(Ecofin Agency) - The Ivorian Ministers’ council enacted last May 23 a bill amending Act No. 98-750 of 23 December 1998 on rural land. This new act allows individuals receive land certificates on rural land.

“This modification bill amends the existing rural land system in order to further secure and modernize rural land management. It clarifies certain concepts, in particular, that of land certificate and extends its issue to natural persons. It also prohibits the transfer of rural land on which land rights have not been regularly established, lifts the obligation to develop the land and reinforces the preservation of protected areas,” the council indicated.

Let’s recall that the Act No. 98-750 of 23 December 1998 on rural land had already been twice amended by Acts No. 2004-412 of 14 August 2004 and No. 2013-655 of 13 September 2013.