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Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Date of original text: 12 November 1995 (2016)

Políticas

Food Safety Policy 2019-2025.
Date of text: 2019
National Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for 2017-2020.
Date of text: 2016
Information to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Date of text: 01 October 2015
“Azerbaijan 2020: Look into the Future” Development Concept.
Date of text: 2015
State Program on the development of industry in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2015-2020.
Date of text: 26 December 2014

Legislación

Desarrollo agrícola y rural

Law on Organic Agriculture.
Date of text: 13 June 2008
Law No. 116-IG on land amelioration and irrigation.
Date of text: 05 June 1996
Law No. 270-VQ on agricultural cooperation.
Date of text: 14 July 2016
Law No. 1012-IIIQ on Cotton.
Date of text: 11 May 2010
Law No. 926-IIQ on family farming.
Date of text: 14 June 2005

Cambio climático

Ministerial Decree No. 75s ratifying the Integrating Climate Change Risks into Water and Flood Management by Vulnerable Mountainous Communities in the Greater Caucasus Region.
Date of text: 30 March 2012
Law No. 700-IIIQ on approval of amendment of Annex B of Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 28 October 2008
Law No. 912-IQ ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 18 July 2000

Cultivos

Law on Organic Agriculture.
Date of text: 13 June 2008
Law on phytosanitary control.
Date of text: 12 May 2006
Seed Act No. 257-IQ of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Date of text: 11 March 1997
Law No. 273-IVQ on conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources of cultivated plants.
Date of text: 13 December 2011
Law No. 1012-IIIQ on Cotton.
Date of text: 11 May 2010

Gestión del riesgo de desastres

Law No. 313-IQ on fire safety in forests.
Date of text: 10 June 1997
Presidential Decree No. 394 on approval of the Charter and structure of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Date of text: 19 April 2006
Presidential Decree No. 1182 on the establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Date of text: 16 December 2005

Medio ambiente

Environmental Protection Law of 1999, No. 678–IQ.
Date of text: 08 June 1999
Law N 79 on environmental protection and nature management.
Date of text: 25 February 1992
Law No. 1175-VQ on environmental impact assessment.
Date of original text: 12 June 2018 (03 December 2019)
Law on access to environmental information (2002).
Date of text: 12 March 2002
Law No. 109-IIQ on protecting the atmosphere.
Date of text: 27 March 2001

Pesca

Fisheries Law (No. I of 1998).
Date of text: 27 March 1998
Ministerial Decree № 243 on fishery of fish and other aquatic biological resources.
Date of text: 02 June 2017
Ministerial Decree No. 296 on the rules for navigation in territorial waters.
Date of text: 08 September 2015
Ministerial Decree № 256 on aquaculture.
Date of text: 14 June 2017
Ministerial Decree No. 205 on protection of fish and aquatic biological resources in water conservation and coastal zones.
Date of text: 12 June 2017

Alimentación y nutrición

Law No. 523-VIQ on Food Safety.
Date of text: 05 May 2022
Presidential Decree regarding implementation of Law on breastfeeding and infant food (2003).
Date of text: 04 August 2003
Law on breastfeeding and infant food (2003).
Date of text: 17 June 2003
Law No. 242-IIG on salt iodination.
Date of text: 27 December 2001
Law No.208-IIQ of 2001 on viticulture and wine-making.
Date of text: 19 October 2001

Bosques

Forest Code (1997).
Date of text: 30 December 1997
Law No. 1578-VQD amending the Water Code, the Forest Code, the Land Code and the Town Planning and Construction Code.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 313-IQ on fire safety in forests.
Date of text: 10 June 1997
Resolution No. 44 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources on fire safety in forests.
Date of text: 16 April 2003
Ministerial Decree No. 78 on approval of the Charter for conservation of state forest fund and forest restoration.
Date of text: 01 May 2000

Género

Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on State Guarantees of Equal Rights for Women and Men.
Date of text: 10 October 2006
Law No. 150-IIIQ regarding gender (men and women) equality.
Date of text: 10 October 2006
Presidential Decree № 444 on the establishment, structure and the Charter of the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs.
Date of text: 09 August 2006
Ministerial Decree № 261 on the establishment of the Collegium under the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs.
Date of text: 08 December 2006

Tierra y suelos

Law on soil fertility (1999).
Date of text: 30 December 1999
Land Code (Law No. 695-IQ).
Date of original text: 25 June 1999 (13 June 2017)
Law No.155-IG of 1996 on land reform.
Date of text: 16 July 1996
Law No. 1578-VQD amending the Water Code, the Forest Code, the Land Code and the Town Planning and Construction Code.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 160-IIQ on management of municipal land.
Date of text: 29 June 2001

Ganado

Law No. 516-IIIQ on animal breeding.
Date of text: 18 December 2007
Veterinary Act No. 922-IIQ.
Date of text: 31 May 2005
Law No. 765-IIIQ on apiculture.
Date of text: 02 February 2009
Law No. 255-IIIQ on horse breeding.
Date of text: 27 February 2007
Presidential Decree implementing the Law on selection achievements.
Date of text: 17 January 1997

Mar

Law No. 945-IVQ on sea ports.
Date of original text: 18 April 2014 (24 April 2020)
Code of mercantile navigation (2001).
Date of text: 22 June 2001
Ministerial Decree No. 59 on approval of the Regulation on inspection of ships.
Date of text: 04 April 2013
Presidential Decree No. 90 on the establishment of the State Maritime Agency and the State Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies.
Date of text: 22 May 2018
Presidential Decree No. 1785 on some measures to improve the governance in the field of transport, communications and high technologies in Azerbaijan.
Date of text: 12 January 2018

Protección social

Presidential Order № 1982 on strengthening the social protection of employees involved in the provision of social services during the quarantine period.
Date of text: 14 April 2020
Presidential Decree № 233 on the establishment of the State Social Protection Fund.
Date of text: 30 September 1992

Agua

Water Code.
Date of text: 26 December 1997
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
Date of text: 28 October 1999
Law No. 1578-VQD amending the Water Code, the Forest Code, the Land Code and the Town Planning and Construction Code.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 56-VQD amending the Law on water economy of municipalities.
Date of text: 18 December 2015
Presidential Decree “On additional measures for improvement of ecological situation, protection and management of Beiukshor lake”.
Date of text: 26 December 2013

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Law No. 675-IG “On wildlife”.
Date of text: 04 June 1999
Law No.422-IG of 1997 on firearms for official and civic use.
Date of text: 30 December 1997
Ministerial Decree No. 419 on approval of the sanitary-protection zone of Altyaghach National Park.
Date of text: 25 October 2016
Ministerial Decree No. 403 on approval of the sanitary-protection zone of Aghgol National Park.
Date of text: 07 October 2016
Ministerial Decree No. 176 on approval of rules for implementation of state control over protection and management of wild fauna.
Date of text: 06 November 2004

Miscelanea

Law No.439-IG of 1998 on subsoil.
Date of text: 13 February 1998
Law No. 94-IG of 1996 on utilization of energy resources.
Date of text: 30 May 1996
Law No. 19-IG on cooperation.
Date of text: 07 February 1996
Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan on administrative violations.
Date of original text: 29 December 2015 (23 February 2021)
Law No. 245-IIQ on public procurements.
Date of text: 27 December 2001

Acuerdos Internacionales

Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea.
Date of text: 12 August 2018
Agreement between the Caspian Littoral States in the Field of Transport.
Date of text: 12 August 2018
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic in the field of environment, energy, sea and climate.
Date of text: 14 March 2017