diff --git a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.ml b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.ml
index e82ef7d3c..9e123b43c 100644
--- a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.ml
+++ b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.ml
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ and param_var = {
 
 and block = {
   opening    : block_opening;
-  instr      : instructions;
+  statements : statements;
   terminator : semi option;
   closing    : block_closing
 }
@@ -315,9 +315,18 @@ and block_closing =
   Block of rbrace
 | End   of kwd_end
 
+and statements = (statement, semi) nsepseq
+
+and statement =
+  Instr of instruction
+| Data  of data_decl
+
 and local_decl =
   LocalLam   of lambda_decl
-| LocalConst of const_decl reg
+| LocalData  of data_decl
+
+and data_decl =
+  LocalConst of const_decl reg
 | LocalVar   of var_decl reg
 
 and var_decl = {
@@ -330,8 +339,6 @@ and var_decl = {
   terminator : semi option
 }
 
-and instructions = (instruction, semi) nsepseq
-
 and instruction =
   Single of single_instr
 | Block  of block reg
@@ -410,7 +417,7 @@ and conditional = {
 
 and if_clause =
   ClauseInstr of instruction
-| ClauseBlock of (instructions * semi option) braces reg
+| ClauseBlock of (statements * semi option) braces reg
 
 and set_membership = {
   set          : expr;
@@ -789,11 +796,11 @@ let pattern_to_region = function
 | PTuple      {region; _} -> region
 
 let local_decl_to_region = function
-  LocalLam FunDecl   {region; _}
-| LocalLam ProcDecl  {region; _}
-| LocalLam EntryDecl {region; _}
-| LocalConst         {region; _}
-| LocalVar           {region; _} -> region
+  LocalLam FunDecl     {region; _}
+| LocalLam ProcDecl    {region; _}
+| LocalLam EntryDecl   {region; _}
+| LocalData LocalConst {region; _}
+| LocalData LocalVar   {region; _} -> region
 
 let lhs_to_region : lhs -> Region.t = function
   Path path -> path_to_region path
@@ -1028,9 +1035,9 @@ and print_param_var {value; _} =
   print_type_expr param_type
 
 and print_block {value; _} =
-  let {opening; instr; terminator; closing} = value in
+  let {opening; statements; terminator; closing} = value in
   print_block_opening opening;
-  print_instructions  instr;
+  print_statements    statements;
   print_terminator    terminator;
   print_block_closing closing
 
@@ -1047,9 +1054,12 @@ and print_local_decls sequence =
   List.iter print_local_decl sequence
 
 and print_local_decl = function
-  LocalLam   decl -> print_lambda_decl decl
-| LocalConst decl -> print_const_decl  decl
-| LocalVar   decl -> print_var_decl    decl
+  LocalLam  decl -> print_lambda_decl decl
+| LocalData decl -> print_data_decl decl
+
+and print_data_decl = function
+  LocalConst decl -> print_const_decl decl
+| LocalVar   decl -> print_var_decl   decl
 
 and print_var_decl {value; _} =
   let {kwd_var; name; colon; var_type;
@@ -1062,12 +1072,16 @@ and print_var_decl {value; _} =
   print_expr       init;
   print_terminator terminator
 
-and print_instructions sequence =
-  print_nsepseq ";" print_instruction sequence
+and print_statements sequence =
+  print_nsepseq ";" print_statement sequence
+
+and print_statement = function
+  Instr instr -> print_instruction instr
+| Data data -> print_data_decl data
 
 and print_instruction = function
   Single instr -> print_single_instr instr
-|  Block block -> print_block block
+| Block block -> print_block block
 
 and print_single_instr = function
   Cond        {value; _} -> print_conditional value
@@ -1102,10 +1116,10 @@ and print_if_clause = function
   ClauseInstr instr -> print_instruction instr
 | ClauseBlock {value; _} ->
     let {lbrace; inside; rbrace} = value in
-    let instr, terminator = inside in
+    let statements, terminator = inside in
     print_token lbrace "{";
-    print_instructions instr;
-    print_terminator   terminator;
+    print_statements statements;
+    print_terminator terminator;
     print_token rbrace "}"
 
 and print_case_instr (node : case_instr) =
diff --git a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.mli b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.mli
index fddc5ce1b..cfc3a3e69 100644
--- a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.mli
+++ b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/AST.mli
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ and param_var = {
 
 and block = {
   opening    : block_opening;
-  instr      : instructions;
+  statements : statements;
   terminator : semi option;
   closing    : block_closing
 }
@@ -299,9 +299,18 @@ and block_closing =
   Block of rbrace
 | End   of kwd_end
 
+and statements = (statement, semi) nsepseq
+
+and statement =
+  Instr of instruction
+| Data  of data_decl
+
 and local_decl =
   LocalLam   of lambda_decl
-| LocalConst of const_decl reg
+| LocalData  of data_decl
+
+and data_decl =
+  LocalConst of const_decl reg
 | LocalVar   of var_decl reg
 
 and var_decl = {
@@ -314,8 +323,6 @@ and var_decl = {
   terminator : semi option
 }
 
