Presidential Decree No. 671 on certain aspect of expropriation and allocation of land.

This Presidential Decree regulates certain aspects of expropriation and allocation of land to legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in Minsk and regional cities for construction in cases where there are no land use planning projects and where tender for leasehold concessions is not required by law. Applicants must: (a) specify the purpose of the lease and the location and approximate size of the plot of land; (b) demonstrate the property right to the land plot; and (c) provide banking instructions. The city council shall examine each application within ten days of its submittal. The city executive body shall not allot the plot of land to any other person after validation of location and before the decision is taken on its expropriation. Decisions on expropriation and allocation of land must specify the land’s category land, the proprietary right thereto and the amount of agricultural and forestry losses to be compensated.