DECREE OF February 3, 2004.

Declares of social interest, for purposes of agrarian reform, the rural real estate it mentions, and gives other arrangements.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the assignments that confer upon him the arts. 84, inciso IV, and 184 of the Constitution, and in the terms of the arts. 2º of the Supplemental Act No. 76, of July 6, 1993, 18 and 20 of Law No. 4,504 of November 30, 1964, and 2º of Law No. 8,629 of February 25, 1993,

DECRETA:

Art. 1º Ficam declared of social interest, for purposes of agrarian reform, in the terms of the arts. 18, letters "a", "b", "c" and "d", and 20, inciso VI, of the Law no 4,504, of November 30, 1964, and 2nd of Law no 8,629, of February 25, 1993, the following rural real estate:

I-"Fazenda Jequitibá", with registered area of a thousand, five hundred and ninety three hectares, seventy-eight ares and eighty one and one centiars, and measured area of a thousand, six hundred and forty-five hectares, eighty and one airs and eighty nine centiars, situated in the Municipality of Mucuri, object of the Registry in the R-1-917, Book 2-A, of the Estate Registration Office of the Comarch of Mucuri, State of Bahia (Case INCRA/SR-05/no 54160.002194 /2003-25);

II-"Farm Hope", with registered area of thousand, eighteen hectares, forty ares and twenty-two centiars, and measured area of a thousand, fourteen hectares, ninety-six airs and sixty-three centiars, situated in the Municipality of Mucuri, object of the Registry in the R-1-921, Book 2-A, of the Estate Registry Office of the Comarch of Mucuri, State of Bahia (Process INCRA/SR-05/no 54160.002193 /2003-81);

III-"Beautiful Lagoa Farm", with registered area of one thousand, four hundred and six hectares, ninety-nine airs and eighty-three centiars, and area Measure of a thousand, four hundred and twenty hectares, seven ares and sixty-three centiars, situated in the Municipality of Mucuri, object of the Matriculation in 916, Book 2-A, of the Estate Registration Office of the Comarch of Mucuri, State of Bahia (Process INCRA/SR-05/no 54160.002195 /2003-70);

IV-"Fazenda Luziane", with area of novecents and forty-seven hectares, eighty-four airs and ninety nine centiars, situated in the Municipality of Mountain, object of the Matriculation in the 2,019, fls. 108, Book 2-I, of the Estate Registry Office of the Mountain Comarch, State of the Holy Spirit (Case INCRA/SR-20/no 54340.000496 /2003-41);

V-"Farm Accountant", with area of six hundred and fifty-nine hectares and forty-five airs, located in the Municipalities of Lagarto and São Domingos, object of the Matriculation No 1,308, fls. 108, Book 2-E, of the Estate Registration Office of the 1º Oftice of the Comarch of Lagarto, State of Sergipe (Case INCRA/SR-23/nº 54370.000304 /2003-49);

VI-"Fazenda Bugio", with area of three hundred and seventy five hectares and sixty four ares, situated in the Municipality of Cristinápolis, object of the Matriculation No 25, fls. 25, Book 2-A, of the Real Estate Registration Office of the 1º Oftice of the Comarch of Cristinápolis, State of Sergipe (Case INCRA/SR-23/nº 54370.001001 /2002-62);

VII-"Farm Pity", with area of a thousand, two hundred and fifty hectares, sixty and two ares and fifty centiars, situated in the Municipality of Divinopolis of the Tocantins, object of the Registry # R-3-900, fls. 04, Book 2-D, of the Estate Registration Office of Paradise of Tocantins, State of the Tocantins (Process INCRA/SR-26/nº 54400.001804 /2002-12); and

VIII-"Fazenda Bends", with area of three thousand, five hundred and six hectares, ninety and four airs and fifty seven centiars, situated in the Municipality of Miranorte, object of Record # R-1-2.245, fls. 235, Book 2-H, of the Real Estate Registration Office of the Comarch of Miranorte, State of the Tocantins (Case INCRA/SR-26/nº 54400.001483 /2001-75).

Art. 2º Excludes from the effects of this Decree the Seminers, the machines and agricultural implements, as well as the existing benfeons in the real estate referred to in art. 1º and belonging to those who will be benefited from their targeting.

Art. 3º The National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform-INCRA is allowed to promote the dispropriations of rural real estate from which treats this Decree, in the form provided for in the Supplementary Act No. 76 of July 6, 1993, and to keep the areas of Legal Reserve and permanent preservation provided for in Law No. 4,771 of September 15, 1965, preferentially in single gleba, so as to reconciling the settlement with the preservation of the environment.

Art. 4º This Decree comes into force on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, February 3, 2004; 183º of Independence and 116º of the Republic.

LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA

Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto