Policies

[LEX-FAOC235096] China: Comprehensive Prevention and Control Plan for the Misuse of Food Additives. Date of text: 18 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235544] Mongolia: National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change 2024-2030. Date of text: March 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235047] Türkiye: National Employment Strategy (2025-2028). Date of text: February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235328] China: Implementation Plan for the Grain-saving Action in Animal Husbandry Sector. Date of text: 25 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236031] European Union: European Water Resilience Strategy. Date of text: 4 June 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236085] Latvia: Energy Strategy Latvia 2050. Date of text: May 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC236745] Philippines: Philippine Agriculturists Act (Republic Act No. 12215). Date of text: 2 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236659] Colombia: Ley Nº 2462 - Modifica la ley 731 de 2002 y se adoptan medidas afirmativas, con el fin de garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades de las mujeres rurales, campesinas y de la pesca; y se dictan otras disposiciones. Date of text: 18 June 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235186] Kuwait: Ministerial Resolution No. 31 of 2025 regarding supporting the promotion of local agricultural products in cooperative societies. Date of text: 10 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236528] Peru: Ley Nº 32233 – Ley que declara de interés nacional la ejecución de los proyectos de inversión "Mejoramiento del servicio de provisión de agua para riego en los bloques de Ilbuya, Torata y Yacango del distrito de Torata - Provincia de Mariscal Nieto - Departamento de Moquegua" y "Ampliación de la frontera agrícola Lomas de Ilo-Moquega", y la construcción de la presa chilota en la provincia Mariscal Nieto, Departamento de Moquegua. Date of text: 8 January 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235963] Panama: Ley 465 de 31 de marzo de 2025 Que establece el marco legal para fomento de la agricultura urbana en Panamá. Date of text: 31 March 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236529] Peru: Ley Nº 32234 – Ley que declara de interés nacional el uso de las energías renovables en la agricultura. Date of text: 8 January 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC235878] Panama: Ley 464 de 24 de mayo de 2025 Que regula la producción, comercialización y exportación del cáñamo en la República de Panamá. Date of text: 24 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235547] Ukraine: Law No. 4147-IX “On state regulation of plant protection”. Date of text: 17 December 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235371] Bulgaria: Наредба № 1 от 21 февруари 2025 г. за условията и реда за предоставяне на спешна финансова помощ на земеделски стопани, отглеждащи царевица. Date of text: 21 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235886] European Union: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/311 on measures to eradicate and to prevent the establishment and spread within the Union territory of fruit flies of the species Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders). Date of text: 14 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236420] Indonesia: Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 16 of 2025 concerning the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification System. Date of text: 19 March 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236555] Russian Federation: Government Resolution No. 581 “On conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation on the use of the state information system of electronic transport documents for the registration of the transportation of batches of grain and (or) batches of processed grain products”. Date of text: 30 April 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC235298] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 186 - Ley especial de recolección, aprovechamiento y disposición final de residuos. Date of text: 20 December 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235055] Italy: Decree Law No. 153/2024 on urgent provisions for the environmental protection of the country, the rationalization of environmental assessment and authorization procedures, the promotion of the circular economy, the implementation of interventions in the field of remediation of contaminated sites and hydrogeological instability. Last amended date: 16 December 2024. Date of original text: 17 October 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236544] Burkina Faso: Loi n° 045-2024/ALT portant sur les emballages et sachets en plastique au Burkina Faso. Date of text: 30 December 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235739] Canada: National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (S.C. 2024, c. 11) Date of text: 20 June 2024.

[LEX-FAOC234977] Romania: Law No. 121 “On offshore wind energy”. Date of text: 30 April 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236003] Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 54/2024 regulating the National Investment System. Date of text: 5 November 2024.

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[LEX-FAOC236802] Chile: Ley Nº 21.752 - Fija un nuevo fraccionamiento entre el sector pesquero artesanal e industrial. Date of text: 19 June 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235697] Portugal: Order No. 239/2025/1 creating the Lamprey and Shad Fishing Monitoring Commission. Date of text: 27 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236261] Panama: Ley N° 470 De 29 de mayo de 2025 que adopta el protocolo de enmienda del acuerdo de Marrakech, por el cual se establece la organización mundial del comercio y el anexo a dicho protocolo referente al acuerdo sobre subvenciones a la pesca. Date of text: 29 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236278] European Union: Council Regulation (EU) 2025/219 fixing for 2025 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Date of text: 30 January 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236279] European Union: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/370 establishing a fisheries closure for yellowtail flounder in NAFO Divisions 3LNO for vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union fishing under the quota allocated to ‘others’. Date of text: 18 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236283] European Union; Guinea-Bissau: Council Decision (EU) 2025/961 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024–2029). Date of text: 12 May 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC235631] Timor-Leste: Government Decree No. 3/2025 establishing the conditions for awarding the subsidy under the School Feeding Programme. Date of text: 2 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235822] European Union: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/351 amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, amending Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as regards recycled plastic and other matters related to quality control and manufacturing of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Date of text: 21 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236562] Barbados: Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development (Seafood Markets and Businesses) Act, 2025 (No. 11 of 2025). Date of text: 5 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236066] Singapore: Food Safety and Security Act 2025 (No. 7 of 2025). Date of text: 3 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235024] Honduras: Decreto No. 46-2024 - Ley para el control y regulación de bebidas energizantes. Date of text: 24 April 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235129] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 64 - Disposiciones especiales para combatir el aumento en los precios de los agroproductos. Date of text: 31 July 2024.

