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Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway.
Date of text: 17 May 1814

Policies

Norway's nationally determined contribution for 2035.
Date of text: 26 June 2025
National One Health Strategy Against Antimicrobial Resistance 2024-2033.
Date of text: 2024
Parliamentary White Paper 11 (2022-2023) – Sustainable Use and Conservation of Nature: Norwegian Action Plan for Biodiversity.
Date of text: 2023
Combining forces against hunger – a policy to improve food self-sufficiency: Norway’s strategy for promoting food security in development policy.
Date of text: 2022
Climate, hunger and vulnerability: Strategy for climate adaptation, prevention of climate-related disasters and fight against hunger.
Date of text: 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Act No. 97 of 1992 relative to the State Economic and District Development Fund.
Date of text: 03 July 1992 (21 December 2000)
Act No. 59 relating to community-owned land.
Date of text: 19 June 1992 (24 May 2019)
Agricultural Products Research fees Act (No. 74 of 1970).
Date of text: 26 June 1970
Act No. 2 of 1965 on the State Agricultural Development Bank.
Date of text: 05 February 1965 (17 December 1993)
Act No. 6 of 1936 relative to the marketing of agricultural products.
Date of text: 10 July 1936 (19 June 2009)

Climate change

Act on Climate Goals (Climate Change Act) (No. 60 of 2017).
Date of text: 16 June 2017
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 269/2019 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms related to climate change.
Date of text: 25 October 2019
Regulation No. 1060 prohibiting the use of mineral oil for heating buildings.
Date of text: 28 June 2018
Regulation No. 1928 on subsidies for nonprofit climate and environmental organizations and climate and and environmental foundations.
Date of text: 11 June 2021
Regulation No. 1169 on subsidies for climate adaptation.
Date of text: 05 June 2018

Cultivated plants

Act No. 38 of 1993 on the production and use of genetically modified organisms (Gene Technology Act).
Date of text: 02 April 1993 (03 March 2011)
Plant Breeder's Rights Act (No. 32 of 1993).
Date of text: 12 March 1993 (18 June 2021)
Regulation No. 455 on Plant Protection Products.
Date of text: 06 May 2015 (08 July 2024)
Decree No. 1052 of 1999 concerning seeds.
Date of text: 13 September 1999 (20 December 2022)
Regulation No. 1069 of 1999 concerning the testing and approval of plant varieties.
Date of text: 01 October 1999 (26 March 2024)

Disaster risk management

Temporary statutory law to remedy the consequences of the outbreak of COVID-19, etc. (Corona Act).
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Act No. 7 on the protection against damages due to natural disasters.
Date of text: 25 March 1994 (15 August 2014)
Regulation No. 926 on the prevention of coronavirus disease, Oslo municipality, Oslo
Date of text: 04 May 2020 (02 June 2020)
Regulation No. 470 on infection control measures etc. in connection with the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19 Regulations)
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Regulation No. 1710 on fire prevention.
Date of text: 17 December 2015 (11 June 2020)

Environment

Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981).
Date of text: 13 March 1981 (21 June 2019)
Act No. 69 on sustainable products and value chains (Sustainable Products Act).
Date of text: 25 June 2024
Regulation No. 931 on Pollution Control (Pollution Control Regulation).
Date of text: 01 June 2004 (31 May 2024)
Regulation No. 930 on recycling and waste treatment (Waste Regulation).
Date of text: 01 June 2004 (27 June 2024)
Regulation No. 922 on restrictions on the use of health and environmental hazardous chemicals and other products (Product Regulation).
Date of text: 01 June 2004 (25 June 2019)

Fisheries and aquaculture

Act No. 37 of 2008 relating to the management and conservation of living marine resources (Marine Living Resources Act).
Date of text: 06 June 2008 (21 April 2023)
Act No. 79 of 2005 relating to aquaculture (Aquaculture Act).
Date of text: 17 June 2005 (21 June 2019)
Act No. 9 on ship safety (Ship Safety Act).
Date of text: 16 February 2007
Regulation No. 631 on animal health (the Animal Health Regulation).
Date of text: 06 April 2022
Regulation No. 3910 on fishing, catching and harvesting of wild marine resources (the harvesting regulation).
Date of text: 23 December 2021 (28 February 2023)

Food and nutrition

Act No. 124 of 2003 relative to food production and food safety (Food Act).
Date of text: 19 December 2003 (15 June 2018)
Act No. 103 on the prevention and reduction of food waste (Food Waste Act).
Date of text: 20 June 2025
Regulation No. 884 on delegation of authority to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) under the Food Act.
Date of text: 05 May 2004 (13 June 2016)
Regulation No. 151 on products made from mixtures of minced animal raw materials or mixtures of minced animal and plant raw materials.
Date of text: 18 February 1983 (08 July 2005)
Act No. 29 on good commercial practices in the food retail industry.
Date of text: 17 April 2020

Forestry

Forestry Act (No. 31 of 2009).
Date of text: 27 May 2005 (19 June 2009)
Act No. 60 of 1992 relative to management and conservation of forests on state owned common land.
Date of text: 19 June 1992 (03 March 2011)
Temporary Regulation No. 801 on a subsidy to ensure planting of forest plants in the spring of 2020
Date of text: 16 April 2020
Regulation No. 1032 on Oslo's forests.
Date of text: 04 September 2015 (12 April 2019)
Regulation No. 1032 on trade of timber timber products originating from outside of Norway.
Date of text: 24 April 2015 (30 July 2015)

Gender

Act No. 51 relating to equality and a prohibition against discrimination.
Date of text: 16 June 2017 (01 January 2022)
Regulation No. 2268 on subsidies for replacement during pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, and death.
Date of text: 22 June 2021 (01 July 2023)

