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République démocratique populaire lao - Profils du pays

Constitution of Laos.
Date of text: 1991 (22 March 2025)

Politiques

National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
Date of text: 17 July 2025
Lao PDR Forestry Strategy to 2035 and Vision to 2050.
Date of text: 01 May 2024
The 9th National Socio-Economic Development Plan Financing Strategy (2023-2025).
Date of text: 01 September 2023
National Policy on Crop Production Promotion of the Lao PDR.
Date of text: 01 June 2023
National Strategy on Climate Change toward 2030.
Date of text: 05 January 2023

Législation

Développement agricole et rural

Law on Agriculture No. 01-98/NA.
Date of text: 10 October 1998
law on Cooperatives.
Date of text: 12 August 2024
Law on Irrigation.
Date of text: 25 June 2025
Law on Cooperatives (No. 54/NA, 2024).
Date of text: 28 June 2024
Decision No. 1448/MAF on the Organization and Activities of the City and District Agriculture and Environment Offices.
Date of text: 25 September 2025

Changement climatique

Decree on Climate Change.
Date of text: 18 September 2019
Decree on carbon credit.
Date of text: 28 May 2025
Decision No. 4565/MAF on Forest Carbon Management.
Date of text: 06 September 2024

Plantes cultivées

Law No. 13/NA on Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Date of text: 15 November 2016
Decree on the Management of Pesticides, No. 258 / PM.
Date of text: 24 August 2017
Law on Natural Resources for Medicine (No.55).
Date of text: 23 March 2024
Decree No. 155/PM on Natural resource for medicines (Pharmaceutical Natural resource).
Date of text: 30 September 2003
Arrété sur le phytosanitaire en R.D.P. Lao, nº 66 PM.
Date of text: 21 March 1993

Gestion des risques de catastrophe

Law no. 71/NA on Disaster Management.
Date of text: 24 June 2019

Environnement

Environmental Protection Law.
Date of text: 12 March 2024
Law No. 36/NA on Meteorology and Hydrology.
Date of text: 13 November 2017
Law 07/NA on Chemical Management.
Date of text: 10 November 2016
Law No. 09/NA on State Assets.
Date of text: 12 October 2002 (19 August 2022)
Decree of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment no. 389 of 2022 on environmental impact assessment.
Date of text: 20 October 2022

Pêche et Aquaculture

Decree No. 097/PS of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Aquatic and Fisheries (Amended).
Date of text: 17 July 2023
Law on Wildlife.
Date of text: 30 August 2023
Ordonnance royale nº 34 fixant le régime de pêche.
Date of text: 04 March 1949
Decision No. 1246 on Organisation and Functionality of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries.
Date of text: 12 September 2025
Decree No.644 on movement, import, export and transit of animals, aquatic animals and products of animals and aquatic animals.
Date of text: 25 November 2024

Alimentation et nutrition

Presidential Decree No. 172/PR on the Promulgation of the Law No. 33/NA on Food (Amended).
Date of text: 20 August 2013
Law on Food No. 33/NA (Amended).
Date of text: 24 July 2013
Decision No. 4285 on the Management of Primary Animal Products Processing Plants.
Date of text: 16 October 2023
Decision No.3736 on Management of Plant Processing Factories.
Date of text: 19 August 2022
Decision No.3004 on Good Agriculture Practices for food safety standards.
Date of text: 15 June 2022

Forêts

Forestry Law No. 64/NA.
Date of text: 13 June 2019
Order No. 17/PM on Strengthening the Forest Management, Protection and Coordination of Forest Management and Forestry Business.
Date of text: 22 September 2008
Decision No. 1432 on Organisation and Functionality of Provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment.
Date of text: 25 September 2025
Decision No. 1248/MSE on Organisation and Functionality of Department of Forestry.
Date of text: 12 September 2025
Decision on Tourism in Forest Areas.
Date of text: 03 June 2025