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Forestry

[LEX-FAOC236801] Chile: Ley Nº 21744 - Crea el Servicio Nacional Forestal y modifica la Ley General de Urbanismo y Construcciones. Date of text: 7 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236769] Burundi: Ordonnance Ministérielle Conjointe N°710/540/1268 du 02/04/2025 Portant Règlementation des Prix De Vente, de Transport des Produits Forestiers et Leurs Dérives Issus des Forêts et Boisements de L’état Et Des Prives. Date of text: 2 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236572] European Union; Côte d'Ivoire: Voluntary Partnership Agreement (2024/1414) between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT). Date of text: 19 February 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235390] Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Decreto Supremo Nº 5390 - Establece la administración y gestión integral de las Reservas Forestales. Date of text: 14 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235446] Nicaragua: Resolución Ministerial No. 016-2025 - Procedimiento para la Exploración y Extracción de Madera Sumergida, en Ríos, Lagos, Lagunas y otros cuerpos de agua. Date of text: 12 March 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235872] Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 44/2025 approving the Application Forms for Forestry Exploitation Licenses and Product Certificates, as well as the templates for Forestry Exploitation Licenses and Product Certificates. Date of text: 3 June 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC234946] New Zealand: Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua 2025/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Act 2025. Date of text: 1 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235153] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 122 - Ley de creación de la Dirección de Ordenamiento Territorial y Construcción. Date of text: 24 October 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235160] Iraq: Agricultural Land Lease Law No. 24 of 2024. Date of text: 7 October 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236211] Ireland: Planning and Development Act 2024 (N. 34 of 2024). Date of text: 17 October 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235334] Angola: Presidential Decree No. 95/25 establishing the Classification of Communes for the Purposes of Territorial Organization and Administration, as well as the Regime for the Administration of Districts and Villages. Date of text: 9 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235496] Cabo Verde: Order No. 16/2025 approving the Coastal and Adjacent Sea Zone Management Plan (POOC_M) for the island of Sal. Date of text: 15 May 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC235869] Uganda: Animal Feeds Act, 2024. Date of text: 22 May 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236402] Mongolia: Law “On shepherds”. Date of text: 5 June 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236399] Mongolia: Law “On reducing the negative impact of climate change on traditional livestock farming”. Date of text: 19 April 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235901] Guatemala: Decreto No. 31-2024 – Ley para la integración del sector productivo primario y agropecuario. Date of text: 19 November 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236725] Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Regulation no. WJZ/96877398 of 2025, on measures in the protection and surveillance zone for the control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Idsegahuizum Date of text: 30 January 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235329] Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 30/2025 approving the emergency health control measures for African swine fever on the island of Boa Vista. Date of text: 28 April 2025.

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[LEX-FAOC234949] Angola: Joint Executive Decree No. 7/25 repealing Joint Executive Decree No. 230/18 of 12 June approving the Revision of the Drinking Water Tariff Plan, and Executive Decree No. 122/19 of 24 May approving the Electricity Sales Tariffs. Date of text: 21 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236473] United States of America: Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024. Date of text: 4 January 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236764] New Zealand: Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024 (2024 No 31). Date of text: 2 September 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236253] Ecuador: Decreto Ejecutivo No. 443 - Reforma el Reglamento a la Ley Orgánica de Recursos Hídricos, Usos y Aprovechamiento del Agua y, el Decreto Ejecutivo No. 310 de 17 de abril de 2014. Date of text: 30 October 2024.

[LEX-FAOC235821] Guatemala: Decreto No. 28-2024 – Ley de protección de la cuenca del lago Petén Itzá. Date of text: 29 November 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236153] Cambodia: Law on Wastewater Systems. Date of text: 13 November 2024.

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[LEX-FAOC236685] Djibouti: Loi n° 16/AN/23/9ème L Relative aux aires protégées. Date of text: 17 April 2025.

[LEX-FAOC236391] Greece: Law No. 5196 of 2025. Ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. Date of text: 9 May 2025.

[LEX-FAOC234946] New Zealand: Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua 2025/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Act 2025. Date of text: 1 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235113] El Salvador: Decreto Legislativo Nº 731 - Ley especial para la reforestación, forestación, conservación y restauración de la zona turística de interés nacional Ruta de las Flores. Date of text: 3 May 2024.

[LEX-FAOC236652] Benin: Décret N° 2025-076 du 19 février 2025 portant attributions, composition, organisation et fonctionnement du Conseil scientifique de la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de la flore sauvages menacées d'extinction. Date of text: 19 February 2025.

[LEX-FAOC235538] Belarus: Resolution No. 10 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on rare and endangered species of wild animals and wild growing plants inserted in the national Red Book. Date of text: 14 March 2025.

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