In Focus, Issue 02/18

Albania

On the Criteria, Rules, Procedures and Framework Agreement for the Lease of Agriculture Lands owned by the State On Food Labelling and Provision of Information to Consumers On State Aid Regulation On the Amendments of the Contract Model for the Sale of Electricity On Certification of Management Systems for Information and Personal Data Security and Protection Decision no. 373, dated 20.6.2018 "On the criteria, rules, procedures and framework agreement for the lease of agriculture lands owned by the state"

The Council of Ministers based on Law no. 8318, dated 1.04.1998 "On the Lease of Agriculture and Forest Land, Meadows and Pastures which are owned by the State", approved the Decision no. 373, dated 20.06.2018 "On the criteria, rules, procedures and framework agreement for the lease of agriculture lands owned by the state" (hereinafter "Decision 373").

According to Decision 373 the following lands may be leased to third parties:

all free areas of agriculture land owned by the state, which are under the administration of ministry in charge with agriculture (hereinafter the "Ministry"); state-owned agriculture land leased from former agriculture directories, whose lease contract term has expired or expires after the entering in force of Decision 373. For purposes of such Decision, the Lessor means the state represented by the Ministry and/or the institutions under the supervision of the Ministry, which have the right to enter into lease agreements regarding state owned agriculture lands through approval of the Minister. The procedure of lease of agriculture lands owned by the state involves a publication in its official website by the public entity in charge with the administration of these lands of the announcement for lease. Interested parties having ownership claims or other claims that are in a judicial process regarding the state-owned agriculture land parcels publicly announced for lease may present such claims to the Lessor.

The granting of the lease is subject to a bidding process. The Lessor is responsible for drafting the necessary bid...

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