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Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Date of original text: 21 September 1993 (2014)

Policies

Circular Strategy on Environment 2023-2028.
Date of text: 01 November 2023
Pentagonal Strategy - Phase I for Growth, Employment, Equity, Efficiency, and Sustainability: Building the Foundation towards Realizing the Cambodia Vision 2050.
Date of text: 01 August 2023
Cambodia National Cooling Action Plan.
Date of text: 01 August 2022
Cambodia’s Roadmap for Sustainable Consumption and Production for the period of 2022-2035.
Date of text: 2022
Decision No. 78 SSR on Promulgation of the National Energy Efficiency Policy 2022-2030.
Date of text: 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Sub‐Decree on Contract Farming.
Date of text: 01 February 2011
Law on Agricultural Cooperative.
Date of text: 09 June 2013
Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Date of text: 24 January 1996
Sub-Decree on the Organization and Functioning of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Date of text: 07 April 2000
Sub-Decree No. 69 ANK-BK on Standards and Management of Agricultural Materials.
Date of text: 28 October 1998

Climate change

Decision of the National Council for Sustainable Development on the Establishment of the Climate Change Technical Working Group. .
Date of text: 05 May 2017
Sub-Decree No. 35 on creation of a National Committee for Managing Climate Change.
Date of text: 24 April 2006

Cultivated plants

Law on Plant protection and phytosanitary measures.
Date of text: 01 April 2022
Law on the Management of Pesticides and Fertilizers.
Date of text: 14 January 2012
Law on Seed Management and Plant Breeder's Rights.
Date of text: 13 May 2008
Proclamation No. 484 of 2013 on Pesticide Registration and laying down Lists of Banned Pesticides.
Date of text: 2013
Prakas No. 100 on the Cambodia Plant Quarantine Pest List.
Date of text: 10 March 2010

Disaster risk management

Law on Disaster Management.
Date of text: 14 July 2015
Royal Decree on the Organization and Functioning of the National Committee for Disaster Management.
Date of text: 29 December 2015

Environment

Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management (Preah Reach Kram/NS-RKM-1296/36).
Date of text: 24 December 1996
Law on Biosafety.
Date of text: 15 February 2008
Sub-Decree On Solid Waste Management No.36 ANRK.BK.
Date of text: 27 April 1999
Prakas No. 021 on the classification of environmental impact assessment for development projects.
Date of text: 03 February 2020
Anukret No. 42/ANK/BK on The Control of Air Pollution and Noise Disturbance.
Date of text: 10 July 2000

Fisheries

Royal Kram NS/RKM/0506/011 on Promulgation of the Fisheries Law.
Date of text: 21 May 2006
Fisheries Management and Administration (Fiat-Law No. 33 KRO. CHOR).
Date of text: 09 March 1987
Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Date of text: 24 January 1996
Sub-Decree on the Organization and Functioning of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Date of text: 07 April 2000
Proclamation No. 024 PrK MAFF on the application of models of Fishing Vessel Logbook.
Date of text: 18 January 2010

Food and nutrition

Food Safety Law.
Date of text: 01 June 2022
Law on Geographical Indications (NS/RKM/0114/006).
Date of text: 20 January 2014
Sub-Decree No. 47 on Food Hygiene for Humans.
Date of text: 12 June 2003
Prakas on Nutrition Information Requirements for the Labelling of Pre-packaged Food Products.
Date of text: 22 February 2022
Prakas No. 134 P.N.A.KBB.PRK on the Application for the Certificate of Cambodia Halal Product Technical Standard.
Date of text: 09 July 2021

Forestry

Law on Forestry.
Date of text: 31 August 2002
Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Date of text: 24 January 1996
Sub-Decree No. 79 on community forestry management.
Date of text: 02 December 2003
Law Decree on forestry administration (KR.C No. 35 of 1988).
Date of text: 25 June 1988
Sub-Decree on Establishing Protected Forest and Biodiversity Conservation “Prey Long”.
Date of text: 2008

Gender

Law on Marriage and Family.
Date of text: 26 July 1989

Indigenous peoples

Sub-Decree No. 83 ANK,BK providing for the Procedures of Registration of Land of Indigenous Communities.
Date of text: 09 June 2009

Land and soil

Civil Code of Cambodia.
Date of text: 17 September 2008
Land Law.
Date of text: 20 July 2001
Law on Land Management, Urban Planning and Constructions.
Date of text: 24 May 1994
Law on Management, Use and Disposal of State Properties 2020.
Date of text: 14 November 2020
Law on Expropriation.
Date of text: 26 February 2010

Livestock

Law on Animal Health and Production (No. NS/RKM/0116/003).
Date of text: 28 January 2016
Prakas on Procedures for Issuance of Permit and Management of Trade, Production and Mixing of Animal Feeds, Raw Materials or Additives.
Date of text: 12 December 2020
Prakas 343 on Procedures and Authority For Imposing Transactional Fine for Offenses of Animal Health and Production.
Date of text: 10 September 2020
Prakas No. 384 ProrKor.KorSorKor of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries dated on 02 October 2020 on the Procedures for Managing Veterinary Medicines and Biological Materials in Trade and Mixing.
Date of text: 02 October 2020
Notice No. 178 BrK KSK of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Procedure of Animal Sanitation Control and Animal Origin Products.
Date of text: 18 May 2009

Sea

Decree of the Council of State of 13 July 1982 concerning maritime zones.
Date of text: 13 July 1982
Maritime boundary which affects two neighbouring countries with Cambodia namely the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand and Cambodia itself.
Date of text: 13 March 1998
Statement Issued by the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 15 January 1978.
Date of text: 15 January 1978

Water

Law on Management of Clean Water Management 2023.
Date of text: 01 March 2023
Law on Water Resources Management of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Date of text: 29 June 2007
Sub-Decree On Water Pollution Control No. 27 ANRK.BK
Date of text: 06 April 1999
Sub-Decree No. 235 on the Management of Drainage System and Wastewater Treatment System.
Date of text: 25 December 2017
Sub-Decree No. 14 on the Transferring Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority under the Management of Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy.
Date of text: 24 May 2004

Wild species and ecosystems

Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management (Preah Reach Kram/NS-RKM-1296/36).
Date of text: 24 December 1996
Law on Protected Areas.
Date of text: 15 February 2008
Law on Biosafety.
Date of text: 15 February 2008
Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
Date of text: 25 January 1996
Kret Dated May 28, 1994 Establishing Protected Cultural Zones In The Siem Reap/Angkor Region And Guidelines For Their Management.
Date of text: 28 May 1994

Miscellaneous

Law on the implementation of the Civil Code.
Date of text: 03 June 2011
Law on Public-Private Partnerships.
Date of text: 18 November 2021
Law on Investment.
Date of text: 2021
Law on Consumer Protection.
Date of text: 08 October 2019
Law on Trade Union.
Date of text: 2016

International Agreements

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
Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia in the field of water.
Date of text: 21 October 2018

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