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Jordan - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Date of text: 1952

Policies

National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy - Second edition 2023 - 2030.
Date of text: 2023
National Climate Change Policy (CCP) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2022-2050.
Date of text: 01 September 2022
Economic Modernisation Vision.
Date of text: 01 January 2022
National Food Security Strategy 2021 - 2030 - Action Plan 2022 - 2024.
Date of text: 2022
Updated Submission of Jordan's 1st Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Date of text: 01 October 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Agriculture Law No.13 of 2015.
Date of text: 08 March 2015
Law No. 5 of 2009 concerning the Agricultural Risk Management Fund as amended by the Law No. 42 of 2015.
Date of original text: 2009 (2015)
Directive No. Z/1 of 2003 regulating allowances and fees for agricultural services.
Date of text: 2003
Bylaw No. 57 of 2023 to compensate farmers affected by agricultural risks issued pursuant to Paragraph (C) of Article 4 of the Agricultural Risk Management Fund Law No. 5 of 2009.
Date of text: 27 August 2023
Agricultural Workers Regulation No.19 of 2021.
Date of text: 14 March 2021

Climate change

Climate Change Regulation No.79 of 2019 issued pursuant to Article 30 of the Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
Date of text: 24 April 2019
Climate-responsive government and private capital financing and spending instructions of 2022.
Date of text: 2022

Cultivated plants

Law No. 24 of 2000 for the Protection of new Varieties of Plants.
Date of text: 01 January 1970
Wholesale Markets System for Horticultural Products of the Greater Amman Municipality.
Date of text: 26 October 2016
Patent Law 32 of 1999 (including amendments).
Date of text: 20 September 1999
Regulation No. 3/G of 2013 on the import, export and trade of Agricultural seed crops.
Date of text: 2013
Regulation No. (4/G) of 2013 on vegetable seed varieties registration.
Date of text: 2013

Disaster risk management

Announcement of enforcement of the Jordan National Defence Law No.13 of 1992.
Date of text: 17 March 2020
Defence Law No.13 of 1992.
Date of text: 07 January 1992

Environment

Environmental Protection Law No. 6 of 2017.
Date of text: 19 March 2017
Waste Management Framework Law No.16 of 2020.
Date of text: 01 March 2020
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation No. 37 of 2005.
Date of text: 2005
Environmental Protection Fund Law No. 18 of 2018.
Date of text: 08 January 2018
Environmental Control and Inspection Act No.65 of 2009 issued under paragraph (a) of art.25 of the Environment Protection Law No. 52 of 2006.
Date of text: 2009

Fisheries

Law on the Organization of Fishing (No. 25 of 1943).
Date of text: 02 December 1943
Fishing Regulation No. 1 of 1945.
Date of text: 25 April 1945
Fishing Regulation No. 1 of 1944.
Date of text: 09 June 1944
Directive No. Z/20 of 2003 licensing and regulating mariculture and aquaculture.
Date of text: 2003
Instructions No.1 of 2021 regarding the Fund for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Fisheries in the Gulf of Aqaba.
Date of text: 21 January 2021

Food and nutrition

Food Law No.30 of 2015.
Date of text: 05 May 2015
Jordan Food and Drug Administration Law No.41 of 2008.
Date of text: 07 July 2008
Food Control Law of 2003.
Date of text: 18 September 2001
Ordinance on the sale and transportation of fish (No. 2 of 1954).
Date of text: 1954
Law No. 79 of 2001 on food control.
Date of text: 13 December 2001