Indigenous peoples

Act No. 56 on the Sámi Parliament and other Sámi legal matters (The Sámi Act).
Date of text: 12 June 1987
Regulations relating to the protection of traditional knowledge associated with genetic material.
Date of text: 25 November 2016
Regulation No. 865 on financial support for Sámi reindeer herders corporations and reindeer herding.
Date of text: 20 June 2019 (22 June 2021)
Regulation No. 1367 on the protection of traditional knowledge related to genetic resources.
Date of text: 25 November 2016

Land and soil

Act No. 77 of 1985 relative to planning and construction.
Date of text: 14 June 1985 (20 April 2018)
Act No. 100 concerning the consolidation and change of ownership and legal relations etc. on real property (the Land Consolidation Act).
Date of text: 21 June 2013 (24 May 2019)
Act No. 85 of 2005 relating to legal relations and management of land and natural resources in the county of Finnmark (Finnmark Act)
Date of text: 17 June 2005 (27 June 2008)
Act No. 98 of 2003 relative to concessions for the acquisition of real property (Concessions Act).
Date of text: 28 November 2003 (22 June 2018)
Act No. 17 of 1999 relating to tenancy agreements (Tenancy Act).
Date of text: 26 March 1999 (03 March 2011)

Livestock

Act No. 97 of 2009 relating to animal welfare (Animal Welfare Act)
Date of text: 19 June 2009 (10 April 2018)
Law on veterinarians and other animal health (Animal Health Professionals Law).
Date of text: 15 June 2001 (19 June 2015)
Act No. 38 of 1993 on the production and use of genetically modified organisms (Gene Technology Act).
Date of text: 02 April 1993 (03 March 2011)
Regulation No. 631 on animal health (the Animal Health Regulation).
Date of text: 06 April 2022
Regulation No. 1573 on veterinary drugs.
Date of text: 08 September 2022 (20 March 2022)

Mineral resources and energy

Act No. 101 on mining and extraction of mineral resources (The Minerals Act).
Date of text: 19 June 2009 (11 June 2021)
Act No. 72 on petroleum activities [The Petroleum Act].
Date of text: 29 November 1996
Act No. 50 on production, transformation, transfer, sale, distribution, and use of energy, etc. (Energy Act).
Date of text: 29 June 1990 (12 March 2021)
Act amending the Energy Act and other Laws (No. 11 of 2012).
Date of text: 27 January 2012
Act No. 39 on electricity certificates.
Date of text: 24 June 2011 (18 December 2020)

Sea

Law No. 70 of 2019 relative to ports and navigable waters.
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Act No. 9 on ship safety (Ship Safety Act).
Date of text: 16 February 2007
Act No. 39 of 1994 concerning marine navigation (Maritime Code).
Date of text: 24 June 1994 (03 May 2019)
Act No. 33 on the protection of marine nature beyond territorial waters (Marine Protection Act).
Date of text: 10 June 2025
Act No. 21 on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
Date of text: 27 May 2025

Social protection

Act No. 11 of 1984 on the Fund for the retirement and readjustment of reindeer farmers.
Date of text: 23 March 1984
Act No. 12 on pension benefits for fishermen [Fishermen's pension act].
Date of text: 28 June 1957

Water

Act No. 82 of 2000 on Watercourses and Groundwater (the Water Resources Act).
Date of text: 24 November 2000 (01 January 2025)
Act No. 3 of 1940 on watercourses.
Date of text: 15 March 1940 (01 January 2010)
Law No. 17 of 1917 on regulation and hydropower development in river systems (Watercourse Regulation Act).
Date of text: 14 December 1917 (18 December 2020)
Act No. 26 on municipal water supply and wastewater facilities (the Water and Wastewater Facilities Act).
Date of text: 06 June 2025
Law on municipal watercourses and sewage facilities (Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Law).
Date of text: 16 March 2012 (08 March 2019)

Wild species and ecosystems

Act No. 102 on the hunting, trapping and culling of wild animals (Wildlife Resources Act).
Date of text: 20 June 2025
Act No. 100 on the management of biodiversity (Nature Diversity Act).
Date of text: 19 June 2009 (22 December 2025)
Act on Natural Areas in Oslo and Surrounding Municipalities (Recreational Forest Act) No. 35 of 2009.
Date of text: 05 June 2009 (01 July 2025)
Regulation No. 889 on import, export, possession etc. of endangered species of wild fauna and flora (the CITES Regulation).
Date of text: 15 June 2018 (23 February 2023)
Regulation No. 716 on alien organisms.
Date of text: 19 June 2015 (18 December 2020)

Miscellaneous

Act No. 62 relating to working environment, working hours and employment protection, etc. (Working Environment Act).
Date of text: 17 June 2005 (18 June 2021)
Cooperative Societies Act (No. 81 of 2007).
Date of text: 29 June 2007 (03 March 2011)
Act No. 31 of 2003 relative to the right to information regarding the environment and the right to participate in decision-making processes affecting the environment (Environment Information Act).
Date of text: 09 May 2003 (11 April 2008)
Act relating to the strengthening of the status of human rights in Norwegian law (The Human Rights Act) (No. 30 of 1999).
Date of text: 21 May 1999 (19 December 2025)
Act No. 132 on Medicines etc.
Date of text: 04 December 1992 (27 April 2018)

International Agreements

Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
Protocol between the the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Finnish Land and Forestry Ministry to the Agreement between Finland and Norway relative to fishing in the Tana river fishing area regarding exemption from the Agreement's Appendix 2 Fisheries Rules for the Tana Watercourse.
Date of text: 01 April 2018
Nordic Saami Convention.
Date of text: 2017

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