FAOLEX Database

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf - Country Profiles

Policies

Unified Water Strategy and its Implementation Plan for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC UWS) 2015–2035.
Date of text: 2015

Legislation

Cultivated plants

Seeds and Seedlings Act of 2009 of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 01 December 2008
Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 21 December 2004
Pesticides Act of Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 21 December 2004
Plant Quarantine Act of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 31 December 2001
Implementing Regulation of the Act on fertilizers and soil improvers in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 21 December 2004

Environment

Unified Industrial System Law (Act) of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 21 December 2004
Unified Law (Regulation) of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States on the Control of Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Date of text: 25 December 2012
Implementing Regulation of the Unified Industrial System Law (Act) of the Cooperation Council for the Arab for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 01 February 2009
General Regulations for the Environment of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 1997

Fisheries and aquaculture

Common Law for Exploitation and Protection of Living Aquatic Resources in the GCC States.
Date of text: 1998

Food and nutrition

Technical regulation GSO 1003/2012 - Rice Kernels.
Date of text: 16 May 2012
Gulf Technical Regulation No. 1843/2007 for Food Grade Salt.
Date of text: 01 September 2007
Guide for Control on Imported Foods of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 2014
GSO 1843/2007/Amd 1:2012.
Date of text: 16 May 2012

Forestry

Reference Law of Forests and Pastures in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Date of text: 1998

Land and soil

Reference Law of Forests and Pastures in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Date of text: 1998

Livestock

Animal Welfare Act of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 25 June 2013
Veterinary Quarantine Act of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 31 December 2000
Law (System) of the Practice of Veterinary Medical Professions in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
Date of text: 0000
Implementing Regulation of the Veterinary Quarantine Act of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 24 March 2004
Executive Regulations of the Law (System) of the Practice of Veterinary Medical Professions in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
Date of text: 0000

Water

Water Resources Conservation System in the GCC Countries.
Date of text: 1998
Executive Regulations of the Water Resources Conservation System in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
Date of text: 1998

Wild species and ecosystems

Common law for the Protection and Development of Wildlife in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Date of text: 1998

Miscellaneous

Statutes of the Standardization Organization for the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GSO).
Date of text: 17 August 2005
Unified Anti-Dumping Law and Compensatory and Preventive Measures for the the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
Date of text: 22 December 2003

International Agreements

Riyadh Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Gulf Region (Riyadh MoU) of June 2004.
Date of text: 01 June 2004
Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and their Natural habitats in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Date of text: 30 December 2001