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Tajikistan - Country Profiles

Constitution (Basic Law) of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of original text: 06 November 1994 (2016)

Policies

National Water Strategy for the period up to 2040.
Date of text: 29 November 2024
Government Resolution No. 503 validating the State program for the development of the logistics system in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2023 - 2028.
Date of text: 28 October 2023
National Nuclear and Radiation Emergency Response Plan.
Date of text: 26 October 2023
Government Resolution No. 296 validating Investment program to provide pumping stations of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with modern energy-saving equipment for 2023-2027.
Date of text: 30 June 2023
Government Decree No. 245 validating the Program for growing kiri (Paulownia imperialis) for the period of 2024-2028.
Date of text: 01 June 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law “On organic production”.
Date of text: 11 February 2025
Law No. 1866 “On state support of agro-industrial sector”.
Date of text: 18 March 2022
Law No. 56 “On state regulation of agricultural land fertility”.
Date of original text: 15 July 2004 (23 July 2016)
Law No. 671 “On food security”.
Date of original text: 29 December 2010 (27 November 2014)
Law No. 1506 “On grain and products of its processing”.
Date of text: 21 February 2018

Climate change

Law No. 2026 “On protection of glaciers.”
Date of text: 03 January 2024

Cultivated plants

Law No. 1567 “On quarantine and plant protection”.
Date of text: 02 January 2019
Law No. 672 “On protection of plant varieties”.
Date of text: 29 December 2010
Law No. 355 “On seed-growing”.
Date of original text: 05 January 2008 (23 November 2015)
Law on biological safety.
Date of text: 01 March 2005
Law No. 1865 “On genetic resources.”
Date of text: 18 March 2022

Disaster risk management

Constitutional Law No. 94 “On legal regime of emergency.”
Date of original text: 03 November 1995 (26 July 2014)

Environment

Law No. 760 “On environmental protection”.
Date of original text: 02 August 2011 (13 November 2024)
Law No. 1448 “On environmental impact assessment”.
Date of text: 18 July 2017
Law No. 705 “On ecological information”.
Date of text: 25 March 2011
Law No. 53 “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 15 July 2004
Law No. 44 on industrial and consumer waste.
Date of text: 10 May 2002

Fisheries and aquaculture

Law No. 1892 “On fishfarming, fisheries and protection of fish stocks”.
Date of text: 19 July 2022
Law No. 220 “On fishfarming”.
Date of text: 22 December 2006
Governmental Decree No. 437 validating the Regulation on the procedure for management of waterbodies for fisheries.
Date of text: 05 November 2002
Government Decree No. 172 validating the Regulation on recreational fishfarming in waterbodies of recreational areas, as well as in other waterbodies.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Government Decree No. 71 validating the Regulation on Scientific and Fishery Council for Fish Farming, Fisheries and the Protection of Fish Resources.
Date of text: 02 March 2023

Food and nutrition

Law No. 671 “On food security”.
Date of original text: 29 December 2010 (27 November 2014)
Law No. 1506 “On grain and products of its processing”.
Date of text: 21 February 2018
Law No. 890 “On food safety”.
Date of text: 01 August 2012
Law No. 641 “On food security”.
Date of text: 29 December 2010
Law No. 1020 “On pedigree stockbreeding”.
Date of original text: 19 September 2013 (21 February 2018)

Forestry

Law No. 761 “Forest Code”.
Date of text: 02 August 2011
Law No. 355 “On seed-growing”.
Date of original text: 05 January 2008 (23 November 2015)
Resolution No. 105 of the Forest Agency validating the Regulation on main use felling and intermediate felling in forest.
Date of text: 03 October 2016
Governmental Decree No. 790 validating the Regulation on the procedure for and the amount of compensation for damage to the forest fund and other objects of flora and fauna by natural and legal persons.
Date of text: 31 December 2014
Ministerial Decree No. 134 validating the Regulation on the State Forest Service.
Date of text: 07 April 1999

Gender

Law No. 89 “On state guarantees of equality of men and women and equal opportunities for their implementation”.
Date of text: 01 March 2005
Family Code of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of original text: 13 November 1998 (26 December 2011)
Law No. 1890 “On equality and the elimination of all forms of discrimination”.
Date of text: 19 July 2022
Governmental Decree No. 5 validating the Regulation “On grants of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to support and develop women's entrepreneurial activities for 2021-2025”.
Date of original text: 28 January 2021 (28 March 2022)

Land and soil

Land Code No. of 1996.
Date of original text: 13 December 1996 (05 January 2008)
Law No. 555 “On soil protection”.
Date of text: 16 October 2009
Law No. 356 “On land use planning”.
Date of text: 05 January 2008
Law No. 56 “On state regulation of agricultural land fertility”.
Date of original text: 15 July 2004 (23 July 2016)
Law on Lease in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of original text: 06 December 1990 (06 December 1996)

Livestock

Law No. 1618 “On pastoralism”.
Date of text: 20 June 2019
Law No. 1020 “On pedigree stockbreeding”.
Date of original text: 19 September 2013 (21 February 2018)
Law No. 674 “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of original text: 29 December 2010 (14 November 2016)
Law on biological safety.
Date of text: 01 March 2005
Law No. 1993 “On apiculture.”
Date of text: 11 November 2023

Mineral resources and energy

Law No. 1190 “On oil and gas”.
Date of text: 18 March 2015
Law No. 1018 “On energy saving and energy efficiency”.
Date of text: 19 September 2013
Law No. 587 “On the use of renewable energy sources”.
Date of text: 12 January 2010
Law No. 33 on energy.
Date of original text: 29 November 2000 (16 October 2009)
Law No. 983 on subsoil.
Date of original text: 20 July 1994 (04 November 1995)

Social protection

Law No. 1396 “On entitlement to social assistance”.
Date of original text: 24 February 2017 (13 November 2024)
Law No. 152 “On social protection of disabled persons.”
Date of text: 01 October 2010
Law No. 521 “On minimum subsistence level”.
Date of text: 19 May 2009
Law No. 482 “On state social order.”
Date of text: 31 December 2008
Government Resolution No. 488 validating the Procedure for assigning targeted social benefits, determining their amount and determining the category of poor citizens (families).
Date of text: 30 August 2024

Water

Water Code (Law No. 1688).
Date of text: 02 April 2020
Law No. 1668 “On water users association”.
Date of text: 02 January 2020
Law No. 1633 “On potable water supply and sewerage”.
Date of text: 19 July 2019
Law No. 2026 “On protection of glaciers.”
Date of text: 03 January 2024
Law No. 666 “On safety of waterworks”.
Date of text: 29 December 2010

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 760 “On environmental protection”.
Date of original text: 02 August 2011 (13 November 2024)
Law No. 786 “On protected areas”.
Date of text: 26 December 2011
Law No. 354 on wildlife.
Date of text: 05 January 2008
Law No. 1718 “On tourism”.
Date of text: 07 August 2020
Law No. 1450 “On internal tourism”.
Date of text: 18 July 2017

Miscellaneous

Housing Code.
Date of text: 15 March 2022
Civil Code of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of text: 24 December 2022
Law No. 1413 “Sanitary Code”.
Date of text: 30 May 2017
Law No. 583 on consumer cooperation.
Date of original text: 13 March 1992 (2008)
Law No. 1955 “On public procurement”.
Date of text: 15 March 2023

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on cooperation in the fields of land management, land relations, cadastre, geodesy, cartography, remote sensing and geographic information systems.
Date of text: 05 April 2023
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on cooperation in the field of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.
Date of text: 03 March 2023
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the mutual use of electronic systems for certification of the origin of goods.
Date of text: 03 March 2023

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