Forestry

Resolution No. 1 of 1973 on the transportation licences and authorizations forms used for purposes of the Department of Forestry and Soil Conservation issued according to article 90 of Agriculture Law No. 20 of 1973.
Date of text: 1973
Resolution No. Z/23 of 2017 specifying the mechanism for importing heating firewood and fuel issued in accordance with Article 6 of Agriculture Law No. 13 of 2015 and its amendments.
Date of text: 2017
Resolution No. 2 of 1973, promulgated by article 90/A/1 of Law No. 20 of 1973 on agriculture, concerning licences for exploitation of forest or gathering firewood.
Date of text: 1973
Resolution No. 3 of 1973 promulgated by article No. 90/A/2 of Law No. 20 of 1973 on agriculture concerning the authorization (ticket) for the transportation of forest materials.
Date of text: 1973
Resolution No. 4 of 1973 promulgated by article 90/A/5 of Law No. 20 of 1973 concerning the licence for the sale of firewood and forest materials.
Date of text: 1973

Land and soil

Law No. 17 of 1974 on the management of public land.
Date of text: 31 March 1974
Regulation No. (Z/8) of 2009 concerning the protection of agricultural land.
Date of text: 16 September 2009
Soil Protection Regulation No. 25 of 2005.
Date of text: 2005
Regulation No. 7 on the sale and lease of lands in the Aqaba Exclusive Economic Zone.
Date of text: 2001

Livestock

Jordanian Veterinarian Trade Union Law No. 70 of 2001.
Date of text: 2001
Law No. 10 on practicing the veterinary profession.
Date of text: 03 January 1988
Regulation No. (Z/3) of 2008 concerning the instructions on livestock numbering and registration of possession of livestock.
Date of text: 30 April 2008
Animal welfare Regulation No. 11 of 2010
Date of text: 01 April 2010
Bylaw No. 57 of 2023 to compensate farmers affected by agricultural risks issued pursuant to Paragraph (C) of Article 4 of the Agricultural Risk Management Fund Law No. 5 of 2009.
Date of text: 27 August 2023

Sea

Law No.46 of 2006 - Law of Jordan Maritime Authority.
Date of text: 2006
Law on the Organization of Fishing (No. 25 of 1943).
Date of text: 02 December 1943
Regulation No. 6 of 2001 on the development and management of the Aqaba Exclusive Economic Zone.
Date of text: 2001
Regulation No. 51 of 1999 on the protection of the marine environment and coasts.
Date of text: 1999

Water

Law on the Water Authority No.18 of 1988 as amended by Law No.62 of 2001.
Date of original text: 12 March 1988 (01 November 2001)
Jordan Valley Development Law, 1988.
Date of original text: 1988 (2001)
Jordan Valley Development Law as amended by the amended Law No. 30 of 2001.
Date of original text: 1988 (2001)
Groundwater By-Law No. 85 of 2002.
Date of text: 13 August 2002
Jordan Valley Authority Administrative Bylaw No. 27 of 2022.
Date of text: 23 March 2022

Wild species and ecosystems

System No.61 of 2022 - The Aqaba Marine Reserve Law issued pursuant to Clause (5) of Paragraph (B) of Article (10) and Article (56) of the Aqaba Exclusive Economic Zone Law No. 32 of 2000.
Date of text: 18 September 2022
Agriculture Act No. 20 Second Book-Animal Resources.
Date of text: 23 April 1973
Act No. 113 on the protection of birds and wildlife, and on regulating their hunting.
Date of text: 1973
Regulation No. 29 of 2005 on natural protected areas and national parks.
Date of text: 2005
Geological Reserves Regulation No. 21 of 2021 issued pursuant to Paragraph (d) of Article 3 of the Natural Resources Law No. 19 of 2018.
Date of text: 04 April 2021

Miscellaneous

Standardization and Metrology Law No. 22 of 2000.
Date of text: 2000
Public-Private Partnership Law No.17 of 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Integrity and Anti-Corruption Law No.13 of 2016.
Date of text: 2016
Investment Environment Law No. 21 of 2022.
Date of text: 2022
Natural Resources Law No. 19 of 2018.
Date of text: 10 April 2018

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan regarding cooperation in the field of preventing, limiting and removing the effects of disasters.
Date of text: 04 April 2021
Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA).
Date of text: 10 November 2017
Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Turkey and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the field of meteorology.
Date of text: 27 March 2016

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