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Constitution of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 26 September 2008 (2016)

Policies

Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement.
Date of text: 12 May 2022
Presidential Decree No. 1526 validating the National Strategy “Early childhood development for 2020-2025”.
Date of text: 06 December 2019
National strategy of Turkmenistan on preservation biodiversity 2018-2023.
Date of text: 2018
National Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkmenistan, 2017-2025.
Date of text: 2017
Intended nationally determined contribution of Turkmenistan in accordance with decision 1/CP. 20 UNFCCC.
Date of text: 01 September 2015

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law “On state regulation of agricultural development”.
Date of text: 09 June 2018 (02 March 2019)
Law No. 140-V “On consumer protection”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014
Law No. 177-VI “On the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.”
Date of text: 05 October 2019
Law “On consumer cooperation”.
Date of text: 03 June 2017
Law “On grain growing”.
Date of text: 20 March 2017

Cultivated plants

Law “On plant protection”.
Date of text: 18 June 2016 (05 October 2019)
Law “On plant kingdom”.
Date of text: 04 August 2012
Law No. 106-IV “On seed growing”.
Date of text: 10 May 2010
Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”.
Date of text: 15 August 2009
Law “On the collection, conservation and sustainable use of cultural plant genetic resources”.
Date of text: 04 February 2017

Disaster risk management

Law No. 334-VI “On the Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations”.
Date of text: 13 March 2021
Law No. “On the state of emergency regulation”.
Date of text: 22 June 2013 (16 March 2023)
Law on fire safety.
Date of text: 2004

Environment

Law “On environmental protection”.
Date of text: 01 March 2014 (20 March 2017)
Law No. 122-VI “On environmental audit”.
Date of text: 02 March 2019
Law “On protection of the atmospheric air”.
Date of text: 26 March 2016 (13 November 2021)
Law 225-V “On waste”.
Date of text: 23 May 2015 (08 June 2019)
Law No. 379-VI “On public-private partnership.”
Date of text: 05 June 2021

Fisheries and aquaculture

Law “On fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources”.
Date of text: 21 May 2011 (05 June 2021)
Presidential Decree No. 430 validating the Regulation on State Fisheries Committee.
Date of text: 08 October 1991
Law No. 147-V amending Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014

Food and nutrition

Law No. 140-V “On consumer protection”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014
Law No. 105-V “On safety and quality of foodstuffs”.
Date of text: 16 August 2014 (25 November 2017)
Law No. 29-II “On food security”.
Date of text: 15 June 2000 (23 November 2016)
Law No. 381-VI “On trademarks.”
Date of text: 05 June 2021
Law No. 261-VI “On international humanitarian aid in an emergency.”
Date of text: 22 August 2020

Forestry

Forest Code.
Date of text: 2011
Law No. 497-V “On lease.”
Date of text: 04 February 2017 (09 June 2018)
Law on fire safety.
Date of text: 2004

Gender

Family Code of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 30 August 2003 (09 June 2018)
Law No. 371-V “On promotion and support of breastfeeding”.
Date of text: 26 March 2016 (25 November 2017)

Land and soil

Law No. 416-VI “On state land cadastre”.
Date of text: 13 November 2021 (03 June 2023)
Law “On state land cadastre”.
Date of text: 25 November 2017
Land Code.
Date of text: 01 November 2004
Law “On land reclamation”.
Date of text: 20 October 2018
Law No. 497-V “On lease.”
Date of text: 04 February 2017 (09 June 2018)

Livestock

Law No. 226-V “On animal breeding”.
Date of text: 23 May 2015 (14 March 2020)
Law No. 143-V “On veterinary practice”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014 (22 August 2020)
Law No. 187-V “On the protection of the national intangible cultural heritage”.
Date of text: 28 February 2015 (26 August 2017)
Law No. 266-V “On apiculture”.
Date of text: 18 August 2015
Law “On dog breeding and cynological activities”.
Date of text: 24 July 2022

Mineral resources and energy

Law No. 160-V “On subsoil”.
Date of text: 20 December 2014
Law “On Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency.”
Date of text: 30 March 2024
Law No. 337-VI “On renewable energy sources.”
Date of text: 13 March 2021 (25 November 2023)
Law “On electric energy”.
Date of text: 16 August 2014
Law No. 424-IV “On natural gas and gas supply”.
Date of text: 29 August 2013

Sea

Commercial Marine Navigation Code.
Date of text: 23 October 2008
Law No. 222-III “On implementation of the Commercial Marine Navigation Code”.
Date of text: 23 October 2008
Law on amendments to the Law on licensing of some types of activity. (2000)
Date of text: 14 January 2000
Law amending the Commercial Marine Navigation Code.
Date of text: 01 March 2014

Social protection

Law “On social protection”.
Date of text: 2008 (14 December 2011)
Law No. 340-IV “Code of social protection of the population”.
Date of text: 19 October 2012 (29 August 2013)
Law No. 434-VI “On social services”.
Date of text: 18 December 2021

Water

Water Code.
Date of text: 2004
Water Code.
Date of text: 15 October 2016
Code on administrative offences of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 29 August 2013 (03 May 2014)
Law No. 222-1 Criminal Code of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 12 June 1997 (01 July 2008)
Law “On Local Self-Government.”
Date of text: 20 November 2022

Wild species and ecosystems

Law “On environmental protection”.
Date of text: 01 March 2014 (20 March 2017)
Law No. 436-VI “On hunting and protection of hunting resources.
Date of text: 18 December 2021
Law No. 375-IV “On wildlife”.
Date of text: 02 March 2013
Law on protected areas.
Date of text: 31 March 2012
Law No. 187-V “On the protection of the national intangible cultural heritage”.
Date of text: 28 February 2015 (26 August 2017)

Miscellaneous

Law No. 35-V “On combating corruption.”
Date of text: 01 March 2014 (02 March 2019)
Law No. 356-IV “On insurance”.
Date of text: 22 December 2012 (05 June 2021)
Law “On protection of public health”.
Date of text: 23 May 2015
Law No. 863-XII “On entrepreneurship”.
Date of text: 01 October 1993 (20 October 2018)
Law “On standardization”.
Date of text: 19 October 2012

International Agreements

Law No. 150-VII “On the ratification of the Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones on the Caspian Sea.”
Date of text: 02 November 2022
Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the management, protection and rational use of water resources of the Amudarya River.
Date of text: 14 July 2022
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on cooperation in the field of plant quarantine.
Date of text: 09 June 2022

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