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Suriname - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Republic of Suriname.
Date of text: 1987 (1992)

Policies

Updating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Suriname (NBSAP Project).
Date of text: 01 April 2024
First National Action Plan on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Suriname.
Date of text: 01 December 2023
Seabob Trawl Fishery Management Plan 2023-2026
Date of text: 01 October 2023
Multi-Annual Development Plan 2022-2026 - - Flipthinking, Connecting, Acting.
Date of text: 20 December 2021
Programa de bosques de la OTCA para la cuenca y la región amazónica.
Date of text: 01 June 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Sixth Agricultural Census Act 2025.
Date of text: 30 December 2024
Order of the Minister of Finance and Planning of October 2, 2025, La.F. no. 2138, concerning the import of agricultural chemicals.
Date of text: 02 October 2025

Cultivated plants

Plant Protection Act, 2020 (No. 78 of 2020).
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Law to lay down rules for the production, quality, certification and placing on the market of seed (Seed Act) (No. 51 of 2005).
Date of text: 04 May 2005
Pesticides Act, 1972 (G.B. 1972 no. 151).
Date of text: 07 December 1972
Plant Protection Act, 1965.
Date of text: 08 September 1965
Jarikaba Protection Area Decree.
Date of text: 19 October 2015

Disaster risk management

Act implementing article 72 under c of the Constitution regarding the promulgation of the civil exceptional situation in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic (Exceptional Condition Law COVID - 19) (No. 83 of 2020).
Date of text: 09 April 2020

Environment

Environmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020).
Date of text: 07 May 2020
Decision of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of 20 March 2019 no. 630, laying down general conditions for companies and professions subject to a license.
Date of text: 20 March 2019
Guide to the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Suriname.
Date of text: 01 December 2023
Act of 21 May 2024, amending the Environmental Framework Act.
Date of text: 21 May 2024

Fisheries and aquaculture

Sea Fishery Act 1980.
Date of text: 31 December 1980 (2001)
Fish Stock Protection Law 1961.
Date of text: 25 March 1961 (1981)
Fish Stock Protection Decree 1961 (G.B. No. 44).
Date of text: 20 June 1961

Food and nutrition

Act of January 28, 2021, containing rules regarding the protection of food safety and the establishment of the National Institute for Food Safety Suriname.
Date of text: 28 January 2021
Act on the Inspection of Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin (No. 17 of 2017).
Date of text: 27 February 2017
Fish Inspection Act, 2000 (SB No. 107).
Date of text: 16 November 2000
Fish Inspection Decree (No. 9 of 2002).
Date of text: 11 February 2002
Process Water Order no. 4752 of 2016
Date of text: 05 August 2016

Forestry

Forest Management Act of 1992.
Date of text: 18 September 1992
Law to lay down rules for the imposition of an export levy (Export Levy Law) (No. 29 of 2005).
Date of text: 31 March 2005
Act relative to the control of the exportation of timber.
Date of text: 05 January 1950 (1980)
Act relative to timber export duties 1946.
Date of text: 01 November 1946
Decree concerning measurement, marking and registration of timber (No. 6 of 2020).
Date of text: 09 January 2020

Land and soil

Town and Country Planning Act.
Date of text: 1972 (2002)
National and Regional Planning Ordinance.
Date of text: 13 June 1973
Cadastre and Land Information System Act (Stb No. 149 of 2009).
Date of text: 25 September 2009
Order containing rules relative to the establishment of the Land Office.
Date of text: 15 June 1982
Public Domain Decree (No. 125 of 1981).
Date of text: 08 August 1981

Livestock

Law containing rules regarding the welfare of animals and further amendment of the Penal Code (Animal Welfare Law)(No. 4 of 2017).
Date of text: 16 January 2017
Ordinance regulating import, sale and use of vaccines, sera and biological diagnostics intended for use in animals.
Date of text: 01 September 1959
Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 23 of 1954).
Date of text: 03 April 1954
Animal Welfare Order (No. 14 of 2018).
Date of text: 02 February 2018
Decree to implement Article 10 of the Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 87 of 1963).
Date of text: 1963

Mineral resources and energy

Electricity Act, 2016.
Date of text: 10 March 2016
Petroleum Act.
Date of text: 06 March 1991 (02 October 2001)
Energy Authority Suriname Act.
Date of text: 10 March 2016
Mining Decree.
Date of text: 08 May 1986 (1977)
Bauxite Companies Compensation Act.
Date of text: 06 September 2019

Sea

Maritime Zone Law (No. 41 of 2017).
Date of text: 07 April 2017
Maritime Authority Act (No. 37 of 2002).
Date of text: 30 March 1998

Wild species and ecosystems

Game Act 1954.
Date of text: 03 April 1954 (1997)
Law containing rules regarding the welfare of animals and further amendment of the Penal Code (Animal Welfare Law)(No. 4 of 2017).
Date of text: 16 January 2017
Nature Conservation Act 1954.
Date of text: 03 April 1954 (1992)
STATE DECREE containing rules for the implementation of articles 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 73, 23 and 23a of the 1954 Hunting Act (G.8. 1954 no. 25, as last amended by SB 1997 no. 33) (Hunting Decree 2002 ).
Date of text: 27 December 2002 (1997)
National Decree of 31 January 1972 designating an area belonging to the National Domain as a nature reserve.
Date of text: 31 January 1972

Miscellaneous

Tourism Framework Act.
Date of text: 01 June 2023
Law containing rules on prevention and fight against corruption and establish an Anti-corruption Commission, as well as amendment of the Criminal Code and the Domain Land Issuance Decree (Anti-Corruption Law)
Date of text: 24 September 2017
The New Civil Code of Suriname.
Date of text: 13 August 2024
Centre for Innovation and Productivity Act.
Date of text: 08 January 2019
Act on the Import and Export of Goods, 2003 (No. 58).
Date of text: 08 July 2003

International Agreements

Accord de délimitation maritime entre le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de la République du Suriname (ensemble une annexe), signé à Paris le 8 novembre 2017.
Date of text: 08 November 2017
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.
Date of text: 2014
Convenio Constitutivo del Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe, (CATHALAC).
Date of text: 12 November 2008

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