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Constitution of Ukraine.
Date of original text: 28 June 1996 (03 September 2019)

Policies

Resolution No. 992-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept of the Nationwide targeted environmental program for the management of radioactive waste.
Date of text: 04 November 2022
Resolution No. 895-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Flood risks management plans in certain territories within river basin districts.
Date of text: 08 October 2022
Order No. 771 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Strategy for reforming the state material reserve system for the period until 2025.
Date of text: 19 August 2022
Resolution No. 752-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the State Strategy for ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men for the period until 2030 and approval of the operational plan for its implementation for 2022-2024.
Date of text: 12 August 2022
Order No. 323-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Strategy of the integrated automated radiation monitoring system for the period until 2024.
Date of text: 29 April 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 2496-VIII “On Basic Principles and Requirements for Organic Production, Turnover and Labelling of Organic Products”.
Date of original text: 10 July 2018 (06 June 2019)
Law No. 469/97 on agricultural cooperation.
Date of original text: 17 July 1997 (20 November 2012)
Law No. 1865-IX “On Fund for partial guarantees of credits in agriculture.”
Date of text: 04 November 2021
Law No. 2178-10 “On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Transactions with Agricultural Land”.
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Law No. 191-VIII amending some legislative acts related to facilitation of business administration (deregulation).
Date of text: 12 February 2015

Climate change

Law No. 377-IX “On the principles of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions”.
Date of text: 12 December 2019
Law No. 376-IX “On regulation of economic activity with ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases”.
Date of text: 12 December 2019
Resolution No. 932-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept for the implementation of the state policy in the field of climate change for the period up to 2030.
Date of text: 07 December 2016

Cultivated plants

Law No. 411-IV on seeds and planting material.
Date of original text: 26 December 2002 (02 October 2012)
Law No. 180-XIV on plant protection.
Date of original text: 14 October 1998 (18 March 2004)
Law No. 86/95-BP on pesticides and agrochemicals.
Date of original text: 02 March 1995 (14 January 2020)
Law No. 3348-XII on plant quarantine.
Date of original text: 30 June 1993 (30 June 1999)
Law No.2986-III of 2002 on protection of rights to plant varieties.
Date of original text: 21 April 1993 (17 January 2002)

Disaster risk management

Law No. 51/97-VR “On state material reserve”.
Date of original text: 24 January 1997 (20 September 2019)
Joint Order No. 87/211 of the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee and of the Ministry of Ukraine of Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of Chernobyl validating the Scheme of the response to nuclear disaster.
Date of text: 17 May 2004

Environment

Law No. 1264-XII on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 25 June 1991 (02 October 2019)
Law No. 2354-VIII “On strategic environmental assessment”.
Date of text: 20 March 2018
Law No. 2059-VIII “On environmental impact assessment”.
Date of text: 23 May 2017
Law No. 2939-VI “On access to public information”.
Date of original text: 13 January 2011 (17 May 2012)
Law No.2707-XII on protection of atmospheric air.
Date of original text: 16 October 1992 (03 June 2004)

Fisheries

Law No. 5293-VI “On aquaculture”.
Date of text: 18 September 2012
Law No. 3677-VI "On fishery, industrial fisheries and protection of fishing resources".
Date of original text: 08 July 2011 (16 October 2012)
Law No. 1516-IV of 2004 on the national program for the development of fisheries for the period until 2010.
Date of text: 19 February 2004
Law No.486-IV of 2003 on fish, aquatic biodiversity and fish products.
Date of original text: 06 February 2003 (05 February 2004)
Law No.2987-III of 2002 regarding the National program of ship-building of fishing vessels for the period of 2002-2010.
Date of text: 17 February 2002

Food and nutrition

Law No. 2042-VIII "On state control over observance of the legislation on foodstuffs, animal feedstuffs, byproducts of animal origin, animal health and welfare".
Date of text: 18 May 2017
Law No. 752-XIV On Legal Protection of Geographical Indications.
Date of original text: 16 June 1999 (16 June 2020)
Law No.771/97-VR of 1997 on quality and safety of food products and food raw materials.
Date of original text: 23 December 1997 (06 December 2018)
Law No. 2042-VIII “On state control over compliance with legislative acts on foodstuffs, feedstuffs, byproducts of animal origin and animal health and welfare.
Date of original text: 18 May 2017 (06 December 2018)
Law No. 2572-IX “On the particulars of legal protection of geographical indications for agricultural commodities and foodstuffs, protection of rights and application of quality schemes, including traditional guaranteed features for agricultural commodities and foodstuffs.
Date of text: 06 September 2022