-and instructions = (instruction, semi) nsepseq
-
 and instruction =
   Single of single_instr
 | Block  of block reg
@@ -394,7 +401,7 @@ and conditional = {
 
 and if_clause =
   ClauseInstr of instruction
-| ClauseBlock of (instructions * semi option) braces reg
+| ClauseBlock of (statements * semi option) braces reg
 
 and set_membership = {
   set          : expr;
diff --git a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/Parser.mly b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/Parser.mly
index 217c3148c..4d06c9c74 100644
--- a/src/ligo/ligo-parser/Parser.mly
+++ b/src/ligo/ligo-parser/Parser.mly
@@ -350,34 +350,72 @@ core_param_type:
     in TApp {region; value = $1,$2}}
 
 block:
-  Begin series(instruction,End) {
+  Begin series(statement,End) {
    let first, (others, terminator, closing) = $2 in
    let region = cover $1 closing
    and value = {
-     opening = Begin $1;
-     instr   = first, others;
+     opening    = Begin $1;
+     statements = first, others;
      terminator;
-     closing = End closing}
+     closing    = End closing}
    in {region; value}
   }
-| Block LBRACE series(instruction,RBRACE) {
+| Block LBRACE series(statement,RBRACE) {
    let first, (others, terminator, closing) = $3 in
    let region = cover $1 closing
    and value = {
-     opening = Block ($1,$2);
-     instr   = first, others;
+     opening    = Block ($1,$2);
+     statements = first, others;
      terminator;
-     closing = Block closing}
-   in {region; value}
-  }
+     closing    = Block closing}
+   in {region; value}}
+
+statement:
+  instruction     { Instr $1 }
+| open_data_decl  { Data  $1 }
+
+open_data_decl:
+  open_const_decl { LocalConst $1 }
+| open_var_decl   { LocalVar   $1 }
+
+open_const_decl:
+  Const unqualified_decl(EQUAL) {
+    let name, colon, const_type, equal, init, stop = $2 in
+    let region = cover $1 stop
+    and value = {
+      kwd_const = $1;
+      name;
+      colon;
+      const_type;
+      equal;
+      init;
+      terminator = None}
+    in {region; value}}
+
+open_var_decl:
+  Var unqualified_decl(ASS) {
+    let name, colon, var_type, assign, init, stop = $2 in
+    let region = cover $1 stop
+    and value = {
+      kwd_var = $1;
+      name;
+      colon;
+      var_type;
+      assign;
+      init;
+      terminator = None}
+    in {region; value}}
 
 local_decl:
-  lambda_decl { LocalLam   $1 }
-| const_decl  { LocalConst $1 }
-| var_decl    { LocalVar   $1 }
+  lambda_decl { LocalLam  $1 }
+| data_decl   { LocalData $1 }
+
+data_decl:
+  const_decl { LocalConst $1 }
+| var_decl   { LocalVar   $1 }
 
 unqualified_decl(OP):
-  var COLON type_expr OP extended_expr option(SEMI) {
+  var COLON type_expr OP extended_expr {
     let init, region =
       match $5 with
         `Expr e -> e, expr_to_region e
@@ -399,17 +437,13 @@ unqualified_decl(OP):
                colon    = Region.ghost;
                opt_type = $3};
              rpar = Region.ghost}
-           in EConstr (NoneExpr {region; value}), region in
-    let stop = match $6 with
-                 Some region -> region
-               |        None -> region
-    in $1, $2, $3, $4, init, $6, stop}
+           in EConstr (NoneExpr {region; value}), region
+    in $1, $2, $3, $4, init, region}
 
 const_decl:
-  Const unqualified_decl(EQUAL) {
-    let name, colon, const_type, equal,
-        init, terminator, stop = $2 in
-    let region = cover $1 stop
+  Const unqualified_decl(EQUAL) SEMI {
+    let name, colon, const_type, equal, init, _ = $2 in
+    let region = cover $1 $3
     and value = {
       kwd_const = $1;
       name;
@@ -417,14 +451,15 @@ const_decl:
       const_type;
       equal;
       init;
-      terminator}
-    in {region; value}}
+      terminator = Some $3}
+    in {region; value}
+  }
+| open_const_decl { $1 }
 
 var_decl:
-  Var unqualified_decl(ASS) {
-    let name, colon, var_type, assign,
-        init, terminator, stop = $2 in
-    let region = cover $1 stop
+  Var unqualified_decl(ASS) SEMI {
+    let name, colon, var_type, assign, init, _ = $2 in
+    let region = cover $1 $3
     and value = {
       kwd_var = $1;
       name;
@@ -432,8 +467,10 @@ var_decl:
       var_type;
       assign;
       init;
-      terminator}
-    in {region; value}}
+      terminator = Some $3}
+    in {region; value}
+  }
+| open_var_decl { $1 }
 
 extended_expr:
   expr   { `Expr  $1 }
@@ -625,7 +662,7 @@ if_clause:
   instruction {
     ClauseInstr $1
   }
-| LBRACE series(instruction,RBRACE) {
+| LBRACE series(statement,RBRACE) {
    let first, (others, terminator, closing) = $2 in
    let region = cover $1 closing in
    let value = {