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Constitution of the Republic of Poland.
Date of text: 1997

Policies

National Action Plan to Reduce the Risk Associated with the Use of Plant Protection Products 2018-2022.
Date of text: 11 July 2018
Polish National Action Plan for the Implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 2017-2020.
Date of text: 29 May 2017
Update of the National Plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Date of text: 28 December 2016
Programme of Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity along with Action Plan.
Date of text: 07 November 2015
National Action Plan to reduce the risk associated with the use of plant protection products 2013.
Date of text: 2013

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Act on the Agriculture Protection Fund.
Date of text: 09 May 2023
Act on the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy for 2023–2027.
Date of text: 08 February 2023
Act on organic farming and organic production.
Date of original text: 23 June 2022 (25 May 2023)
Act on agricultural system development.
Date of original text: 11 April 2003 (21 March 2024)
Act on the National Support Centre for Agriculture.
Date of original text: 10 February 2017 (25 May 2023)

Cultivated plants

Act on the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service.
Date of original text: 13 February 2020 (11 January 2023)
Act on the protection of plants against pests.
Date of original text: 13 February 2020 (16 September 2022)
Act on plant protection products.
Date of original text: 08 March 2013 (11 January 2023)
Seed Act.
Date of original text: 09 November 2012 (08 December 2020)
Fertilizers and Fertilizing Act.
Date of original text: 10 July 2007 (27 January 2023)

Disaster risk management

Regulation on major accidents subject to reporting to the Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection.
Date of original text: 30 December 2002 (28 July 2021)

Environment

Environment Protection Act.
Date of original text: 27 April 2001 (07 December 2023)
Act on waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Date of original text: 11 September 2015 (02 April 2024)
Act on trading greenhouse gas emission allowances.
Date of original text: 12 June 2015 (07 April 2022)
Waste Act.
Date of original text: 14 December 2012 (03 March 2022)
Act on providing information on the environment and environmental protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment.
Date of original text: 03 October 2008 (25 May 2023)

Fisheries

Act on supporting sustainable development of fisheries sector with the participation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
Marine Fishery Act.
Date of original text: 19 December 2014 (09 February 2024)
Act on inland fisheries.
Date of original text: 18 April 1985 (23 March 2022)
Act on the support of sustainable development of the fisheries sector with the use of European Fisheries Fund.
Date of text: 03 April 2009
Act amending the Act on animal health protection and fighting against infectious animal diseases and amending some other acts.
Date of text: 10 July 2008

Food and nutrition

Act on registration and protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and guaranteed traditional specialties of agricultural products and foodstuffs, wines or spirits, and on traditional products.
Date of text: 09 March 2023
Act on safety of food and nutrition.
Date of original text: 25 August 2006 (25 May 2023)
Act on the organization of the market for milk and milk products.
Date of original text: 20 April 2004 (25 May 2023)
Act on commercial quality of agri-food products.
Date of original text: 21 December 2000 (07 July 2022)
Act on the labeling of products produced without the use of genetically modified organisms as free of those organisms.
Date of original text: 13 June 2019 (15 April 2021)

Forestry

Forest Act.
Date of original text: 28 September 1991 (01 June 2023)
Act on forest reproductive material.
Date of original text: 07 June 2001 (03 January 2017)
Act on classification of unprocessed raw timber.
Date of text: 31 March 2004
Act amending Forest Act and Nature Conservation Act.
Date of text: 17 December 2010
Regulation on good practice requirements in the field of forest management.
Date of text: 27 March 2023

Land and soil

Civil Code.
Date of original text: 1964 (2023)
Act on planning and spatial development.
Date of original text: 27 March 2003 (2019)
Act on the protection of agricultural and forest land.
Date of original text: 03 February 1995 (16 January 2024)
Act on the management of agricultural properties of the State Treasury.
Date of original text: 19 October 1991 (08 December 2017)
Act on State-owned property of some forests and other self-governing lands.
Date of text: 18 November 1948

Livestock

Act on livestock identification and registration.
Date of original text: 04 November 2022 (08 February 2023)
Act on livestock breeding.
Date of text: 10 December 2020
Act on fodders.
Date of original text: 22 July 2006 (11 May 2023)
Act on animals health protection and fighting against infectious diseases of animals.
Date of original text: 11 March 2004 (17 April 2023)
Act on Veterinary Inspection.
Date of original text: 29 January 2004 (20 July 2018)

Sea

Act concerning the Maritime Zones of the Polish Republic and the Marine Administration.
Date of original text: 21 March 1991 (09 November 2018)
Act on prevention of marine pollution by vessels.
Date of original text: 16 March 1995 (17 April 2023)
Act on marine equipment.
Date of text: 02 December 2016
Act on marine safety.
Date of text: 18 August 2011
Act on dock equipment for receiving of wastes and load remains from vessels.
Date of text: 12 September 2002

Water

Water Law.
Date of original text: 20 July 2017 (16 June 2023)
Act on collective water supply and Collective Discharge of Waste Water.
Date of original text: 07 June 2001 (09 May 2018)
Inland Waters Shipping Act.
Date of original text: 21 December 2000 (30 October 2017)
Regulation on data included in the National Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.
Date of text: 22 February 2022
Regulation on the water management information system.
Date of text: 10 September 2020

Wild species and ecosystems

Nature Conservation Act.
Date of original text: 16 April 2004 (23 March 2022)
Hunting Law.
Date of original text: 13 October 1995 (17 April 2023)
Animal Protection Act.
Date of original text: 21 August 1997 (03 March 2022)
The Central Animal Asylum Act.
Date of text: 21 November 2022
Act on alien species.
Date of original text: 11 August 2021 (12 July 2023)

Miscellaneous

Act on promoting electricity generation in offshore wind farms.
Date of original text: 03 February 2021 (21 July 2023)
Act on renewable energy sources.
Date of original text: 20 February 2015 (23 June 2022)
Geological and Mining Act.
Date of text: 09 June 2011
Atomic Law.
Date of original text: 29 November 2000 (16 September 2021)
Energy Law.
Date of original text: 10 April 1997 (24 January 2024)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Poland on cooperation in the field of protection and rational use of transboundary waters.
Date of text: 07 February 2020
Implementation Programme to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of Republic of Poland on cooperation in the fields of science, education and culture for 2017 - 2020.
Date of text: 17 October 2017
Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Poland on common improvement of the situation on waterways in the German-Polish border area (flood control, drainage and navigation conditions).
Date of text: 27 April 2015

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