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Constitutional Declaration of Libya.
Date of text: 03 August 2011

Policies

National Action Plan on Prevention and containment of Antimicrobial Resistance 2019 - 2023.
Date of text: 2018
National Plan for developing the Renewable Energy in Libya (2013-2025).
Date of text: 01 September 2012
Cabinet Resolution No.352 of 2012 approving a Water Supply Plan.
Date of text: 15 August 2012

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 2 of 1974 on Cooperative Farms.
Date of text: 13 January 1974
Law No.15 of 1992 on the protection of agricultural land.
Date of text: 1992
Cabinet Resolution No.101 of 2012 for the adoption of the organizational structure and functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Marine Wealth and organization of its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 10 March 2012
Law No.17 of 2015 amending a provision of the Law No.2 of 1974 on the Cooperative Farms.
Date of text: 14 October 2015

Cultivated plants

Law No. 27 of 1968 on the protection of plants.
Date of text: 1968
Pesticides Regulation implemented by Resolution No. 76 of the Secretary of the General popular Committee for Agrarian Reform.
Date of text: 31 October 1989
Resolution No.17 of 2019 regarding specifying specifications and conditions for the supply of potato seeds.
Date of text: 23 January 2019
Resolution of the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Resources No. (851) of 2017 AD regarding the inclusion of a provision in the health certificate related to the supply of plants and propagation materials.
Date of text: 31 December 2017
Decision of the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Resources No. (214) of 2017 regarding adding a provision to Resolution No. 444 of 2016, related to the ban on the import of seedlings from the two countries (Italy and France).
Date of text: 27 March 2017

Disaster risk management

General People’s Committee Decree No. 437 of 2008 on establishing the National Safety Authority.
Date of text: 13 July 2008

Environment

Law No. 15 of 2003 on the protection and improvement of the environment.
Date of text: 13 June 2003
Resolution No. 448 of 2009 issuing the Executive Regulations of Law No. 15 of 2003 regarding protecting and improving the environment.
Date of text: 27 July 2009
Resolution No. 574 of 2023 establishing the Environmental Protection Fund.
Date of text: 16 September 2023
Resolution No. 42 of 2022 establishing the Environmental Police Service.
Date of text: 19 January 2022
Resolution No. 300 of 2021 regarding the adoption of the organizational structure and competencies of the Ministry of Environment and the organization of its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 05 August 2021

Fisheries

Law No. 23 of 1991 on fisheries cooperatives.
Date of text: 04 September 1991
Law No. 14 of 1989 regulating the exploitation of marine resources.
Date of text: 03 June 1989
Resolution No. 63 of 2022 approving the organizational structure and powers of the General Authority for Marine Fishing and organizing its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 08 February 2022
Resolution No. 163 of 2021 amending some provisions regarding the General Authority for Marine Wealth.
Date of text: 09 January 2022
Regulating Fishing Law No. 8 of 1962.
Date of text: 26 April 1962

Food and nutrition

Resolution No. 443 of 2014 regulating slaughterhouses.
Date of text: 26 August 2014
Resolution No. 19 of 2014 on the affiliation with the Food and Drug Control Center.
Date of text: 27 February 2014

Forestry

Law No.15 of 1989 on Animals and Trees Protection.
Date of text: 1989
Law No.5 of 1982 on the protection of grasslands and forests.
Date of original text: 19 April 1982 (06 July 1992)
General People’s Committee Resolution No. 34 of 2002 issuing the Executive Regulations of Law No. 22 of 2001 amending a provision in Law No. 15 of 1989 regarding the Protection of Animals and Trees.
Date of text: 17 April 2002

Land and soil

Law No. 5 of 1969 on towns and villages planning.
Date of text: 1969
Resolution of the Revolutionary Command Council promulgating the Law on the protection of agricultural land.
Date of text: 15 March 1970

Livestock

Law No.15 of 1989 on Animals and Trees Protection.
Date of text: 1989
General People’s Committee Resolution No. 34 of 2002 issuing the Executive Regulations of Law No. 22 of 2001 amending a provision in Law No. 15 of 1989 regarding the Protection of Animals and Trees.
Date of text: 17 April 2002
Decision of the Minister of Local Government Plenipotentiary No.59 of 2019 regarding the Slaughterhouses Regulation.
Date of text: 10 April 2019
Resolution No. 443 of 2014 regulating slaughterhouses.
Date of text: 26 August 2014
Cabinet Resolution No.100 of 2012 on the establishment of the National Center for Animal Health.
Date of text: 10 March 2012

Sea

Decision No. 260 of 2009 concerning the declaration of the exclusive economic zone of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 31 May 2009
Act No. 2 on the delimitation of the Libyian territorial waters.
Date of text: 18 February 1959
Resolution No. 251 of 2019 issuing Regulations for securing navigational traffic to and from Libyan ports.
Date of text: 2019
General People’s Committee Decision No. 260 of A.J. 1377 (A.D. 2009) concerning the declaration of the exclusive economic zone of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Date of text: 29 May 2009
General People’s Committee Decision No. 37 of 1373 (A.D. 2005) concerning the concerning the declaration of a Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea
Date of text: 24 February 2005

Water

Resolution of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Consensus No.1091 of 2018 regarding merging the Public Authority for Water with the Public Authority for Water Resources.
Date of text: 21 July 2018
Law No.3 of 1982 to Organize the Utilization of Water Resources.
Date of text: 10 March 1982
Decision of the Minister of Local Government Plenipotentiary No.57 of 2019 regarding the regulation for organizing the water and sanitation facility.
Date of text: 10 April 2019
Internal Regulation of the Joint Board for the study and development of the Nubian Sandstone Reservoir Waters.
Date of text: 0000

Wild species and ecosystems

Resolution No. 11 of 2018 establishing the Terrestrial and Marine Environment Research Center.
Date of text: 08 January 2018
Resolution No. 273 of 2021 regarding the establishment of Natural Reserves and Wetlands.
Date of text: 21 December 2021
Resolution No. 272 ​​of 2021 on the establishment of Marine and Coastal Natural Reserves.
Date of text: 21 December 2021
Cabinet Resolution No. 48 of 2013 to establish the apparatus for management and development of national parks.
Date of text: 06 February 2013

Miscellaneous

Law No.11 of 2014 on the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Date of text: 16 April 2014
Law No.9 of 2010 on Investment Promotion.
Date of text: 28 January 2010
Law No. 20 of 2013 establishing the Administrative Oversight Authority.
Date of text: 01 August 2013
Law 12 of 2010 issuing the Labor Relations Law.
Date of text: 28 January 2010
Law No. 9 of 1985 on the establishment of Tasharukiat.
Date of text: 1985

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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