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République démocratique populaire lao - Profils du pays

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

Politiques

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
Health National Adaptation Plan (H-Nap) for Building Climate Resilient Health Systems.
Date of text: 2023
National Resilience Framework 2022-2025.
Date of text: 01 November 2022

Législation

Développement agricole et rural

Law on Agriculture No. 01-98/NA.
Date of text: 10 October 1998
Law on Irrigation.
Date of text: 25 June 2025
Law on Cooperatives (No. 54/NA, 2024).
Date of text: 28 June 2024
Decision on organic agriculture standards.
Date of text: 11 April 2022
Decree on farmer group and cooperatives.
Date of text: 26 November 2020

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 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
Ministerial Decision on Crop Protection Net.
Date of text: 16 July 2025
Decree of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry no. 2897 of 2023 on the management of fertiliser factory.
Date of text: 14 June 2023

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
Decree No. 112/PM on Environmental Impact Assessment.
Date of text: 18 February 2010
Law No. 09/NA on State Assets.
Date of original text: 12 October 2002 (19 August 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 wild animals.
Date of text: 30 August 2023
Ordonnance royale nº 34 fixant le régime de pêche.
Date of text: 04 March 1949
Decision on quality marks for animal and aquatic animals.
Date of text: 19 July 2024
Decision no. 0545/MOAF on antimicrobials for animals and aquatic animals.
Date of text: 12 May 2021

Alimentation et nutrition

Law on Food No. 33/NA (Amended).
Date of text: 24 July 2013
Decree of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Food No. 04/NA.
Date of text: 15 May 2004
Ministerial Regulation No. 518/MoH on the basic principles in the application of sanitary and technical measures for food safety management.
Date of text: 18 March 2009
Decision on quality marks for animal and aquatic animals.
Date of text: 19 July 2024
Decision No.4288 on management, development and processing rubber.
Date of text: 17 September 2023

Forêts

Forestry Law No. 64/NPC.
Date of original text: 24 December 2007 (13 June 2019)
Forestry Law, 1996.
Date of text: 11 October 1996
Order No. 17/PM on Strengthening the Forest Management, Protection and Coordination of Forest Management and Forestry Business.
Date of text: 22 September 2008
Decree No. 59/2002 on Sustainable Management of Production Forest Areas.
Date of text: 22 May 2002
Decree of the Prime Minister on the Organization and Activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Date of text: 22 November 1991

Genre

Labor Law No. 43/NA (Amended)
Date of text: 24 December 2013
Women's Union Law.
Date of text: 2012
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
Property Law.
Date of text: 27 June 1990
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 of the Prime Minister relating to the transformation of State land use right and ownership on houses, vehicles and essential household equipment into Government personnel ownership and use right.
Date of text: 12 November 1994

Elevage

Law on Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (Revised) No. 08 / NA.
Date of text: 11 November 2016
Decree no. 199/GOL on Veterinary Medicines.
Date of text: 13 March 2020
Decision no.4848 on Management of Veterinary Medicine production factories.
Date of text: 02 October 2024
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry no. 174 of 2022 on Slaughter of Animals, Destruction of Animal Remains and Compensation.
Date of text: 31 May 2022
Decree no. 02/GoL on Animal Feed.
Date of text: 02 January 2020

Ressources minérales et energie

Presidential Decree on the Promulgation of the Law on Minerals (Amended), No. 291/PR.
Date of text: 13 December 2017
Law on Electricity.
Date of text: 31 May 1997
Decree of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Electricity.
Date of text: 12 April 1997
Presidential Ordinance No. 001/OP on Royalty Rate of Natural Resources.
Date of text: 15 December 2015
Decree No. 02/GoL on the Approval and Promulgation of the Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development (PSHD) in Lao PDR.
Date of text: 12 January 2015

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

Eau

Law on Water and Water Resources (Amended) 2017.
Date of original 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. 09/NA on State Assets.
Date of original text: 12 October 2002 (19 August 2022)
Decree on Water Reservation Zones and Water Resources.
Date of text: 2024

Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes

Law on wild animals.
Date of text: 30 August 2023
Loi nº 26 sur droits de capture, d'immatriculation et de mutation des éléphants au Laos.
Date of text: 08 January 1949
Decree No. 155/PM on Natural resource for medicines (Pharmaceutical Natural resource).
Date of text: 30 September 2003
Décret fixant le régime de chasse, modifié et complété par ceux du 27-6-1934 et du 7-4-1938.
Date of text: 07 February 1927
Executive Decree no. 348 on the Management of International Trade in Aquatic Animals, Wild Animals and Endangered Wild Plants.
Date of original text: 11 November 2022 (05 June 2024)

Divers

Civil Code.
Date of text: 18 January 2019
Law No. 01/NA on Intellectual Property (Amended).
Date of text: 20 December 2011
Penal Code No13/NA.
Date of text: 15 May 2017
Law No. 14/NA on Investment Promotion.
Date of text: 17 November 2016
Law No. 48/NA on Processing Industry (Amended Version).
Date of text: 27 December 2013

Accords Internationaux

Vientiane Declaration on Innovation and Cooperation for a Water Secure and Sustainable Mekong.
Date of text: 05 April 2023
Agreement on Green Industry, No. 0141/MOIC.DIH.
Date of text: 03 February 2022
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

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