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Constitution of Iceland.
Date of text: 1944

Políticas

Strategic Regional Plan for the years 2018–2024.
Date of text: 11 June 2018
Climate Change Strategy.
Date of text: 01 February 2017
Iceland’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution .
Date of text: 30 June 2015
National Pandemic Response Plan (3rd edition 2020).
Date of text: 01 March 2020

Legislación

Desarrollo agrícola y rural

Act No. 51 amending the Food Act and the Act on Food, Feed, Fertilizer, and Seed Products Control (organic production).
Date of text: 09 June 2022
Act No. 69 on regional planning and development plans.
Date of text: 09 July 2015

Cambio climático

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 269/2019 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms related to climate change.
Date of text: 25 October 2019

Cultivos

Act No. 18 on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Date of original text: 02 April 1996 (28 September 2011)
Act No. 86 on trade in alcohol and tobacco.
Date of text: 23 June 2011
Act No. 22 on Food, Feed, Fertilizer, and Seed Products Control.
Date of text: 29 March 1994
Act No. 51 on the prevention of diseases and pests of plants.
Date of original text: 29 May 1981 (28 September 2011)
Regulation no. 1273 on support for horticulture.
Date of text: 16 December 2020

Medio ambiente

Act No. 25 on hygiene and pollution prevention.
Date of original text: 12 March 1998 (03 July 2020)
Act No. 111 on environmental impact assessment of projects and plans.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Act No. 85 relating to toxic and hazardous substances.
Date of text: 1968
Act No. 55 on environmental responsibility.
Date of original text: 22 June 2012 (21 December 2018)
Act No. 48 - The Icelandic Master Plan for Nature Protection and Energy Utilization.
Date of original text: 16 May 2011 (10 April 2013)

Pesca

Act on aquaculture.
Date of original text: 11 June 2008 (01 July 2015)
Act on Fishing and Processing by Foreign Vessels in Iceland’s Exclusive Fishing Zone (amended last by Act No. 38/2015).
Date of original text: 08 April 1998 (14 July 2022)
Act on Fishing in Iceland's Exclusive Fishing Zone.
Date of original text: 26 May 1997 (01 January 2009)
Act on Fishing Outside of Icelandic Jurisdiction.
Date of original text: 27 December 1996 (01 January 2009)
Fisheries Management Act, 1990.
Date of original text: 15 May 1990 (10 August 2006)

Alimentación y nutrición

Act No. 93 on foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 1995 (2000)
Act No. 8 on subsidies to restaurant operators who have been subject to restrictions during opening hours.
Date of text: 08 February 2022
Act No. 31 on the Food Fund.
Date of text: 30 April 2020
Act No. 30 on the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority.
Date of original text: 07 May 2018 (27 June 2019)
Act No. 130 on the protection of product names referring to origin, territory or traditional specialty.
Date of original text: 22 December 2014 (25 June 2019)

Bosques

Act No. 33 on forests and forestry.
Date of text: 15 May 2019

Género

Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men.
Date of original text: 2008 (2017)

Tierra y suelos

Act No. 58 on national lands and the determination of the boundaries of owner lands, national lands and pastures.
Date of original text: 10 June 1998 (13 May 2020)
Nature Conservation Act, No. 47 of 1971.
Date of text: 16 April 1971
Act on the Right of Ownership and Use of Real Property.
Date of original text: 06 April 1966 (01 August 2002)
Regulations on Nature Conservation, No. 205 of 1973.
Date of text: 21 May 1973

Ganado

Act No. 55 on animal welfare.
Date of original text: 08 April 2013 (29 January 2014)
Act No. 38 on animal husbandry.
Date of text: 04 April 2013
Act No. 25 on animal diseases and measures to control them.
Date of original text: 07 April 1993 (09 July 2020)
Act No. 14 on veterinary medicinal products.
Date of text: 15 February 2022
Act No. 18 on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Date of original text: 02 April 1996 (28 September 2011)

Mar

Act No. 33 on the prevention of marine and coastal pollution.
Date of original text: 07 May 2004 (26 June 2018)
Maritime Act (No. 34 of 1985).
Date of original text: 19 June 1985 (18 March 2020)
Act on the Icelandic Coast Guard (No. 52 of 2006).
Date of text: 14 June 2006
Port Act (No. 61).
Date of original text: 27 May 2003 (26 June 2018)
Ship Survey Act (No. 47 of 2003).
Date of text: 2003

Agua

Water Act (No. 15 of 1923).
Date of original text: 15 June 1923 (12 March 2012)
Water Management Act (No. 36 of 2011).
Date of original text: 15 April 2011 (22 December 2019)
Act on the Conservation of Lake Thingvallavatn and its Catchment Area (No. 85 of 2005).
Date of text: 24 May 2005
Act no. 32 on municipal water supply.
Date of original text: 07 May 2004 (30 March 2016)
Act No. 53 on support for municipal projects in sewerage matters.
Date of original text: 08 March 1995 (28 September 2011)

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Nature Conservation Act (No. 60 of 2013).
Date of text: 08 March 2013
Act No. 55 on animal welfare.
Date of original text: 08 April 2013 (29 January 2014)
Act No. 112 on the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI).
Date of text: 10 December 2015
Act No. 60 on Vatnajökull National Park.
Date of text: 28 March 2007
Act No. 97 on the protection of Mývatn and Laxá in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.
Date of text: 09 June 2004

Miscelanea

Act No. 110 on organizations for the public benefit.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Act No. 119 on the obligation of non profit organizations to register.
Date of text: 09 October 2019
Act No. 30 on guarantee of origin for electricity produced by renewable energy.
Date of original text: 16 April 2008 (29 June 2012)
Act No. 106 on the Icelandic Regional Development Institute.
Date of text: 27 December 1999
Act No. 57 on the exploration and utilization of ground resources.
Date of original text: 10 June 1998 (10 December 2015)

Acuerdos Internacionales

Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on the protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Date of text: 23 March 2017
Agreement on cooperation in the field of preparedness for responding to marine oil pollution in the Arctic.
Date of text: 15 May 2013