tests, as well as on the study of land-use efficiency. The systematized surveys on the status of the land (monito.:r::ing) ,::.re .:i. meano of oupervieing the state of the land reserves and are undertaken for the timely exposure, assessment, prevention ar.d abolition of the effects of any negative phenomena. 1 3. The work on maintaining the National Land Cadastre and on conducting the surveys is done by the State Institute for Design, 11 Armgiprozem'1 at the expense of the national budget. 4. The Mintstry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia is responsible for the foll~wing duties Lu L~~ist~r land-owner~ and land-u□ cr3, a~ well a □ to carry out cartographic, soil-science and geobotanical tests which assist in the maintenance of the land cadastre and in surveys on the state of land; to elaborate and approve the instructions and directions for the State reqistration of land owners and land users, for the evaluation of the land, for cartographic measurements, and for conducting various tests; t:.ci l::>\;;C up f.l sy.stem of long .. term and ohort term dctto. t::, be included into the National Land Cadast.re and t:..o permanently improve the latter, updating it, and making it consistent with the current requirements of the national economy; to ensure the periodic compilation and publication of the National Land Cadastre and of the results of surveys on the status of the lan1. 5, Tu t:!Ilt;UL!::! Llit! periodic updating of the cctda.str:::: information and the introduction of more precise data into it: a) all land-owners and land--users engaged in farming, irrespective of theiY affiliat'.\.on t- not laLer t.ti.a:\ November 10 (whereas the Executive Committee Members of the local Soviets of People's deputies, have a deadline of November 20) - J will report annually to the Executive CummlLL:1:~;;:; ur Ll1t;l1. 1.~01:-J~GLivc :superior Goviet.::1 about any changes that took place before November 1 on the land that is under the jurisdiction of the aforementioned Soviets; the report will be draw~ up in compliance with the form approved by the Chief Department for Land-Use Issues of 2 the Ministry of .Z,,,qriculture of the Republic of Armeni-c1. * Note that the above land owners and land users must file their reports no later than Novl;:!mber 10, whereas th::: EAe~uliv~ Committee 111errberl!i of the; local Soviet:~ of peoples deputies have a deadline of November 20. b) the State bcdies for organization of land-use, associated with the respective Soviets of People's deputies, will report to the Ministry of Agriculture on the land of towns under district and Republican lurisdiction, and on any significant changes that took place before November l; c) local and district Soviet of People's deputies will report ctuuuctlly t..v t .. he Ministry of Agriculture on the changee; that took or an:; taking place in the cultivable land are.:i.o (including separate data on irrigated and reclaimed marsi land) , on the distribution of land between land-~owne:rs and land-users, on unused and inefficiently used land, as well as on land allotted for activities other than agriculture within the current year; d) Each fifth year, the Ministry of Agri.culture will report:. LU Ute Cuuw..:ll u.C Miuh;LtlLb '-'[ L11t:i Republic of Armenia on the rent for the use of the allocated land, on the available cultivable land, on the redistribution of land among land-users, as well as on the cadastre evaluation of the land and on the development of new land. h. The results of the periodic surveys on the status of the land (monitoring) will be submitted, in accordance wit:1 the established procedure, to respective soviets of People's deIJULie1:, whu wlll lcik.\:::! ctt.:Llv~ Uit:'ct::OULC:-.5. The results of the survey on the status of land will be included into the annual reports on the quality of land which will be drawn up in compliance with clause 5 of these regulations. 7. The report,; on the existing land and its quality, as stipulated in Clause 5 of these regulations, will be 3 examined and confirmed by the Executive Committees oft.he district (city) Soviets of People's deputies by December 1, and by the Executive Committees of the Soviets of PenplP'<;:: rl;..r,1irl;:;, ,:: nf r1t-iPs:i 11nr1PY RPptthlir'An j11ris:rlii::r1.o:ri, by December 20. Reports submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic will be examined and confirmed by January ~u of the following year. By February 20 of the year following the one under review, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia will report to the Council of Ministers, to the State Committees for Economy, and to the State Commit.tee for evaluation. ENOLISR TFA.NS:L:t\'t'TON' HV IC?-,1A (USAID Contractor) Local Tel.: (8852} ~S2 Real Estate Investment Regulation 56-93 Gov. Apparatus Dept. of the Economy Republic of Armenia Gover:nm@nt House, R0om 77 Republic Square, Yerevan Armenia, 375010 Tnr,:;,rn ('r""l /P,~x) ~ 07 l 7-8852-151-350 Mailing Address: Steven J. Anlian, ICMA l\dv1.::nr, ''('" USAID/Yerevan Department of State Washington, De 20521 7 t1? 0