APARTMENT: Complete lodging of one or more rooms with private bathroom(s) located in a unit of two or more apartments within a collective structure with common use of circulation areas, both vertical and horizontal; with or without an area for vehicle parking.
COMMON OR SHARED USE AREAS: Spaces intended for the common use or transit of more than one official in a real estate property, whether a dwelling house or an apartment.
ASSIGNMENT: The formal action by which a specific real estate property is assigned to an official of the ministry and its bodies of minimum and maximum deconcentration, and other public or private institutions that make up the Agricultural Sector, as well as public or private natural persons or legal entities that demonstrate a legitimate interest in accordance with the Institutional Policies for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, by means of an agreement (convenio).
HOUSE: Complete lodging of one or more rooms, with private bathroom(s), with or without green areas; and completely demarcated from other buildings, with or without an area for vehicle parking or an exclusive-use garage.
FAMILY MEMBERS: Relatives by consanguinity up to the second degree: Parents, legally recognized Children, Siblings, Grandparents, and Grandchildren; or a relative by affinity: Spouse.
LOAN: Loan (préstamo) is understood as the gratuitous transfer and on a precarious basis, of the possession of real estate from the MAG to a national or foreign natural person or legal entity, public or private, so that they may dispose of it, its usufruct, and its custody, with the obligation to return it according to the conditions and terms previously agreed upon with the property owner, and when applicable, in accordance with article 154 of the General Law on Public Administration.
MAG: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería).
MINISTER AND VICE MINISTER: Officials competent to sign the agreements (convenios) on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES (DEPARTAMENTO DE ADMINISTRACIÓN DE BIENES Y SERVICIOS): The unit responsible for and in charge of processing the agreements and contracts between the Ministry and the subscribing counterparties, as well as monitoring, controlling, and overseeing the fulfillment thereof, through the procedure established for this purpose.
THE REGULATION: This Regulation.
THE SERVANT: The natural person who provides their services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and its deconcentration bodies, by virtue of a valid and effective investiture act. Who neither they nor their spouse owns a real estate property located in the Region where they provide their services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and who must remain in a place different from their legal domicile, for work reasons, for continuous periods exceeding one month, and where there is an apartment or dwelling house belonging to the MAG at that location.
THE BENEFICIARY: The official, public or private institution that forms part of the Agricultural Sector, as well as public or private natural persons or legal entities that demonstrate a legitimate interest in accordance with the Institutional Policies for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, who makes use of a real estate property owned by the Ministry.
THE AGREEMENT (CONVENIO): An agreement of wills entered into between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and officials of the ministry and its bodies of minimum and maximum deconcentration, and other public or private institutions that make up the Agricultural Sector, as well as public or private natural persons or legal entities that demonstrate a legitimate interest in accordance with the Institutional Policies for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, and whose purpose is to develop the formalization of the loan, assignment, use, and control of real estate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. These must have a defined term and the corresponding estimate when applicable.
REPORT (REPORTE): Written communication that the Department of Administration of Goods and Services must make to the Department of Human Resources, so that the latter determines the calculation of the zoning allowance (zonaje) for the official who is assigned a house or apartment owned by the Ministry, if applicable, in accordance with the regulations in force.
REPORT (INFORME): Annual report (informe) that the Department of Administration of Goods and Services will make to the Ministerial Office and the responsible Vice Minister, in which the state of conservation of the real estate granted on loan by the Ministry is reported.
The Responsible Instance