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Policies

[LEX-FAOC224884] China: Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Waste Recycling System. Date of text: 6 February 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225336] Japan: Imported Foods Monitoring and Guidance Plan for FY 2024. Date of text: 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225403] African Union (AU): Agenda 2063: Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan (2024 – 2033). Date of text: 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225806] Togo: Plan d'action d'investissement de la filière sésame: 2024-2028. Date of text: February 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224154] China: China's National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2023-2030). Date of text: January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224726] Türkiye: Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2024-2028. Date of text: 2024.

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Agricultural and rural development

[LEX-FAOC224580] Portugal: Order No. 108/2024/1 on the governance and functioning structure of the National Common Agricultural Policy Network (RNPAC). Date of text: 15 March 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224642] Greece: Law no. 5087 of 2024. Strengthening standard animal husbandry, fisheries and aquaculture provisions, phytosanitary, biocidal products and food quality provisions, rural development stimulation provisions and other urgent provisions. Date of text: 16 February 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225383] Finland: Government Decree on Northern Support 2024 (No. 41 of 2024). Date of text: 8 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223576] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 834 - Ley integral de comercialización agropecuaria. Date of text: 29 August 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225161] Saudi Arabia: Agricultural Development Fund System 2023, issued by Royal Decree No. M/30 (1445 Hegira). Date of text: 5 September 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223345] China: Grain Security Guarantee Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 29 December 2023.

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Cultivated plants

[LEX-FAOC224597] Cyprus: Law no. 146(I) of 2023 on Protective Measures against Organisms Harmful to Plants. Date of text: 13 December 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225335] Colombia: Ley No. 2321 por medio de la cual se declara al trabajador bananero, al campesino platanero y a la producción bananera y platanera y a la cultura gastronómica asociada al plátano y al banano como patrimonio cultural inmaterial, alimenticio y nutricional de la nación y se dictan otras disposiciones - Ley Manuel Rivas Palacios. Date of text: 5 September 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223496] European Union: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/434 on measures to prevent the establishment and spread of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire within the Union territory. Date of text: 5 February 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223615] European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/373 on the harmonised standards for inspection of pesticide application equipment in use drafted in support of Directive 2009/128/EC. Date of text: 24 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224897] Finland: Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on support for greenhouse production 2024 (No. of 2023). Date of text: 24 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225564] Türkiye: Regulation on registration system of closed plant cultivation. Date of text: 16 March 2024.

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Environment

[LEX-FAOC225880] Chile: Ley Núm. 21.660 – Sobre protección ambiental de las turberas. Date of text: 26 March 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223657] European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 on European Green Bonds and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and for sustainability-linked bonds. Date of text: 22 November 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223915] European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC. Date of text: 12 July 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224060] Guatemala: Decreto Número 9-2023 – Aprueba "Enmienda del Protocolo de Montreal relativo a las Sustancias que Agotan la Capa de Ozono", suscrito en la ciudad de Kigali, Ruanda, el 15 de octubre de 2016. Date of text: 12 April 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224875] Guyana: Radiation Safety and Security Act No. 10 of 2023. Date of text: 2 August 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225219] Colombia: Ley No. 2327 - Por medio de la cual se establece la definición de pasivo ambiental, se fijan lineamientos para su gestión y se dictan otras disposiciones. Date of text: 13 September 2023.

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Fisheries

[LEX-FAOC223602] European Union: Council Regulation (EU) 2024/259 fixing for 2024 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Date of text: 10 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223603] European Union: Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194. Date of text: 10 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223993] Chile: Ley Núm. 21.651 – Modifica la Ley General de Pesca y Acuicultura en el ámbito de los recursos bentónicos. Date of text: 29 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223599] European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627. Date of text: 13 September 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223600] European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/2833 establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 640/2010. Date of text: 13 December 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223598] European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/2124 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast). Date of text: 4 October 2023.

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Food and nutrition

[LEX-FAOC223528] Georgia: Law No. 3548-XIIIms-Xmp “On food loss, food waste reduction and food donation. Date of text: 4 October 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225716] Mexico: Decreto por el que se expide la Ley General de la Alimentación Adecuada y Sostenible. Date of text: 6 March 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225543] Taiwan Province of China: Nutrition and Healthy Diet Promotion Act. Date of text: 3 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223857] Papua New Guinea: Infants and Young Children's Food Supply (Control) Act 2023 (No. 18 of 2023). Date of text: 9 August 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224576] Liberia: Executive Order No. 118 of 2023 on adoption of Guidelines and Procedures for Management of Food Reserve in Liberia. Date of text: 5 April 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224303] Iceland: Act No. 60 amending various acts regarding public oversight of the Food Administration (harmonization of fee provisions). Date of text: 8 June 2023.