Genre

Law on Gender Equality, No. 77/NA.
Date of text: 28 November 2019
Presidential Decree No. 013/PR on the Promulgation of the Law No.72. on the Development and Protection of Women (Amended).
Date of text: 23 January 2025
Law No. 65/NA on the Lao Women's Union.
Date of text: 11 November 2024
Labor Law No. 43/NA (Amended)
Date of text: 24 December 2013
Law No. 08/NA on the Development and Protection of Women.
Date of text: 22 October 2004

Populations autochtones

Decree No. 207 on Ethnic Groups.
Date of text: 20 March 2020

Terre et sols

Land Law of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Amended), No. 70/NA
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Law No. 85 on Land Tax.
Date of text: 17 July 2023
Law No. 03-99/NA on Urban Plans.
Date of text: 03 April 1999
Law No. 03/90/PSA on Heritage and Basis of Inheritance.
Date of text: 27 June 1990
Decree No. 534 of the Prime Minister on the Organization and Functionality of the Ministry of Agriculture ad Environment.
Date of text: 14 August 2025

Elevage

Law on Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (Revised) No. 08 / NA.
Date of text: 11 November 2016
Decree No.516 Animal slaughter and meat hygiene inspection.
Date of text: 23 September 2020
Decree no. 199/GOL on Veterinary Medicines.
Date of text: 13 March 2020
Decree No. 228/GoL on the Prevention and Control of Animal Epidemic Disease.
Date of text: 31 May 2012
Decision No. 1246 on Organisation and Functionality of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries.
Date of text: 12 September 2025

Ressources minérales et energie

Presidential Decree No. 291/PR on the Promulgation of the Law on Minerals (Amended) (No. 31/NA).
Date of text: 13 December 2017
Law No. 19/NA on Electricity (Amended).
Date of text: 09 May 2017
Law No. 109 on Dam Safety.
Date of text: 19 June 2022
Law on Electricity.
Date of text: 31 May 1997
Decision No.1997/MOIC Organisation and Functionality of the Department of Geology and Minerals.
Date of text: 09 September 2025

Mer

Law no. 34/SNP of 2022 on waterways.
Date of text: 29 December 2022

Protection sociale

Law on Social Security.
Date of text: 26 July 2013
Decision 1700/MAF on Village Development Funds in Poor Districts.
Date of text: 14 March 2023

Eau

Law on Water and Water Resources (Amended) 2017.
Date of text: 11 October 1996 (11 May 2017)
Law No. 36/NA on Meteorology and Hydrology.
Date of text: 13 November 2017
Law no. 34/SNP of 2022 on waterways.
Date of text: 29 December 2022
Law No. 109 on Dam Safety.
Date of text: 19 June 2022
Law No. 09/NA on State Assets.
Date of text: 12 October 2002 (19 August 2022)

Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes

Law on Wildlife.
Date of text: 30 August 2023
Presidential Decree No. 125/PR on the Promulgation of the Law No. 131/NA on Tourism (Amended).
Date of text: 01 July 2024
Law on Natural Resources for Medicine (No.55).
Date of text: 23 March 2024
Law No.11 on National Heritage.
Date of text: 16 November 2021
Loi nº 26 sur droits de capture, d'immatriculation et de mutation des éléphants au Laos.
Date of text: 08 January 1949

Divers

Penal Code No13/NA.
Date of text: 15 May 2017
Presidential Decree No. 124/PR on the Promulgation of the Law No.62 on Investment Promotion (Amended).
Date of text: 12 August 2024
Law on Trade Union (Revised) No. 39/NA.
Date of text: 15 November 2017
Civil Code.
Date of text: 18 January 2019
Law No.50 on Intellectual Property (Amended).
Date of text: 20 November 2023

Accords Internationaux

Vientiane Declaration on Innovation and Cooperation for a Water Secure and Sustainable Mekong.
Date of text: 05 April 2023
Memorandum of Understanding under the Joint Working Group on Water Resources Cooperation of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation on the Provision of Hydrological Information of the Lancang River Throughout the Year by China to the Other Five Member Countries.
Date of text: 01 November 2020
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on scientific and technical cooperation.
Date of text: 01 July 2013

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