Forestry

Forest Code (No.3852-XII of 1994).
Date of original text: 21 January 1994 (05 December 2019)
Law No. 2321-IX on amendments of some legislative acts.
Date of text: 20 June 2022
Presidential Decree No. 511/2019 “On some measures for forest conservation and rational use of forest resources.”
Date of text: 09 July 2019
Law No. 2531-VIII “On protection of national forests and prevention of illegal export of unprocessed timber”.
Date of text: 06 September 2018
Law No. 2063-VIII “On amendments to some legislative acts related to protection of forests in accordance with Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians.
Date of text: 23 May 2017

Gender

Family Law of Ukraine.
Date of text: 10 January 2002

Land and soil

Law No. 962-IV “On land protection”.
Date of original text: 19 June 2003 (23 May 2017)
Law No. 858-IV on land use planning.
Date of original text: 22 May 2003 (02 February 2021)
Land Code (No. 2768-III of 2001).
Date of original text: 20 October 2001 (14 January 2020)
Law No. 2755-VI Tax Code of Ukraine.
Date of original text: 02 December 2010 (21 July 2020)
Law No. 8073-X Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.
Date of original text: 07 December 1984 (13 April 2020)

Livestock

Law No. 1206-IX “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of original text: 04 February 2021 (01 January 2024)
Law No. 2264-VIII "On safety and hygiene of feedstuffs".
Date of text: 21 December 2017
Law No. 2042-VIII “On state control over compliance with legislative acts on foodstuffs, feedstuffs, byproducts of animal origin and animal health and welfare.
Date of original text: 18 May 2017 (06 December 2018)
Law No. 3601-XII “On pedigree stockbreeding”.
Date of original text: 15 December 1993 (08 December 2015)
Law No. 2042-VIII "On state control over observance of the legislation on foodstuffs, animal feedstuffs, byproducts of animal origin, animal health and welfare".
Date of text: 18 May 2017

Sea

Law No. 2641-VII “On coastal zone”.
Date of text: 06 December 2018
Presidential Decree No. 1064 on institution of marine protected area "Zernov's Phyllophora field”.
Date of text: 21 November 2008
Law No.2333-III of 2001 regarding validation of the National program of protection and rehabilitation of the areas of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Date of text: 22 March 2001
Presidential Decree No. 861 on institution of marine protected area Danube biosphere reserve.
Date of original text: 10 August 1998 (02 February 2004)
Mercantile Marine Code (No.176/95-VR of 1995).
Date of original text: 23 May 1995 (01 August 2003)

Social protection

Law No. 5007-VI “On prices and pricing.”
Date of original text: 21 June 2012 (19 October 2017)
Law No. 1768-III “On state social assistance to low-income families.
Date of original text: 01 June 2000 (02 June 2020)

Water

Water Code (No.213/95-VR of 1995).
Date of original text: 06 June 1995 (29 October 2019)
Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (18 November 2004)
Law No. 2479-IX “On the peculiarities of regulating relations in the natural gas market and in the field of heat supply during martial law and the subsequent restoration of their functioning”.
Date of text: 29 July 2022
Law No. 2189-VIII “On Housing and Utility Services.”
Date of original text: 09 November 2017 (24 February 2023)
Law No. 2119-VIII "On commercial accounting of thermal energy and water supply".
Date of text: 22 June 2017

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 3055-III of 2002 on Red Book.
Date of text: 07 February 2002
Law No. 2894-III of 2001 on wildlife.
Date of original text: 13 December 2001 (01 December 2022)
Law No. 1478-III on hunting economy and hunting.
Date of original text: 22 February 2000 (20 April 2004)
Law No. 591-XIV of 1999 on flora.
Date of text: 09 April 1999
Law No. 3447-IV “On protection of animals from cruel treatment”.
Date of original text: 21 February 2006 (22 June 2017)

Miscellaneous

Law No. 1818-IX “On energy efficiency.”
Date of original text: 21 October 2021 (03 November 2022)
Law No. 2509-IV on combined thermal and electric energy production (co-generation) and utilization of the combined power potential.
Date of text: 05 April 2005
Law No. 1087-IV on cooperation.
Date of text: 10 July 2003
Law No. 2665-III on oil and gas.
Date of original text: 12 July 2001 (25 March 2005)
Law No. 39/95-VR on the utilization of nuclear energy and radiation safety.
Date of original text: 08 February 1995 (30 June 1999)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine regarding the implementation of the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context.
Date of text: 18 November 2022
Joint Statement on the Strategic Action Programme for the Dniester River Basin for 2021-2035.
Date of text: 31 March 2021
Protocol on the powers for the application of the Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of border waters.
Date of text: 12 December 2019

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