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Constitutional Law of the Republic of Angola.
Date of original text: 21 January 2010 (16 August 2021)

Policies

Presidential Decree No. 225/23 approving the National Development Plan 2023-2027.
Date of text: 30 November 2023
Presidential Decree No. 181/23 approving Long-Term Development Strategy (Angola 2050).
Date of text: 01 September 2023
Presidential Decree No. 13/23 approving the National Plan for the Promotion and Development of Livestock (PLANAPECUÁRIA).
Date of text: 06 January 2023
Nationally Determined Contribution of Angola.
Date of text: 01 May 2021
Presidential Decree No. 26/20 approving the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2019-2025).
Date of text: 06 February 2020

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 15/05 approving the Basic Agricultural Development Act.
Date of text: 07 December 2005
Executive Decree No. 47/11 approving the Regulation of the National Direction of Rural Development within the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (DNDR).
Date of text: 07 April 2011
Decree-Law No. 13/09 approving the Statute of the Ministry for Agriculture (MINAGRI).
Date of text: 10 June 2009
Decree-Law No. 1/09 instituting the Ministry of Rural Development (SEDR).
Date of text: 28 April 2009
Presidential Decree No. 279/22 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MINAGRIF).
Date of text: 07 December 2022

Climate change

Presidential Order No. 21/22 improving the National Commission for Climate Change and Biodiversity, coordinated by the Executive Power.
Date of text: 26 January 2022
Presidential Decree No. 8/22 regulating the National System for Monitoring, Reporting and Assessment of the Policy on Climate.
Date of text: 13 January 2022
Presidential Decision No. 8/22 creating the National Climate and Environmental Observatory, coordinated by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Date of text: 13 January 2022
Resolution No. 29/20 approving the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol.
Date of text: 14 July 2020
Executive Decree No. 98/19 approving the Regulation of the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of the Environment (GABAC).
Date of text: 10 April 2019

Cultivated plants

Law No. 5/21 approving the Plant Health Act and repealing Legislative Decree No. 3001/59 of 12 August.
Date of text: 03 February 2021
Law No. 7/05 on Seeds.
Date of text: 11 August 2005
Law No. 6/10 regulating sugar cane production for biofuel.
Date of text: 23 April 2010
Presidential Decree No. 93/16 approving the Regulation of the Law on Seeds.
Date of text: 09 May 2016
Decree No. 15/95 approving the National Service of Seeds.
Date of text: 09 June 1995

Disaster risk management

Presidential Decree No. 81/20 on the Declaration of State of Emergency.
Date of original text: 25 March 2020 (24 April 2020)
Decree No. 77/2018 approving the Regulation for Radioactive Material Transport.
Date of text: 25 November 2018

Environment

Basic Environmental Law No. 5/98.
Date of text: 19 June 1998
Presidential Decree No. 117/20 approving the General Regulation for Environmental Impact Assessment and the Environmental Licensing Procedure.
Date of text: 22 April 2020
Executive Decree No. 8/05 on waste management.
Date of text: 05 January 2005
Decree-Law No. 4/09 instituting the Ministry of Environment.
Date of text: 18 May 2009
Law No. 3/2006 on the environmental associations’ right to participation and intervention in environmental management.
Date of text: 18 January 2006

Fisheries

Law No. 6-A/04 on Aquatic Biological Resources (New Fishing Act).
Date of original text: 08 October 2004 (27 December 2005)
Presidential Decree No. 276/22 approving the National Plan for the Promotion of Fisheries (PLANAPESCAS).
Date of text: 05 December 2022
Decree No. 41/05 establishing the General Regulation on Fisheries.
Date of text: 13 June 2005
Decree No. 40/06 on Hygienic and Sanitary Measures for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products.
Date of text: 30 June 2006
Executive Decree No. 159/2006 establishing necessary measures to prevent damage to biological resources and aquatic ecosystems caused by the use of inappropriate fishing methods and gear.
Date of text: 26 December 2006

Food and nutrition

Presidential Decree No. 138/19 creating the National Food Quality Control Service (SNCQA) and approving its Statute.
Date of text: 13 May 2019
Presidential Decree No. 179/18 approving the Regulation on the obligation to Laboratory Analysis of Products Destined for Human and Animal Consumption.
Date of text: 02 August 2018
Presidential Decree No. 138/13 approving the Regulation of School Feeding.
Date of text: 24 September 2013
Decree No. 40/06 on Hygienic and Sanitary Measures for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products.
Date of text: 30 June 2006
Presidential Decision No. 102/18 creating the State Strategic Food Reserve (REA) to contribute to the stability of the food supply of the basic food basket.
Date of text: 31 July 2018

Forestry

Law No. 6/17 on Forest and Wildlife Basic Legislation.
Date of text: 24 January 2017
Presidential Decree No. 279/22 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MINAGRIF).
Date of text: 07 December 2022
Executive Decree No. 190/22 establishing, for the 2022 Forestry Campaign, quotas by province and by species, for forest licensing of roundwood, fuelwood and charcoal.
Date of text: 14 April 2022
Presidential Decree No. 5/14 approving the Statute of the Forestry Development Institution (IDF).
Date of text: 07 January 2014
Presidential Decree No. 171/18 approving the Forestry Regulation.
Date of text: 23 July 2018

