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Constitutional Declaration of Libya.
Date of text: 03 August 2011

Policies

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan-II 2017-2025.
Date of text: 01 March 2017

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 2 of 1974 on Cooperative Farms.
Date of text: 13 January 1974
Law No.15 of 1992 on the protection of agricultural land.
Date of text: 1992
Cabinet Resolution No.101 of 2012 for the adoption of the organizational structure and functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Marine Wealth and organization of its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 10 March 2012
Law No.17 of 2015 amending a provision of the Law No.2 of 1974 on the Cooperative Farms.
Date of text: 14 October 2015

Cultivated plants

Law No. 27 of 1968 on the protection of plants.
Date of text: 1968
Resolution No. 176 of the Secretary of the General popular Committee for Agrarian Reform implementing the Pesticides Regulation.
Date of text: 31 October 1989
Cabinet Resolution No.637 of 2013 establishing the Authority for Development of palm and olive trees.
Date of text: 27 October 2013
Cabinet Resolution No.98 of 2012 on the establishment of the National Center for Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine.
Date of text: 10 March 2012
Pesticides Regulation implemented by Resolution No. 76 of the Secretary of the General popular Committee for Agrarian Reform.
Date of text: 31 October 1989
Resolution of the General Popular Committee No. 308 of 1987 on measures for facing agricultural diseases and epidemics.
Date of text: 14 June 1987

Environment

Law No. 15 of 2003 on the protection and improvement of the environment.
Date of text: 13 June 2003

Fisheries

Law No. 23 of 1991 on fisheries cooperatives.
Date of text: 04 September 1991
Law No. 14 of 1989 regulating the exploitation of marine resources.
Date of text: 03 June 1989
Regulating Fishing Law No. 8 of 1962.
Date of text: 26 April 1962
Resolution No. 7 of 1992 issuing the Implementing Regulation under Law No. 23 of 1991 on fisheries cooperatives.
Date of text: 09 January 1992
SMW Decision No. 7 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 23 of 1991 on fisheries cooperatives.
Date of text: 1992
Resolution No. 80 of 1991 issuing the Technical Guidelines of Law No. 14 of 1989 concerning the exploitation of marine resources.
Date of text: 09 August 1991

Food and nutrition

No legislation available

Forestry

Law No.5 of 1982 on the protection of grasslands and forests.
Date of original text: 19 April 1982 (06 July 1992)
Law No.15 of 1989 on Animals and Trees Protection.
Date of text: 1989

Land and soil

Law No. 5 of 1969 on towns and villages planning.
Date of text: 1969
Resolution of the Revolutionary Command Council promulgating the Law on the protection of agricultural land.
Date of text: 15 March 1970

Livestock

Law No.15 of 1989 on Animals and Trees Protection.
Date of text: 1989
Cabinet Resolution No.101 of 2012 for the adoption of the organizational structure and functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Marine Wealth and organization of its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 10 March 2012
Cabinet Resolution No.100 of 2012 on the establishment of the National Center for Animal Health.
Date of text: 10 March 2012
Resolution of the General Popular Committee No. 309 of 1987 on particular measures to be taken on animal health.
Date of text: 14 June 1987

Sea

Decision No. 260 of 2009 concerning the declaration of the exclusive economic zone of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 31 May 2009
Act No. 2 on the delimitation of the Libyian territorial waters.
Date of text: 18 February 1959
General People’s Committee Decision No. 260 of A.J. 1377 (A.D. 2009) concerning the declaration of the exclusive economic zone of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 29 May 2009
General People’s Committee Decision No. 37 of 1373 (A.D. 2005) concerning the concerning the declaration of a Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea
Date of text: 24 February 2005
Declaration concerning the exclusive economic zone of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 27 May 2009
General People’s Committee Decision No. 104 of the year 1373 (AD 2005) concerning straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea and maritime zones of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 20 June 2005

Water

Law No.3 of 1982 to organize the Utilization of Water Resources.
Date of text: 10 March 1982
Internal Regulation of the Joint Board for the study and development of the Nubian Sandstone Reservoir Waters.

Wild species and ecosystems

Loi n°2001-68 du juillet 2001 portant l'Accord sur la conservation des cétacés de la mer noire, de la Méditerranée et de la zone atlantique adjacente.
Date of text: 11 July 2001
Cabinet Resolution No. 48 of 2013 to establish the apparatus for management and development of national parks.
Date of text: 06 February 2013

International Agreements

Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean.
Date of text: 21 January 2008
Agreement between Syria and Libya on sea transportation and ports ratified by Law No. 31 of 2007.
Date of text: 10 May 2007
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Agreement between Egypt and Libya activating and executing the Agreement related to rights of possession and utilization of agricultural lands in both Countries.
Date of text: 18 May 2002
Protocol on cooperation in preventing pollution from ships and, in cases of emergency, combating pollution in the Mediterranean Sea (Prevention and Emergency Protocol).
Date of text: 25 January 2002
Agreement between Turkey and Libya on the establishment of the joint Agriculture and Livestock Corporation.
Date of text: 31 October 2001