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Greenland (Denmark) - Country Profiles

Policies

Agriculture Strategy 2021-2030.
Date of text: 2020
Waste Action Plan 2020-2031.
Date of text: 2020
White Paper on Management and Utilization of Large Whales in Greenland.
Date of text: 01 June 2018
Sectorial Plan for Energy and Water Supply.
Date of text: 2018

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Act on commercial farming (No. 6 of 2009).
Date of text: 02 December 2009
Act on the promotion of agribusiness (No. 6 of 2009).
Date of text: 02 December 2009
Act No. 3 on restoring funding to commercial fishermen, commercial hunters and providers of commercial farming.
Date of text: 21 May 2004
Farming Act (No. 5 of 1996).
Date of text: 02 May 1996
Order No. 26 on promoting agricultural development.
Date of text: 22 June 2001

Cultivated plants

Act on the utilization of genetic resources and related activities (No. 3 of 2016).
Date of text: 03 June 2016

Environment

Environment Protection Act (No. 9 of 2011).
Date of text: 22 November 2011
Act on the Environmental Fund (No. 9 of 2018).
Date of text: 27 November 2018
Act on the Greenland Oil Spill Response (No. 4 of 2012).
Date of text: 04 June 2012
Act on the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (No. 6 of 1994).
Date of text: 08 June 1994
Order No. 5 on the assessment of impact in construction on the environment and payment for environmental surveillance.
Date of text: 27 March 2013

Fisheries

Fishery Act (No. 18 of 1996).
Date of text: 31 October 1996
Act on commercial fishing (No. 17 of 1990).
Date of text: 22 October 1990
Act on commercial fishing and hunting ( No. 4 of 1980).
Date of text: 13 October 1980
Act No. 28 of 2016 of the Parliament of Greenland amending the Fishery Act.
Date of text: 28 November 2016
Act on the taxation of halibut-fishing at sea (No. 11 of 2012).
Date of text: 03 December 2012

Food and nutrition

Food Act (No. 24 of 2019).
Date of text: 28 November 2019
Order No. 24 on commerce of salmon and notification of catch.
Date of text: 10 August 1998
Order No. 3 on subsidy for product development, export promotion activities, promotion of the use of Greenlandic food and professional consultant assistance (vouchers).
Date of text: 17 February 2014
Act No. 2 amending Act on food commerce in Greenland.
Date of text: 31 May 2001

Land and soil

Act on land use and urban planning and housing (No. 1 of 1981).
Date of original text: 23 December 1980 (02 February 1981)
Act on Planning and Land Use (No. 17 of 2010).
Date of text: 17 November 2010

Livestock

Act on Animal Welfare (No. 25 of 2003).
Date of text: 18 December 2003
Act on the control of zoonoses and zoonotic agents (No. 12 of 2016).
Date of text: 06 June 2016
Act on the utilization of genetic resources and related activities (No. 3 of 2016).
Date of text: 03 June 2016
Order No. 22 on grazing management and livestock.
Date of text: 08 September 2000
Order No. 26 on medicine for animals.
Date of text: 14 November 2005

Mineral resources and energy

Mineral Resources Act (No. 7 of 2009).
Date of text: 07 December 2009
Act on the exploitation of hydropower resources for the production of energy (No. 11 of 2014).
Date of text: 08 June 2014
Act on environmental tax on energy producing products (No. 21 of 2010).
Date of text: 18 November 2010
Act for Greenland relative to hydropower (No. 1075 of 1993).
Date of text: 22 December 1993
Order No. 14 on Energy Supply.
Date of text: 06 November 1997

Sea

Order No. 14 on safety zones around offshore facilities and accommodation vessels.
Date of text: 26 August 2010
Order on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea of Greenland (Order No. 191 of 1963).
Date of text: 27 May 1963

Water

Act No. 11 on commercial exploitation of ice and water.
Date of text: 27 November 2018
Order No. 10 on disposal of latrine and sewage.
Date of text: 12 June 2015
Order No. 9 on water protection zone near Sisimiut.
Date of text: 30 April 2015
Order No. 7 on water quality and supervision of water supply systems.
Date of text: 17 March 2008
Regulation No. 10 on Water Supply.
Date of text: 19 November 2007

Wild species and ecosystems

Act on Nature Conservation (No. 29 of 2003).
Date of text: 18 December 2003
Act on Fishing and Hunting (No. 12 of 1999).
Date of text: 29 October 1999
Act on commercial hunting (No. 12 of 1984).
Date of text: 22 November 1984
Act No. 3 on restoring funding to commercial fishermen, commercial hunters and providers of commercial farming.
Date of text: 21 May 2004
Act on the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (No. 6 of 1994).
Date of text: 08 June 1994

Miscellaneous

Act No. 473 on Greenland Self-Government.
Date of text: 12 June 2019
Act on nutrition business in Greenland (No. 8 of 1984).
Date of text: 16 November 1984

International Agreements

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, of the other part.
Date of text: 18 May 2021
Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand.
Date of text: 2015