Gender

Executive Decree No. 186/23 approving the Statute of the Women's Professional Training Centre.
Date of text: 31 August 2023
Presidential Order No. 159/23 creating the Multisectoral Commission for the Implementation of the Project for Girls' Empowerment and Education for All (PAT II), coordinated by the Vice-President of the Republic.
Date of text: 06 July 2023
Presidential Decree No. 2/23 approving the Statute of Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (MASFAMU).
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Executive Decree No. 84/21 approving the Internal Regulation of the National Directorate for Family Policies, Equality and Gender Equity (DNPFIEG) of the Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women.
Date of text: 29 March 2021
Executive Decree No. 146/20 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate for Social Action (DNAS) of the Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women.
Date of text: 13 April 2020

Indigenous peoples

Executive Decree No. 289/20 approving he Regulation of the National Directorate for Communities and Institutions of Traditional Power of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment (DNCIPT).
Date of text: 26 November 2020

Land and soil

Civil Code.
Date of text: 1966
Law No. 1/21 establishing the Expropriation for Public Utility.
Date of text: 07 January 2021
Land Act No. 9/04.
Date of text: 09 November 2004
Law No. 3/04 on land, territorial and urban planning.
Date of text: 25 June 2004
Law No. 23/21 on the Legal Regime of Land Registry.
Date of text: 18 October 2021

Livestock

Law No. 4/04 on Animal Health.
Date of text: 13 August 2004
Presidential Decree No. 104/15 approving the Regulation on Livestock Exploitation.
Date of text: 12 May 2015
Presidential Decree No. 179/18 approving the Regulation on the obligation to Laboratory Analysis of Products Destined for Human and Animal Consumption.
Date of text: 02 August 2018
Decree No. 70/08 approving the Regulation on Animal Health.
Date of text: 11 August 2008
Presidential Decree No. 30/14 approving the Statute of the Institution for Veterinary Services (ISV).
Date of text: 13 February 2014

Sea

Law No. 14/10 on maritime zones under the National jurisdiction of Angola.
Date of text: 14 July 2010
Presidential Decree No. 141/12 approving the Regulation for the prevention and control of National water pollution.
Date of text: 21 June 2012
Law No. 17/14 defining the Baselines for the delimitation and demarcation of Maritime Zones of Angola.
Date of text: 29 September 2014
Executive Decree No. 441/12 creating the Specialized Technical Unit Committee STCW (UT/STCW) under the Maritime Port Institute of Angola (IMPA).
Date of text: 05 December 2012
Law No. 27/12 on Mercantile Marine, Harbours and related activities.
Date of original text: 28 August 2012 (13 September 2022)

Social protection

Law No. 7/04 establishing the Basic Act on Social Protection.
Date of text: 15 October 2004
Presidential Decree No. 2/23 approving the Statute of Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (MASFAMU).
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Presidential Decree No. 232/21 approving the Statute of the National Institution for Social Security.
Date of text: 22 September 2021
Executive Decree No. 97/21 approving the Regulation of the Social Solidarity Basket (BSS).
Date of text: 15 April 2021
Presidential Decree No. 227/18 establishing the legal regime for binding and contributing to the Mandatory Social Protection.
Date of text: 27 September 2018

Water

Law No. 6/02 on Water use.
Date of text: 21 June 2002
Presidential Decree No. 82/14 approving the Regulation of General Use of Water Resources.
Date of text: 21 April 2014
Presidential Decree No. 83/14 approving the Regulation of Public Supply of Water and Water Disposal Sanitation.
Date of text: 21 April 2014
Presidential Decree No. 141/12 approving the Regulation for the prevention and control of National water pollution.
Date of text: 21 June 2012
Presidential Decision No. 88/12 approving the contract for various potable water supply agencies within the provinces of: Lunda-Norte, Moxico, Uíge, Zaire and Kwanza-Sul.
Date of text: 19 June 2012

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 6/17 on Forest and Wildlife Basic Legislation.
Date of text: 24 January 2017
Law No. 8/20 approving the Environmental Conservation Areas Act.
Date of text: 16 April 2020
Presidential Decree No. 311/18 approving the Regulation on the Import and Re-export of Wild Fauna and Flora Endangered Species.
Date of text: 19 December 2018
Law No. 38/11 creating the National Parks of Luengue-Luiana, Mavinga and Mayombe within the provinces of Kuando Kubango and Cabinda.
Date of text: 29 December 2011
Executive Decree No. 278/18 establishing the prohibition of Mussivi species timber logging throughout the national territory for a period of two years.
Date of text: 07 August 2018

Miscellaneous

Law No. 23/15 on Cooperatives.
Date of text: 31 August 2015
Law No. 31/11 approving the Mining Code.
Date of text: 23 September 2011
Law No. 10/04 regulating Petroleum Activities.
Date of text: 12 November 2004
Law No. 14-A/96 establishing the Basic Law on Electricity.
Date of text: 31 May 1996
Law No. 5/87 approving the Sanitary Regulation.
Date of text: 23 February 1987

International Agreements

AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION.
Date of text: 11 July 2003
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Treaty establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Date of text: 05 November 1993

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