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Constitution of Lithuania.
Date of text: 1992

Políticas

National Environmental Protection Strategy.
Date of text: 16 April 2015
Action Plan on the Conservation of Landscape and Biological Diversity for 2015–2020.
Date of text: 09 January 2015
Resolution No. XI-2375 approving the National Strategy for Climate Change Management Policy.
Date of text: 06 November 2012
National Forestry Sector Development Programme for 2012-2020.
Date of text: 23 May 2012
National Strategy for Sustainable Development.
Date of text: 16 September 2009
Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan.
Date of text: 1996

Legislación

Desarrollo agrícola y rural

Law No. IX-987 on development of agriculture and rural area.
Date of text: 25 June 2002
Law No. I-734 on the State Regulation of Economic Relations in Agriculture.
Date of text: 22 December 1994
Law No. XIII-801 “On purchase of agricultural land”.
Date of original text: 23 November 2017 (26 April 2018)
Law No. IX-1314 “On use of agricultural land”.
Date of original text: 28 January 2003 (09 May 2015)
Law No. VIII-1422 “On purchase of agricultural commodities”.
Date of original text: 16 November 1999 (01 January 2011)
Law No. VIII-1159 “On peasant farm”.
Date of original text: 04 May 1999 (01 January 2012)
Patent Law (No. I-372 of 1994).
Date of original text: 18 January 1994 (30 October 2001)

Cultivos

Fertilizers Law (No. XIII-1927).
Date of text: 11 January 2019
Law No. IX – 618 on the protection of plant varieties.
Date of text: 22 November 2001
Law No. IX-2473 on seed growing.
Date of original text: 2001 (12 October 2004)
Law on Phytosanitary (No. VIII-1481).
Date of text: 16 December 1999
Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties and Seed Cultivation (No. I-1518).
Date of text: 17 September 1996
Law No. IX-375 on genetically modified organisms.
Date of original text: 12 June 2001 (20 March 2003)
Law No. XII-336 “On hemp”.
Date of original text: 23 May 2013 (01 January 2012)

Medio ambiente

Law on Environmental Protection 1992 (No. I-2223).
Date of original text: 21 January 1992 (14 May 2015)
Law No. IX-2499 “On noise management”.
Date of text: 26 October 2004
Law No. IX-517 on the management of packaging and packaging waste.
Date of text: 25 September 2001
Law on Waste Management (No. VIII-787).
Date of text: 16 June 1998
Law No. XIII-529 “On environmental impact assessment”.
Date of original text: 15 June 1998 (27 June 2017)
Law No. VIII-512 “On the protection of marine environment”.
Date of original text: 13 November 1997 (01 August 2016)
Law No. XIII-451 “On recognition of a nuclear power plant Ostrovec in the Republic of Belorussia as hazardous to the national security and public health.
Date of text: 15 October 2017

Pesca

Law on fisheries (No. VIII-1756).
Date of original text: 27 June 2000 (31 October 2019)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 61/1999 allocating, for 1999, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters.
Date of text: 18 December 1998
Council Regulation (EC) No. 60/1999 laying down, for 1999, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Lithuania.
Date of text: 18 December 1998
Order No. D1-100 of the Minister of Environment validating the Regulation on special inland fisheries.
Date of text: 12 February 2018
Government Resolution No. 91 on the Approval of Inspection Procedure of Foreign Vessels Fishing in the Economic Zone and Territorial Waters of Lithuania in the Baltic Sea.
Date of text: 15 January 1996
Order No. D1-14 of the Minister of Environment validating Rules on inland angling.
Date of text: 04 January 2013
Decree No. 33 of the Minister of Environment validating the Regulation on authorization for change of water level in ponds and lakes and issuance of permits.
Date of text: 29 January 1999

Alimentación y nutrición

Law on Food (No. VIII-1608).
Date of text: 04 April 2000
Law No. XII-1907 “On economic activities related to wholesale trade of raw milk and dairy products implying consequences for insurance activity”.
Date of original text: 25 June 2015 (31 December 2015)
Law No. X-1207 “On national heritage foodstuffs of protected origin”.
Date of original text: 26 June 2007 (01 January 2012)
Law No. X-764 “On management of potable water supply and wastewater”.
Date of text: 13 July 2006
Law No. IX-886 “On supervision over the public health”.
Date of original text: 16 May 2002 (29 April 2010)
Law on trademarks, service marks and places of origin of commodities (No. VIII-1981 of 2000).
Date of text: 10 October 2000
Law on chemical substances and preparation (No. VIII-1641).
Date of text: 18 April 2000

Bosques

Forest Law No. IX-240.
Date of original text: 1996 (10 April 2001)
Forestry Law (No. I-671 of 1994).
Date of original text: 22 November 1994 (23 December 1999)
Law No. X-1241 “On green spaces”.
Date of text: 28 June 2007
Law No. VIII-792 “On the amount, calculation, payment terms and procedures for the profitable immovable property, including the rights of the state, and provisions of the state guarantees and implementation of the provisions for ensuring the rights of citizens to existing immovable property”.
Date of original text: 16 June 1998 (14 October 2003)
Regulations on private forest management and use.
Date of text: 24 July 1997
Order No. D1-210 of the Minister of Environment “On financing of forest management”.
Date of text: 19 March 2018
Order No. D1-190 of the Minister of Environment “On measures for conservation and development of forest genetic resources for the period of 2018-2020”.
Date of text: 13 March 2018

Tierra y suelos

Law on the Real Property Register (No. I-1539).
Date of text: 24 September 1996
Constitutional Law on the subjects, procedure, terms and conditions and restrictions of the acquisition into ownership of land plots provided for in article 47, paragraph 2 of the constitution of the republic of lithuania (No. I-1392).
Date of text: 20 June 1996
Law on territorial planning (No. I-1120).
Date of original text: 12 December 1995 (27 June 2013)
Law on land (No. 1-446).
Date of text: 26 April 1994
Law No. XIII-801 “On purchase of agricultural land”.
Date of original text: 23 November 2017 (26 April 2018)
Parliamentary Resolution “On prohibition of purchase of agricultural and forest land by foreigners”.
Date of text: 30 June 2011
Law No. X-233 on immovable property tax.
Date of original text: 07 June 2005 (03 April 2008)

Ganado

Law No. XIII-1465 “On livestock breeding”.
Date of text: 30 June 2018
Law on the care, keeping and use of animals (XI-2271).
Date of original text: 06 November 1997 (03 October 2012)
Law on the care, keeping and use of animals (No. VIII-500).
Date of text: 17 December 1991
Law No. IX-987 on development of agriculture and rural area.
Date of text: 25 June 2002
Law No. X-1207 “On national heritage foodstuffs of protected origin”.
Date of original text: 26 June 2007 (01 January 2012)
Law on Veterinary Activities (No. I-2110).
Date of text: 17 December 1991
Governmental Resolution No. 1390 on licensing veterinary practice and pharmaceutical activities in veterinary medicine.
Date of text: 26 October 1995

Mar

Law No. VIII-512 “On the protection of marine environment”.
Date of original text: 13 November 1997 (01 August 2016)
Wild Plants Law (No. VIII-1226).
Date of original text: 15 June 1999 (10 June 2003)
Law No. VIII-474 on water.
Date of original text: 21 October 1997 (20 December 2018)
Law No. XIII-1265 “On Šventosios state seaport”.
Date of text: 14 June 2018
Law No. XI-2053 “On liquefied natural gas terminals”.
Date of original text: 12 June 2012 (31 December 2015)
Law on safe navigation (No. VIII – 1897 of 2000).
Date of original text: 29 August 2000 (26 September 2000)
Maritime Shipping Law (No. I-1513).
Date of text: 12 September 1996

Agua

Law No. VIII-474 on water.
Date of original text: 21 October 1997 (20 December 2018)
Law No. XI-1375 "On energy based on renewable sources".
Date of original text: 12 May 2011 (10 July 2014)
Law No. X-764 “On management of potable water supply and wastewater”.
Date of text: 13 July 2006
Law No. IX-433 on drinking water.
Date of text: 07 July 2001
Decree No. 726 of the Minister of Environment validating the Regulation on general requirements for waterbodies monitoring.
Date of text: 21 March 2018
Order No. D1-193 of the Minister of Environment validating the Surface Water Management Regulation.
Date of text: 02 April 2007
Decree No. D1-385 of the Minister of Environment validating the Statute of Environmental Protection Agency.
Date of text: 14 July 2004

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Law No. I-301 on protected areas.
Date of original text: 09 November 1993 (01 September 2015)
Wild Plants Law (No. VIII-1226).
Date of original text: 15 June 1999 (10 June 2003)
Law on wildlife (No. VIII-498).
Date of text: 06 November 1997
Law No. IX-966 “On hunting”.
Date of text: 20 June 2002
Law on the Protected Fauna, Flora and Funghi Species and Communities (No. VIII-499).
Date of text: 06 November 1997
Law on protection of immovable cultural properties (No. I-733).
Date of original text: 22 December 1994 (25 September 1997)
Joint Order No. D1-119/B1-197 of the Minister of Environment and of the Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service validating Rules for wildlife management.
Date of text: 15 February 2018

Acuerdos Internacionales

Agreement between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in the field of environmental protection.
Date of text: 12 December 2016
Agreement between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in the field of health protection.
Date of text: 18 May 2015
Agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in the field of agriculture.
Date of text: 18 January 2013
Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in the sphere of agriculture.
Date of text: 06 October 2011
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania regarding the junction point of the boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zones and continental shelf in the Baltic sea.
Date of text: 30 November 2005
Agreement between the Government of Lithuania and the Government of Belarus on border inspectors.
Date of text: 27 October 2005
Agreement between the Government of Belarus and the Government of Lithuania on cooperation in the sphere of standardization, metrology and compliance evaluation.
Date of text: 01 June 2004