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Forestry

[LEX-FAOC224112] Uruguay: Ley Nº 20.238 - Prevención y combate de incendios forestales. Date of text: 13 December 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224398] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 921 - Disposiciones transitorias para la venta, donación y destrucción de productos y subproductos forestales decomisados por infracciones a la Ley Forestal. Date of text: 5 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224595] Mongolia: Order of the Minister of Environment and Tourism No. A/450 validating Regulation on conservation and use of forest resources. Date of text: 13 September 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224240] Iceland: Act No. 66 on Land and Forest Iceland. Date of text: 22 June 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224230] Bhutan: Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 2023. Date of text: 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224694] Brazil: Decree No. 11.957 providing for the Public Forest Management Commission. Date of text: 21 March 2024.

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Land and soil

[LEX-FAOC223389] Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 2/2024 establishing a special regime for the compensation of individuals whose properties they occupy were expropriated through a declaration of public utility and do not have any title proving ownership and possession of the land. Date of text: 15 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224675] Viet Nam: Land Law No. 31/2024/QH15. Date of text: 18 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC225181] Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 12/2024 approving the Legal Regime of Land Registry. Date of text: 21 March 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224365] Mauritania: Loi n° 2024-003 du 17 janvier 2024 relative à l’urbanisme et à la construction. Date of text: 17 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223398] Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 4/2024 establishing the Community Development Planning. Date of text: 17 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223916] Ecuador: Ley orgánica reformatoria al Código Orgánico de organización territorial, autonomía y descentralización (COOTAD). Date of text: 26 April 2023.

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Livestock

[LEX-FAOC223396] European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1521 concerning certain special disease control measures for a limited period of time relating to infection with lumpy skin disease virus in certain Member States. Date of text: 19 July 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223378] Iraq: Law No. 8 of 2023 regarding the management of animal genetic resources. Date of text: 11 May 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223275] Senegal: Loi 2023-19 du 27 décembre portant Code pastoral Date of text: 27 December 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224113] Uruguay: Ley Nº 20.230 - Se habilita la faena artesanal predial con destino a autoconsumo o comercialización a productores familiares. Date of text: 19 December 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224177] Paraguay: Ley N° 7114 - Que establece la integración del Fondo Ganadero con el Banco Nacional de Fomento, en lo que respecta a la promoción y financiamiento de planes, proyectos y programas de inversión pecuarios y de actividades industriales y agroindustriales que desarrollen y potencien al sector pecuario. Date of text: 2 March 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224175] Germany: Animal Husbandry Labeling Act (TierHaltKennzG). Date of text: 17 August 2023.

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Water

[LEX-FAOC223466] Viet Nam: Law No.28/2023/QH15 on Water Resources. Date of text: 27 November 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224299] Tajikistan: Law No. 2026 “On protection of glaciers.” Date of text: 3 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224845] Italy: Legislative Decree No. 18/2023 concerning the implementation of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 concerning the quality of water intended for human consumption. Date of text: 23 February 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225734] Taiwan Province of China: President Order No. 11200046841 promulgating the Organization Act of the Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Date of text: 7 June 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223359] Brazil: Decree No. 11.893 enacting the Agreement on the Guarani Aquifer between the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Argentine Republic, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, signed in San Juan, on 2 August 2010. Date of text: 23 January 2024.

[LEX-FAOC224655] China: Water Conservation Regulations. Date of text: 9 March 2024.

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Wild species and ecosystems

[LEX-FAOC225880] Chile: Ley Núm. 21.660 – Sobre protección ambiental de las turberas. Date of text: 26 March 2024.

[LEX-FAOC223563] Chile: Ley Núm. 21.600 – Crea el Servicio de Biodiversidad y Áreas protegidas y el Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas. Last amended date: 23 December 2023. Date of original text: 21 August 2023.

[LEX-FAOC225655] Taiwan Province of China: Organization Act of the National Park Service, Ministry of the Interior. Date of text: 9 June 2023.

[LEX-FAOC223772] Cuba: Ley Nº 150 - Ley del Sistema de los Recursos Naturales y el Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 13 September 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224786] Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decree No. 098 /PO of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the the Promulgation of the Law on Wild Animal (Amended). Date of text: 30 August 2023.

[LEX-FAOC224855] Georgia: Law No. 3969-XIIIms-Xmp “On tourism.” Date of text: 15 December 2023.

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