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Law No. XIII-801 “On purchase of agricultural land”.

Legislation
November, 2017
Lithuania

The scope of this Law shall be to prevent speculation in agricultural land and preserve traditional forms of farming; to create conditions for the formation of rational land holdings and land consolidation; and to promote the rational use of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land of subsistence farming, land used for horticulture and gardening, and inherited land and land owned by the way of restoration of legal rights of ownership.

Order No. D1-561 of the Minister of Environment regarding methods of land rehabilitation of landscapes damaged as a result of subsoil management.

Regulations
August, 2016
Lithuania

The Minister validates the methods of land rehabilitation of landscapes damaged as a result of subsoil management due to mining and extraction of minerals. It shall not be applicable to deep quarries subject to issuance of special permits for operation thereof. Land rehabilitation procedure must be performed by land owners and land tenants that have extracted common minerals on surface or near surface for their own individual needs.

Law No. XIII-705 amending Law on territorial planning (No. I-1120).

Legislation
November, 2017
Lithuania

Article 22 shall be amended to add the following wording: “The decisions of the municipal council or local level special territorial planning documents (except for special territorial planning land use planning documents) specify the solutions of the municipal master plan and, by the decision of the municipal council, special territorial planning documents are recognized as an integral part of the municipal master plan.

Law No. XIII-617 amending Law No. I-301 on protected areas.

Legislation
July, 2017
Lithuania

Article 31 shall be amended to add the following wording: “In strict state reserves, it shall be prohibited to alter the conservational principal designation of land use. In reserves, state parks, strict biosphere reserves and biosphere grounds, it shall be prohibited to alter the conservational and forest farming principal designation of land use, as well as to convert forest land to land used for other designations, except for transfer of land for the protection of state border and for national defense purpose”.

Amends: Law No. I-301 on protected areas. (2015-09-01)

Law No. XIII-616 amending Forest Law No. IX-240.

Legislation
July, 2017
Lithuania

Article 11 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Transfer of forest land into other categories of land shall be prohibited in the following cases: (a) Group I forests; (b) Group II - protection of ecosystems in forests, except in specified cases; (c) in groups III - in forests of protected areas and in protected areas of state reserves, except for specific cases; (d) in other forests located one kilometer from the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Spit, in recreational forests of Group II and in protected areas, field protection and national park protection zones of Group III except for

Law No. XIII-337 amending Law No. I-301 on protected areas.

Legislation
May, 2017
Lithuania

Article 28 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Economic assessment shall be made, land-use planning (boundaries and management plans) for new state reserves, biosphere reserves and national parks, establishment of boundary plans for state and municipal reserves and biosphere reserves, providing for compensation for the necessary discontinuance (if necessary), land redemption (purchase in accordance with the Law on Public Procurement of the Republic of Lithuania or the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Procurement of Water, Energy, Transport, or Postal Services by Contracting E

Law No. XIII-423 amending Law on land (No. 1-446).

Legislation
June, 2017
Lithuania

Article 7 shall be amended to add the following wording: “By Government resolutions, state forest land plots may be transferred by the right of trust to perform state functions specified by the Forest Law Act. State land plots may be transferred by the Government resolutions by the right of trust and to other entities specified in the Law on the Management, Use and Disposition of State and Municipal Property in the Law, when the law assigns them state functions.”

Amends: Law on land (No. 1-446). (1994-04-26)

Law No. X-1241 “On green spaces”.

Legislation
June, 2007
Lithuania

The purpose of this Law shall be to establish the bases for the protection of the greenery and green spaces located outside the forestry land of the Republic of Lithuania, for the development of green areas and the legal regulation of planting of greenery, in order to ensure the stability of the natural and cultural landscape, and the right of the inhabitants to improve the environmental conditions that improve their quality of life. This Law does not apply to grassy vegetation that grows outside green areas.