Ministerial Decree No. 537 of 2000 regarding the sphere of competence of Federal Land Cadastre Service.

The Government decrees to establish that Federal Land Cadastre Service is the Federal Executive Body in the field of state management of land resources that carries out special (executive, control, authorization and other) functions as regards keeping up of state land cadastre and state registration of immovable property situated the plots of land, land survey, state cadastre valuation of land, land monitoring and state control over the use and the protection of land. Federal Land Cadastre Service is entrusted with the functions of the abolished State Land Policy Committee. Federal Land Cadastre Service is entitled to incorporate organizations formerly administered by State Land Policy Committee.