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Constitution of the Republic of Suriname.
Date of original text: 1987 (1992)

Políticas

Nationally Determined Contribution 2020.
Date of text: 01 December 2019
National REDD+ Strategy From Suriname.
Date of text: 2019
Suriname National Adaptation Plan 2019 - 2029.
Date of text: 2019
Policy Development Plan 2017-2021.
Date of text: 01 January 2017
Final National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for Suriname 2014-2021.
Date of text: 01 January 2015

Legislación

Cultivos

Plant Protection Act, 2020 (No. 78 of 2020).
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Law to lay down rules for the production, quality, certification and placing on the market of seed (Seed Act) (No. 51 of 2005).
Date of text: 04 May 2005
Pesticides Act, 1972 (G.B. 1972 no. 151).
Date of text: 07 December 1972
Plant Protection Act, 1965.
Date of text: 08 September 1965
Act on the Import and Export of Goods, 2003 (No. 58).
Date of text: 08 July 2003

Gestión del riesgo de desastres

Act implementing article 72 under c of the Constitution regarding the promulgation of the civil exceptional situation in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic (Exceptional Condition Law COVID - 19) (No. 83 of 2020).
Date of text: 09 April 2020

Medio ambiente

Environmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020).
Date of text: 07 May 2020
Decision of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of 20 March 2019 no. 630, laying down general conditions for companies and professions subject to a license.
Date of text: 20 March 2019

Pesca

Sea Fishery Act 1980.
Date of original text: 31 December 1980 (2001)
Fish Stock Protection Law 1961.
Date of original text: 25 March 1961 (1981)
Fish Stock Protection Decree 1961 (G.B. No. 44).
Date of text: 20 June 1961

Alimentación y nutrición

Act on the Inspection of Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin (No. 17 of 2017).
Date of text: 27 February 2017
Fish Inspection Act, 2000 (SB No. 107).
Date of text: 16 November 2000
Fish Inspection Decree (No. 9 of 2002).
Date of text: 11 February 2002
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries containing rules regarding the implementation of quality requirements for fisheries products (No. 10 of 2002).
Date of text: 21 February 2002
Meat Inspection Order (No. 45 of 1961).
Date of text: 25 March 1961

Bosques

Forest Management Act of 1992.
Date of text: 18 September 1992
Law to lay down rules for the imposition of an export levy (Export Levy Law) (No. 29 of 2005).
Date of text: 31 March 2005
Act relative to the control of the exportation of timber.
Date of original text: 05 January 1950 (1980)
Act relative to timber export duties 1946.
Date of text: 01 November 1946
Decree concerning measurement, marking and registration of timber (No. 6 of 2020).
Date of text: 09 January 2020

Tierra y suelos

Cadastre and Land Information System Act (Stb No. 149 of 2009).
Date of text: 25 September 2009
Order containing rules relative to the establishment of the Land Office.
Date of text: 15 June 1982
Public Domain Decree (No. 125 of 1981).
Date of text: 08 August 1981
Town and Country Planning Act.
Date of original text: 1972 (2002)
Building Act.
Date of original text: 06 April 1956 (2002)

Ganado

Law containing rules regarding the welfare of animals and further amendment of the Penal Code (Animal Welfare Law)(No. 4 of 2017).
Date of text: 16 January 2017
Ordinance regulating import, sale and use of vaccines, sera and biological diagnostics intended for use in animals.
Date of text: 01 September 1959
Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 23 of 1954).
Date of text: 03 April 1954
Animal Welfare Order (No. 14 of 2018).
Date of text: 02 February 2018
Decree to implement Article 10 of the Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 87 of 1963).
Date of text: 1963

Mar

Maritime Zone Law (No. 41 of 2017).
Date of text: 07 April 2017
Maritime Authority Act (No. 37 of 2002).
Date of text: 30 March 1998

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Game Act 1954.
Date of original text: 03 April 1954 (1997)
Law containing rules regarding the welfare of animals and further amendment of the Penal Code (Animal Welfare Law)(No. 4 of 2017).
Date of text: 16 January 2017
Nature Conservation Act 1954.
Date of original text: 03 April 1954 (1992)
STATE DECREE containing rules for the implementation of articles 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 73, 23 and 23a of the 1954 Hunting Act (G.8. 1954 no. 25, as last amended by SB 1997 no. 33) (Hunting Decree 2002 ).
Date of original text: 27 December 2002 (1997)
Decree of the State making further provision with respect to the negative list in the sense of the Decree of State placing restrictions on the importation and exportation of goods.
Date of text: 17 November 1999

Miscelanea

Law containing rules on prevention and fight against corruption and establish an Anti-corruption Commission, as well as amendment of the Criminal Code and the Domain Land Issuance Decree (Anti-Corruption Law)
Date of text: 24 September 2017
Suriname National Bureau of Standards Act (No. 30 of 2006).
Date of text: 22 February 2006
Standards Act.
Date of text: 20 August 2004
Law on Regional Bodies.
Date of original text: 29 June 1989 (2002)
Economic Offenses Act.
Date of original text: 09 January 1986 (2002)

Acuerdos Internacionales

Accord de délimitation maritime entre le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de la République du Suriname (ensemble une annexe), signé à Paris le 8 novembre 2017.
Date of text: 08 November 2017
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.
Date of text: 2014
Convenio Constitutivo del Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe, (CATHALAC).
Date of text: 12 November 2008