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Turkmenistan - Country Profiles

Constitution of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 26 September 2008

Policies

Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement.
Date of text: 12 May 2022
National strategy of Turkmenistan on preservation biodiversity 2018-2023.
Date of text: 2018
National Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkmenistan, 2017-2025.
Date of text: 2017
Intended nationally determined contribution of Turkmenistan in accordance with decision 1/CP. 20 UNFCCC.
Date of text: 01 September 2015
National Climate Change Strategy of Turkmenistan.
Date of text: 15 June 2012

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law “On state regulation of agricultural development”.
Date of original text: 09 June 2018 (02 March 2019)
Law “On grain growing”.
Date of text: 20 March 2017
Law No. 140-V “On consumer protection”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014
Law No. 177-VI “On the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.”
Date of text: 05 October 2019
Law “On consumer cooperation”.
Date of text: 03 June 2017

Cultivated plants

Law “On cotton growing”.
Date of text: 26 August 2017
Law “On plant protection”.
Date of original text: 18 June 2016 (05 October 2019)
Law “On plant kingdom”.
Date of text: 04 August 2012
Law No. 106-IV “On seed growing”.
Date of text: 10 May 2010
Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”.
Date of text: 15 August 2009

Disaster risk management

Law on fire safety.
Date of text: 2004

Environment

Law “On environmental protection”.
Date of original text: 01 March 2014 (20 March 2017)
Law No. 122-VI “On environmental audit”.
Date of text: 02 March 2019
Law “On protection of the atmospheric air”.
Date of text: 26 March 2016
Law No. 379-VI “On public-private partnership.”
Date of text: 05 June 2021
Law No. 227-VI “On ecological information.”
Date of text: 14 March 2020

Fisheries

Law “On fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources”.
Date of original text: 21 May 2011 (05 June 2021)
Presidential Decree No. 430 validating the Regulation on State Fisheries Committee.
Date of text: 08 October 1991
Law No. 147-V amending Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014

Food and nutrition

Law “On grain growing”.
Date of text: 20 March 2017
Law No. 140-V “On consumer protection”.
Date of text: 08 November 2014
Law No. 105-V “On safety and quality of foodstuffs”.
Date of original text: 16 August 2014 (25 November 2017)
Law No. 29-II “On food security”.
Date of original text: 15 June 2000 (23 November 2016)
Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”.
Date of original text: 25 June 2008 (30 November 2019)

Forestry

Forest Code.
Date of text: 2011
Law No. 497-V “On lease.”
Date of original text: 04 February 2017 (09 June 2018)
Law on fire safety.
Date of text: 2004
Presidential Decree on the promotion of gardening and planting greenery.
Date of text: 09 November 1992

Gender

Family Code of Turkmenistan.
Date of original text: 30 August 2003 (09 June 2018)

Land and soil

Law “On state land cadastre”.
Date of text: 25 November 2017
Land Code.
Date of text: 01 November 2004
Law “On land reclamation”.
Date of text: 20 October 2018
Tax Code of Turkmenistan.
Date of original text: 25 October 2004 (09 June 2018)
Law No. 497-V “On lease.”
Date of original text: 04 February 2017 (09 June 2018)

Livestock

Law No. 143-V “On veterinary practice”.
Date of original text: 08 November 2014 (22 August 2020)
Law No. 187-V “On the protection of the national intangible cultural heritage”.
Date of original text: 28 February 2015 (26 August 2017)
Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”.
Date of original text: 25 June 2008 (30 November 2019)
Law “On dog breeding and cynological activities”.
Date of text: 24 July 2022
Law No. 308-V “On horse breeding and horse-racing”.
Date of text: 21 November 2015

Sea

Commercial Marine Navigation Code.
Date of text: 23 October 2008
Law No. 222-III “On implementation of the Commercial Marine Navigation Code”.
Date of text: 23 October 2008
Law on amendments to the Law on licensing of some types of activity. (2000)
Date of text: 14 January 2000
Law amending the Commercial Marine Navigation Code.
Date of text: 01 March 2014

Social protection

Law No. 340-IV “Code of social protection of the population”.
Date of original text: 19 October 2012 (29 August 2013)
Law No. 434-VI “On social services”.
Date of text: 18 December 2021

Water

Water Code.
Date of text: 2004
Water Code.
Date of text: 15 October 2016
Code on administrative offences of Turkmenistan.
Date of original text: 29 August 2013 (03 May 2014)
Law No. 222-1 Criminal Code of Turkmenistan.
Date of original text: 12 June 1997 (01 July 2008)
Law “On Local Self-Government.”
Date of text: 20 November 2022

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 436-VI “On hunting and protection of hunting resources.
Date of text: 18 December 2021
Law No. 375-IV “On wildlife”.
Date of text: 02 March 2013
Law on protected areas.
Date of text: 31 March 2012
Law No. 187-V “On the protection of the national intangible cultural heritage”.
Date of original text: 28 February 2015 (26 August 2017)
Law No. 75-IV “On firearms”.
Date of text: 21 November 2009

Miscellaneous

Law No. 160-V “On subsoil”.
Date of text: 20 December 2014
Law No. 35-V “On combating corruption.”
Date of original text: 01 March 2014 (02 March 2019)
Law No. 435-VI “On the prevention and control of non-contagious diseases”.
Date of text: 18 December 2021
Law No. 411-V “On employment of the population”.
Date of original text: 18 June 2016 (01 December 2018)
Law No. 363-V “On public service.”
Date of original text: 26 March 2016 (05 October 2019)

International Agreements

Law No. 150-VII “On the ratification of the Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones on the Caspian Sea.”
Date of text: 02 November 2022
Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the management, protection and rational use of water resources of the Amudarya River.
Date of text: 14 July 2022
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on cooperation in the field of plant quarantine.
Date of text: 09 June 2022

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