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Palau - Perfiles de país

Constitution of Palau.
Date of text: 1981

Políticas

National Disaster and Risk Management Framework 2016.
Date of text: 10 May 2017
Palau Responsible Tourism Policy Framework 2017 - 2021.
Date of text: 01 December 2016
Revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2025.
Date of text: 01 November 2016
Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Plan 2016–2021.
Date of text: 2016
Palau Conservation Society Strategic Plan 2016 – 2021.
Date of text: 2016

Legislación

Desarrollo agrícola y rural

Farm Loan Program Act (RPPL No. 9-13 2013).
Date of text: 20 August 2013

Cultivos

Biosecurity Act of 2014 (P.L. No. 9-58).
Date of text: 24 February 2016
Pesticides Regulations (Chapter 2401-33).
Date of text: 26 May 1996
Amendment to the Pesticides Regulations (Chapter 2401-33): General prohibitions and Miscellaneous.
Date of text: 12 March 1999

Medio ambiente

Environmental Quality Protection Act (Chapter 1 of Title 24 of Palau National Code).
Date of text: 0000
Amendment to Protected Areas Network and Micronesia Challenge (RPPL 7-42 of 2008).
Date of text: 2008
Environmental Impact Statement Regulations (Chapter 2401-61).
Date of text: 26 May 1996
Plastic Bag Use Reduction Act (RPPL No. l0-14)
Date of text: 08 November 2017
An Act to amend RPPL No. 9-49 and Titles 27 and 24 of the Palau National Code to rename the Environmental Impact Fee the Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee, provide additional time for its implementation, and for other related purposes (RPPL No. 10-02).
Date of text: 29 March 2017

Pesca

Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (RPPL No. 9-49 of 2015).
Date of text: 28 October 2015
Fishery Zone Law (Public Law No. 6-7-14).
Date of text: 02 December 1978
An Act to amend RPPL No. 9-49 and Titles 27 and 24 of the Palau National Code to rename the Environmental Impact Fee the Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee, provide additional time for its implementation, and for other related purposes (RPPL No. 10-02).
Date of text: 29 March 2017
Reduce harvesting period of groupers (temekai ma tiau) (RPPL 8-58 of 2013)
Date of text: 17 January 2013
Foreign Fishing Revenue Distribution Act (RPPL 88-47 of 2012).
Date of text: 30 July 2012

Alimentación y nutrición

Food and Drug Safety Act of 2009 (RPPL No. 8-13).
Date of text: 05 February 2010
Act to encourage the local production of fresh, local meat and seafood products (RPPL No. 10-37 of 2018).
Date of text: 12 June 2019
Act on School Wellness and Nutrition Standards (RPPL No. 10-13 of 2017).
Date of text: 08 November 2017
Republic of Palau Labeling Act (RPPL No. 9-56).
Date of text: 10 February 2016
Public Health, Safety and Welfare – Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the Palau National Code.
Date of text: 1966

Tierra y suelos

Condominium Property Act of 2010 (RPPL No. 8-19).
Date of text: 17 November 2010
Executive Order No. 415 to amend Executive Order No. 271 to clarify the organization of the Bureau of Lands and Surveys.
Date of text: 18 June 2018
Executive Order No. 414 establishing an ad hoc task force to address issues surrounding the recent return of public lands throughout Palau, including especially those in Koror State.
Date of text: 16 April 2018
Earthmoving Regulations (Chapter 2401-1).
Date of text: 26 May 1996

Ganado

Biosecurity Act of 2014 (P.L. No. 9-58).
Date of text: 24 February 2016
Plant and Animal Control – Chapter 20 of Title 25 of the Palau National Code.
Date of text: 1966

Mar

An Act to amend Section 1405 of Title 40 of the Palau National Code to restructure the cost, duration of validity, and classification of vessels for the tax assessed for foreign owned private yachts and cruise ships entering the Republic, and for other related purposes (RPPL NO. 10-38).
Date of text: 11 July 2019
Open Ship Registry Act (RPPL No. 8-17).
Date of text: 20 September 2010
Subchapter III: Fishery Zones of Chapter 1: Fishery Zones and Regulation of Foreign Fishing
Date of text: 1990
Fishery Zones and Regulation of Foreign Fishing (Title 27 of Palau National Code, Division 1, Chapter 1).
Date of text: 0000
Amendment to the Republic of Palau Marine and Freshwater Quality Regulations (Chapter 2401-11): Water Use Areas: Classification and Establishment.
Date of text: 06 October 2000

Agua

Water Abstraction Act (RPPL No. 9-19 of 2013).
Date of text: 29 November 2013
Executive Order No. 401 Establishing Water Use and Conservation Policies.
Date of text: 28 June 2017
Utilities Consolidation Act (RPPL No. 9-04 2013).
Date of text: 23 May 2013
Water & Sewer Corporation Act of 2010 (RPPL No. 8-31).
Date of text: 2010
Public Water Supply System Regulations (Chapter 2401-51).
Date of text: 26 May 1996

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Act on Access and Benefit Sharing (RPPL No. 10-28 of 2018).
Date of text: 22 August 2018
Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (RPPL No. 9-49 of 2015).
Date of text: 28 October 2015
Responsible Tourism Education Act of 2018 (RPPL No. 1-30).
Date of text: 25 October 2018
Moratorium on taking of any hawksbill turtle (RPPL No. 10-24 of 2017).
Date of text: 17 April 2018
Dugong Protection Act (RPPL 8-57 of 2013).
Date of text: 10 January 2013

Miscelanea

Executive Order No. 419 Establishing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Date of text: 28 December 2018
An Act to amend Chapters 4, 6 and 7 of Title 37 of the Palau National Code conferring on the Palau Energy Administration regulatory authority concerning power production, and to implement additional determinations of the 2017 Palau Energy Summit and Paris Agreement Implementation Workshop (RPPL No. 10-23).
Date of text: 17 April 2018
Palau Energy Act (RPPL No. 9-54).
Date of text: 05 February 2016
Standards for Tourism (RPPL No. 9-53 of 2015)
Date of text: 16 November 2015
Foreign Investment Act 2014 (CAP. 1).
Date of text: 2014

Acuerdos Internacionales

Convention for the Conservations and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific.
Date of text: 05 September 2000
Federated States of Micronesia Arrangement for Regional Fisheries Access.
Date of text: 14 November 1994
Palau Arrangement for the Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery.
Date of text: 02 October 1992