DECREE OF February 13, 2003.

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 the Act No. 4,504, of November 30, 1964, and 2º of the Act 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 2º of the Law no 8,629, of February 25, 1993, the following rural real estate:

I-"Fazenda Bom Jesus and Saint John", with area of thousand, seven hundred and ten hectares, situated in the Municipality of Tianguá, object of the Registry in the R-4-102, fls. 102, Book 2, of the Estate Registration Office, Comarch of Tianguá, State of Ceará (Process INCRA/SR-02/nº 54130.000046 /2002-42);

II-"Fazenda Pacas", with area of seven thousand, one hundred and eleven hectares, eighty nine ares and sixty centiars, situated in the Municipality of Vargem Grande, object of the Registry in the R-1-134, fls. 136, Book 2-A, of the 1º Offer's Carthorium, Comarch of Vargem Grande, State of the Maranhão (Case INCRA/SR-12/nº 54230.001426 /00-98);

III-"Farm Good Hope", with area of nine thousand, nine hundred and forty seven hectares, situated in the Municipality of Campo Verde, object of the Matriculation in the 2,010, fls. 150, Book 2-L, of the Estate Registration Office of the 1º Oftice, Comarch of Chapada dos Guimarães, State of Mato Grosso (Case INCRA/SR-13/nº 54240.000067 /2002-11);

IV-"Fazenda Senzala", with area of a thousand, one hundred and thirty hectares, eighty eight airs and eighty eight centiars, situated in the Municipality of Black Stone, object of the Records in the R-2-629, fls. 01, Book 2 and R-4-335, fls. 01, Book 2, of the Estate Registration Office of the 1º Oftice, Comarch of Black Stone, State of Mato Grosso (Process INCRA/SR-13/nº 54240.000064 /2002-87);

V-"Holy Farm Lucia", with area of a thousand, one hundred and twenty and Five hectares, situated in the Municipality of São Domingos do Araguaia, object of the Matriculation in the 43, Book 2-A, of the Estate Registration of Real Estate, Comarch of St. Sundays of the Araguaia, State of Pará (Case INCRA/SR-27/nº 54600.000971 /99-97);

VI-"Fazenda Romaria", with area of five hundred and twenty-four hectares and seventy ares, situated in the Municipality of Monte Alegre de Sergipe, object of the Records in the R-1-2.102, fls. 02, Book 2-G; R-2-2.796, fls. 96, Book 2-I and R-1-6.074, fls. 74, Book 2-U, of the Carthorium of the 1º Oftice, Comarch of Our Lady of Glory, State of Sergipe (Process INCRA/SR-23/nº 54370.000246 /2002-72).

Art. 2º Excludes from the effects of this Decree the Semoters, 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 the Act 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 13, 2003; 182º of Independence and 115º of the Republic.

LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA

Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto