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Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus.
Date of text: 1960

Policies

Research and Innovation Strategy 2024 – 2026
Date of text: 04 June 2024
National Strategy for Gender Equality 2024-2026.
Date of text: 09 April 2024
Decree no. 282 of 2023 on Water Pollution Control (Action Programme for the protection of waters from nitrate pollution of agricultural origin).
Date of text: 05 September 2023
Decree no. 266 of 2023 for the revision of Plant Protection Products (National Action Plan).
Date of text: 21 August 2023
Cyprus National Reform Programme 2023.
Date of text: 01 April 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

The Organic Production Law no. 227 (I) of 2004.
Date of text: 30 July 2004
Law no. 129 (I) of 2025 on the Enforcement of Quality Control on Agricultural Products.
Date of text: 22 July 2025
Law no. 200 of 2021 concerning Unfair Commercial Practices in the Agricultural Products and Food Supply Chain.
Date of text: 29 December 2021
Law no. 103 of 2019, concerning the Risk Management in Agricultural Production and Related Matters.
Date of text: 23 July 2019
Law no. 49 of 2018, concerning the User Compliance Measures under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilisation in the European Union.
Date of text: 01 June 2018

Climate change

Law No. 110 (I) of 2011 on the Establishment of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System.
Date of text: 29 July 2011 (09 December 2025)

Cultivated plants

Law concerning Plant Protection Products.
Date of text: 27 October 2011 (26 April 2021)
Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release into the Environment) Law, 2003 (Law No. 160(I)/2003).
Date of text: 03 October 2003
Fertilizers Law, 1999 (Law No. 124(I) of 1999).
Date of text: 01 November 1999
The Seeds Law no. 63/I of 1998.
Date of text: 10 July 1998 (31 May 2012)
Law no. 146(I) of 2023 on Protective Measures against Organisms Harmful to Plants.
Date of text: 13 December 2023

Disaster risk management

Law no. 29 (I) of 2004 on the Road Transport of Dangerous Good.
Date of text: 05 March 2004 (14 November 2025)

Environment

Waste Law, 2011 (Law No. 185(Ι)/2011).
Date of text: 23 December 2011 (18 February 2026)
Air Quality Law, 2010 (Law No. 77(Ι) of 2010).
Date of text: 16 July 2010 (06 March 2020)
Environmental Liability With Regard to the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage Law, 2007 (Law No. 189(I)/2007).
Date of text: 31 December 2007
Environmental Impact Assessment of Certain Plans or Programs Law, 2005 (Law No. 102(Ι)/2005).
Date of text: 29 July 2005
Access to Information which is Relevant to the Environment Law, 2004.
Date of text: 30 April 2004

Fisheries and aquaculture

Aquaculture Law of 2000 (N. 117(I)/2000).
Date of text: 14 July 2000 (12 March 2010)
Fisheries Law (Chapter 135).
Date of text: 15 May 1931 (18 July 2025)
Animal Health Law, 2001 (Law No. 109(I)/2001).
Date of text: 27 July 2001 (28 July 2023)
Regulatory Administrative Act no. 427 of 2008. Decree concerning prevention and combating certain diseases of aquatic animals.
Date of text: 21 November 2008
Law no. 124 (I) of 2021 on the Commercial Fisheries (Implementation of the Agreement between COGECA, ETF and Europêche on the Implementation of the 2007 International Labor Organisation Convention on Work in the Fisheries Sector).
Date of text: 17 September 2021

Food and nutrition

Law no. 46/I of 2023 on the Quality of Water for Human Consumption.
Date of text: 23 June 2023
Food (Control and Sale) Law, 1996 (Law No. 54(I)/96).
Date of text: 19 April 1996 (12 December 2014)
Law no. 39 of 2021 on the Preservation of Stocks of Raw Materials for Animal Feed and Grain for Human Use.
Date of text: 31 March 2021 (07 November 2025)
The Poultry Meat Marketing Specifications Law, no. 110 of 2020.
Date of text: 14 August 2020
Law no. 74 of 2019 concerning the Control of Oenological Practices and Processing.
Date of text: 21 May 2019

Forestry

Law No. 25(I) of 2012 on Forestry.
Date of text: 30 March 2012 (28 February 2025)
Law no. 139 (I) of 2013 concerning control of Trade in Timber and Timber Products.
Date of text: 29 November 2013
Law No. 25 (I) of 2025 on the Prevention and Extinguishing of Fires in the Countryside.
Date of text: 28 February 2025
Law no. 125 (I) of 2010 concerning the Implementation of the Voluntary FLEGT Licensing Scheme for Timber Imports into the European Union.
Date of text: 23 December 2010
Classification of wood in the rough Law 2002 (N. 48(I)/2002).
Date of text: 10 May 2002

Gender

Law no. 108(I) of 2024 on the Commissioner for Gender Equality and Related Matters.
Date of text: 26 July 2024

Land and soil

Compulsory expropriation (Amendment) Law 1962 (No. 15/1962).
Date of text: 01 March 1962
Soil Conservation Law.
Date of text: 28 April 1952
Town and Spatial Planning Law no. 90 of 1972
Date of text: 08 December 1972 (17 October 2025)
The Urban Development Zones (Urban Regeneration) and Related Matters Law no. 112 (I) of 2025
Date of text: 04 July 2025
Compulsory expropriation (Amendment) Law 2014 (No. 61(I)/2014).
Date of text: 16 May 2014

Livestock

Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release into the Environment) Law, 2003 (Law No. 160(I)/2003).
Date of text: 03 October 2003
Animal Health Law, 2001 (Law No. 109(I)/2001).
Date of text: 27 July 2001 (28 July 2023)
The Animal Protection and Welfare Act no. 46/I of 1994.
Date of text: 10 June 1994 (24 April 2025)
Veterinary Medicines and Medicated Feed Law, no. 50 of 2024.
Date of text: 23 April 2024
Law no. 167 (I) of 2025 on the creation of livestock areas.
Date of text: 11 August 2025

Mineral resources and energy

Petroleum Law, Chapter 272 of 1940.
Date of text: 01 January 1940 (10 May 2024)
Promotion and Encouragement of Renewable Sources of Energy Use and Saving of Energy Law, Act of 2013 (No. 112(I)/2013).
Date of text: 20 September 2013
Hydrocarbons (Prospection, Exploration and Exploitation) Law, 2007 (Law No. 4(I)/2007).
Date of text: 26 January 2007
Mines and Quarries (Regulation) Law (Cap. 270).
Date of text: 10 April 1953 (31 May 1995)
Law No. 31 (I) of 2009 on Energy Efficiency.
Date of text: 03 April 2009 (21 February 2025)

Sea

Law no. 144 of 2017 concerning Marine Spatial Planning and Other Related Matters.
Date of text: 13 October 2017
Contiguous zone Law, 2004 (Law No. 63(Ι)/2004).
Date of text: 02 April 2004
Marine Strategy Law, 2011 (Law No. 18(Ι)/2011).
Date of text: 25 February 2011
Recreational Navigation in the Republic and Other Related Matters, Law no. 4 (I) of 2026.
Date of text: 13 February 2026
Law no. 5 (III) of 2018 enacting The International Convention on the Control and Management of Marine Sediments, Ships' Ballast Water and Related Matters (Enforcement).
Date of text: 04 May 2018

Social protection

Decree no. 310 of 2023 on Measures to Combat Energy Poverty and Protection Measures for Vulnerable Electricity Customers.
Date of text: 26 September 2023

Water

Water Management Act 2010 (No. 79(I)/2010).
Date of text: 23 July 2010 (2022)
Water Protection and Management Act 2003 (No. 13(I)/2004).
Date of text: 20 February 2004 (2018)
Water and Soil Pollution Control Law, 2002 (Law No. 106(I)/2002).
Date of text: 12 July 2002 (09 December 2025)
Sewerage Systems Laws, 1971-2007.
Date of text: 08 January 1971 (2007)
Wells Law (Cap. 351).
Date of text: 1961 (2002)

Wild species and ecosystems

Nature and wildlife protection and management Law, 2003 (N. 153(I)2003).
Date of text: 03 October 2003 (15 May 2015)
Protection and Management of Wild Birds and Game Law, 2003 (Law No. 152(Ι)/2003).
Date of text: 03 October 2003
Animal Health Law, 2001 (Law No. 109(I)/2001).
Date of text: 27 July 2001 (28 July 2023)
The Animal Protection and Welfare Act no. 46/I of 1994.
Date of text: 10 June 1994 (24 April 2025)
Law no. 120 of 2019 concerning Prevention and Management of the Introduction and Spread of Invasive Alien Species.
Date of text: 26 July 2019

Miscellaneous

The Consumer Protection Law no. 112 of 2021.
Date of text: 12 May 2021
The Regulation of Public Procurement Procedures and Related Matters Law, no. 73 (I) of 2016.
Date of text: 28 April 2016 (04 July 2025)
Law on the Cooperative Societies Act 1985 (No. 22/1985).
Date of text: 29 March 1985
The Pharmacy and Poisons Law. Chapter 254 of the Laws.
Date of text: 01 January 1947 (27 July 2022)
Law no. 143 of 2021 on Open Data, Further Use of Public Domain Documents and Information and Related Matters.
Date of text: 05 November 2021

International Agreements

MEMORANDUM on Mutual Understanding in the Field of Agriculture between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus.
Date of text: 08 November 2012
Framework Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning the development of cross-median line hydrocarbons resources.
Date of text: 27 January 2012
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Date of text: 17 December 2010

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