L'article 2 de l'ordonnance n° 13.634 du 25 septembre 1998 portant création d'une Direction de l'Environnement, de l'Urbanisme et de la Construction, est abrogé et remplacé par les dispositions suivantes: "Cette Direction est chargée: - de la préparation et de l'application de la législation et de la réglementation en matière d'environnement; - des études, de la réglementation et du suivi des problèmes liés aux risques naturels majeurs; - du contrôle du respect des lois et règlements en matière d'environnement, d'urbanisme et de construction; - de la promotion, de la coordination et du suiv

The Government decrees to validate the Regulation. Committee of Municipal Services is a central Federal Executive Body entitled to carry out state regulation and inter-departmental coordination as regards municipal services (housing facilities, heat and electricity supply, water supply and sewerage, engineering protection, equipping with services and utilities, urban planning and road-building, waste disposal, municipal bath and laundry services, ritual services for the population, scientific planning and industrial and production support).

The Government, for the purpose of speeding-up of the reform of housing and municipal services, as well as for more active participation of the population in the process of the improvement of urban planning, decrees to validate the Regulation. The document determines the modalities of definition of size and boundaries of the plots of land within condominiums conceded on condition of ownership or lease to the house-owners or condominiums.

Urban Code of the Volgograd Region is the main legislative act of the Volgograd Region in the sphere of urban planning and land use planning. Urban Code regulates legal relations in the field of transformation and maintenance of favourable vital functions of the population of the Volgograd Region in urban, countryside areas and interurban territories. Urban Code of the Volgograd Region is based on Urban Code of the Russian Federation and renders concrete its application conformably to the conditions of the Volgograd Region.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region have agreed as follows: 1) To recognize that state functions, responsibility and plenary powers in the field of construction, architecture, urban planning and housing and communal services on the territory of the Rostov Region are delimited at the three levels: first (federal) regards functions, responsibility, plenary powers and competence carried out by the Government of the Russian Federation; second (joint competence) regards functions, responsibility and plenary powers carried out jointly by the Govern

Act containing the Land Code and making transitional and other provisions in relation with the introduction of the Code.

The present Act, which consists of nine Parts and two schedules, provides for the setting up of group settlement areas by the State Authority and lays down related conditions of alienation and occupation. As per section 4, the State Authority may declare any area of State land to be a group settlement for the purposes of this Act. Within such areas, rural and urban settlement areas shall be created. On the other hand, whenever a land in a group settlement area is needed for any public purpose, such land shall be reserved as per section 8.

The present Act, which shall apply to the Federal Territory, has been enacted for the purpose of planning in a proper manner the use of the same territory.

The Act consists of the following Parts: (I) Preliminary; (II) Acquisition; (III) Summary enquiry; (IV) Taking possession of land; (V) Reference to Court; (VI) Service of notices; (VII) Temporary occupation or use of land; (VIII) Miscellaneous.

The present Act lays down provisions to amend and supplement the National Land Code. First of all, section 2 provides for the amendment of the long title of the National Land Code: the words “Selangor and Trengganu”are hereby replaced by the words “Selangor, Terengganu and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur”. The same amendment is laid down to the Preamble. Further linguistic amendments concern the names of official authorities and institutions (section 4). Moreover, the Act lays down amendments dealing with the application related to estate lands.

These Rules, which have been enacted in implementation of section 41 of the National Land Code 1965, shall apply only to the Federal Territory of Putrajaya. The Rules deals with the request to the Land Administrator of land for lease, temporary occupation and certain types of use and exploitation of land.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Nizhni Novgorod Region have agreed as follows: 1) The Parties shall contribute to transfer the use (on terms of preferential lease) of plots of land, constructions and buildings to the federal institutions of culture and art as far as they are necessary for carrying out their activity. 2) The Parties shall contribute to establish taxation of the federal institutions of culture and art on preferential terms and preferential tariffs for communal and other services.