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Constitution of Mongolia.
Date of text: 13 January 1992 (2001)

Policies

National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change 2024-2030.
Date of text: 01 March 2025
Mongolia’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0)
Date of text: 2025
Order No. A/111 of the Minister of Health validating the Strategic Plan for 2024-2027 to combat and prevent gender-based and domestic violence.
Date of text: 05 March 2024
Development Plan for Mongolia in 2024.
Date of text: 27 April 2023
Multi-sectoral National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance Mongolia, 2022-2025.
Date of text: 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law “On organic products”.
Date of text: 17 January 2024
Law on Organic Food
Date of text: 07 April 2016
Plant Protection Law.
Date of text: 15 November 2007 (04 December 2015)
Law on agricultural commodity exchange.
Date of text: 02 June 2011 (15 November 2018)
Law on seeds and crops insurance.
Date of text: 02 July 1999 (04 December 2015)

Climate change

Law “On reducing the negative impact of climate change on traditional livestock farming”.
Date of text: 19 April 2024

Cultivated plants

Law on Crop Farming.
Date of text: 29 January 2016 (22 April 2022)
Law “On Plant Health and Plant Protection”.
Date of text: 05 June 2024
Law on cultivated seeds and plant varieties.
Date of text: 29 October 2021
Plant Protection Law.
Date of text: 15 November 2007 (04 December 2015)
Law on Genetically Modified Organisms.
Date of text: 28 March 2007

Disaster risk management

Law on protection against disasters.
Date of text: 02 February 2017
Law on state reserve.
Date of text: 05 July 2007 (16 June 2023)

Environment

Environmental Protection Law No. of 1995.
Date of text: 05 June 1995
Law on waste.
Date of text: 12 May 2017
Law on Environmental Impact Assessments (Revised).
Date of text: 05 May 2012
Law On domestic and industrial waste.
Date of text: 28 November 2003
Law On environmental impact assessment.
Date of text: 22 January 1998

Fisheries and aquaculture

Maritime Law.
Date of text: 03 June 2022
Regulation No. 114 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating Fisheries Regulation.
Date of text: 21 September 1999

Food and nutrition

Law “On enriched food”.
Date of text: 03 May 2018
Law on Organic Food
Date of text: 07 April 2016
Food Law of 1999.
Date of text: 07 October 1999
Law on Crop Farming.
Date of text: 29 January 2016 (22 April 2022)
Law on Food Production and Catering Services in General Education Schools.
Date of text: 30 May 2019 (17 January 2024)

Forestry

Law on Forestry.
Date of text: 17 May 2012
Order of the Minister of Environment and Tourism No. A/450 validating Regulation on conservation and use of forest resources.
Date of text: 13 September 2023
Law On fees for the harvest of timber and fuelwood.
Date of text: 19 May 1995
Decree No. A/176 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism validating ecological and economic assessment of forests.
Date of text: 16 March 2020
Order No. A/290 of the Minister of Environment and Tourism “On determination of payments for the use of forest resources.”
Date of text: 09 August 2022

Gender

Law on Promotion of Gender Equality.
Date of text: 02 February 2011

Land and soil

Soil Protection and Desertification Prevention Law.
Date of text: 17 May 2012 (04 December 2015)
Law on land.
Date of text: 07 June 2002 (21 June 2018)
Law on cadastre maps and land cadastre.
Date of text: 16 December 1999 (21 June 2018)
Law on state and local property.
Date of text: 1996
Land Law, 1995.
Date of text: 11 November 1994

Livestock

Law “On Livestock and Animal Drugs and Feed Additives”.
Date of text: 05 June 2024
Law “On Herders”.
Date of text: 05 June 2024
Law on animal genetic resources.
Date of text: 14 December 2017
Law on livestock and animal health.
Date of text: 08 December 2017 (05 June 2024)
Law on medicine and drugs.
Date of text: 27 May 2010 (04 December 2015)

Mineral resources and energy

Law on Renewable Energy.
Date of text: 11 April 2007
Law on Minerals
Date of text: 08 July 2006 (10 January 2025)
Law of 1999 on subsoil.
Date of text: 29 November 1989
Petroleum Law of 1991.
Date of text: 18 January 1991 (30 November 2001)
Mongolian Law to prohibit mineral exploration and mining operations at headwaters of rivers, protected zones of water reservoirs and forested areas.
Date of text: 16 July 2009

Sea

Maritime Law.
Date of text: 03 June 2022
Order No. A/92 of the Minister of Road and Transport Development validating the Regulation on the procedures for control and inspection of the flag owner state.
Date of text: 31 March 2023
Order No. A/90 of the Minister of Road and Transport Development validating the Regulation on the procedures for remote monitoring of ships.
Date of text: 31 March 2023
Order No. A/89 of the Minister of Road and Transport Development validating the Regulation on the procedures for analysis and investigation of maritime accidents and violations.
Date of text: 31 March 2023

Social protection

Law “On supporting labor initiative (revised version)”.
Date of text: 17 June 2011

Water

Law of Mongolia on Water.
Date of text: 1995 (12 May 2012)
Law on water transport.
Date of text: 25 May 2017
Law No. 22 “On the payment of fees for natural resources”.
Date of text: 17 May 2012 (04 May 2023)
Law on water pollution charges.
Date of text: 17 May 2012 (05 June 2024)
Mongolian Law on Utilization of Urban Settlement’s Water Supply and Sewage.
Date of text: 2012

Wild species and ecosystems

Law on natural flora.
Date of text: 11 April 1995 (04 May 2015)
Law on special protected areas.
Date of text: 15 November 1994 (06 January 2023)
Law on animal genetic resources.
Date of text: 14 December 2017
Genetic Resources Law.
Date of text: 30 December 2021 (06 January 2023)
Law on animals.
Date of text: 12 May 2012 (02 February 2017)

Miscellaneous

Law on public-private partnership.
Date of text: 09 December 2022
Law “On labour”.
Date of text: 02 July 2021
Law on investment.
Date of text: 03 October 2013 (14 May 2015)
Anti-Corruption Law.
Date of text: 06 July 2006 (31 December 2020)
Labor Law.
Date of text: 14 May 1999 (05 February 2016)

International Agreements

Memorandum between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus and the State Agency for Emergency Situations of Mongolia on cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations.
Date of text: 03 June 2024
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Mongolia on the protection of forests from fires.
Date of text: 03 September 2014
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture of Mongolia on cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine.
Date of text: 05 September 2013

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