Ministerial Resolution Law No. 985 of 2009 defining requirements and controls for building on agricultural lands outside the urban cordons approved for villages and cities including cases excluded (A,B) of article II of the Construction Law No.119 of 2008.

This Ministerial Resolution Law is composed of 15 articles. Article 1 prohibits the establishment of buildings, facilities or the division of lands outside boundaries of urban cordons approved for villages and cities, with the exception of projects for agricultural production and livestock, as well as agricultural lands on which built private houses or facilities. Articles 3 to deal with projects that serve and benefit agricultural production and livestock in particular: animal breeding; meat production; poultry production; poultry slaughterhouses; stations for the maintenance and supply of agricultural machinery and equipment intender to testing and research; refrigerators for vegetables, fruits and agricultural products; and, stations for sorting and packaging of agricultural products. Articles 7 to 12 define requirements, conditions and documents necessary for the issuance of licenses for private housing, facilities, public benefit projects, replacement and renovation of old buildings, fencing, revocation of licenses, and fees and costs of central assessments and inspections.