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Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 05 May 2021

Policies

Resolution No. 418 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Program for the Development of Agricultural Cooperation in the Kyrgyz Republic for the period from 2023 to 2027.
Date of text: 23 August 2023
Resolution No. 328 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Program "Implementation of energy saving and energy efficiency policies in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2023-2027".
Date of text: 29 June 2023
Order No. 87-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept for the development of the Islamic economic platform in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2023-2027.
Date of text: 03 March 2023
Presidential Decree UP No. 23 validating the National Water Strategy until 2040.
Date of text: 10 February 2023
Resolution No. 513 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality by 2030 and the National Action Plan to Achieve Gender Equality in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2022-2024.
Date of text: 16 September 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 66 “On organic production”.
Date of text: 23 March 2023
Law No. 166 “On agricultural development.”
Date of text: 10 April 2009
National Standard No. 1361 (2021) “Organic production. Requirements for production, storage, processing and transportation.”
Date of text: 2021
Law No. 22 “On state subsidies for seed growing”.
Date of text: 02 February 2019
Law No. 156 amending some Laws.
Date of text: 30 July 2016

Climate change

Ministerial Decree No. 783 validating the Regulation on Coordination commission on climate change.
Date of original text: 21 November 2012 (30 July 2013)

Cultivated plants

Law No. 02 "On plant quarantine".
Date of text: 12 January 2015
Seed Law.
Date of text: 08 January 2007
Law No. 38 “On seeds”.
Date of original text: 19 June 1997 (20 March 2020)
Law No. 104 “On cultivation of nut plantations in the Kyrgyz Republic.”
Date of text: 01 August 2020
Law No. 22 “On state subsidies for seed growing”.
Date of text: 02 February 2019

Disaster risk management

Constitutional Law No. 135 On the state of emergency.
Date of original text: 24 October 1998 (14 July 2015)
Decision No. 653 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On the National Platform of the Kyrgyz Republic for Disaster Risk Reduction.”
Date of text: 21 November 2022
Governmental Order No. 317-r validating the Instruction on the modalities and mechanisms of coordination and inter-departmental interaction between state bodies and local government for information of the population in the period of disasters and emergencies.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
Governmental Decree No. 255 validating the "Strategy for complex monitoring and forecast of dangerous natural processes with the consideration of application of geoinformation technologies and distant zoning for the period of 2015-2017".
Date of text: 23 April 2015
Ministerial Decree No. 112 validating the Regulation on use of public television and radio as early warning system for information of the population on disasters.
Date of text: 03 March 2014

Environment

Law No. 53 on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 16 June 1999 (04 February 2002)
Law No. 181 “On non-domestic and domestic waste”.
Date of text: 15 August 2023
Law No. 51 on protection of atmospheric air.
Date of text: 12 June 1999
Governmental Decree No. 60 validating the Regulation on performance of environmental impact assessment.
Date of text: 13 February 2015
Governmental Decree No. 885 validating the Regulation on hazardous waste management.
Date of text: 28 December 2015

Fisheries

Law No. 35 “On aquaculture, fishery and protection of aquatic biological resources”.
Date of text: 17 March 2021
Law No. 175 "On veterinary practice".
Date of original text: 30 December 2014 (02 July 2015)
Law No. 20 On prohibition of import, production, manufacture, sale and use of synthetic fishing nets, electric fish traps in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 28 February 2020
Law No. 191 on prohibition of fisheries, transportation, storage and export of precious and endemic fish species populated in the Issyk-Kul and Son-Kul lakes.
Date of text: 04 August 2008
Presidential Decree No. UP-7 regarding the arrangements for conservation and stock enhancement of fish stocks in the lakes of Issyk-Kul, Son-Kul and other waterbodies of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 10 January 2008

Food and nutrition

Law No. 183 on food security.
Date of text: 04 August 2008
Law No. 34 Technical regulation “On safety of potable water”.
Date of original text: 30 May 2011 (28 April 2017)
Law on Veterinary.
Date of text: 06 March 1992
Law No. 177 “On restricting the circulation of bags made of polymer film and plastic products on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic”.
Date of text: 09 August 2023
Law No. 168 “On the state monopoly on manufacturing, import, storage and sale of ethyl alcohol and state regulation of alcohol production”.
Date of text: 08 August 2023

Forestry

Forest Code.
Date of original text: 08 July 1999 (30 July 2013)
Law No. 02 "On plant quarantine".
Date of text: 12 January 2015
Law No. 38 “On seeds”.
Date of original text: 19 June 1997 (20 March 2020)
Law No. 118 “On fire safety”.
Date of original text: 13 December 2022 (16 January 2024)
Law No. 78 “On ensuring fire safety”.
Date of text: 07 June 2016

Gender

Family Code (Law No. 201).
Date of original text: 30 August 2003 (17 August 2020)

Land and soil

Land Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of original text: 02 June 1999 (24 January 2018)
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on effectuation of the Land Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 30 April 1999
Law of the Kirgiz SSR on Land Reform (No. 432-XII of 1991).
Date of text: 19 April 1991
Law of the Kyrgyz SSR on lease and lease relations.
Date of original text: 14 April 1990 (17 December 1992)
Law No. 49 “On subsoil”.
Date of text: 19 May 2018

Livestock

Law No. 175 "On veterinary practice".
Date of original text: 30 December 2014 (02 July 2015)
Law No. 133 “On pedigree stockbreeding”.
Date of text: 27 April 2009
Law No. 30 “On pastures”.
Date of original text: 26 January 2009 (10 July 2020)
Law on Veterinary.
Date of text: 06 March 1992
Law No. 66 “On organic production”.
Date of text: 23 March 2023

Social protection

ЗАКОН КЫРГЫЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О внешней трудовой миграции (В редакции Закона КР от 25 февраля 2009 года №68, 12 октября 2009 года №261, 15 июля 2011 года № 104).
Date of original text: 13 January 2006 (15 July 2011)
Government Decision No. 385 validating the Instruction on the procedure for calculating and paying insurance premiums for state social insurance.
Date of original text: 17 July 2020 (12 July 2022)

Water

Water Code (No. 8 of 2005).
Date of original text: 12 January 2005 (26 October 2013)
Law of the Republic of Kyrgystan on Water.
Date of text: 14 January 1994
Law No. 133 “On water disposal and treatment facilities of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory.”
Date of text: 17 August 2020
Law No. 44 amending some legislative acts (Water Code (No. 8 of 2004) and Law of the Republic of Kyrgystan on Water.
Date of text: 05 April 2019
Law on the construction and operation of the Kambarata hydropower plants.
Date of text: 19 June 2007

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 18 “On protected areas”.
Date of text: 03 May 2011
Law No. 116 “On protection of traditional knowledge”.
Date of text: 31 July 2007
Law No. 13 of 2002 on fauna.
Date of text: 24 January 2002
Law No.53 of 2001 on flora protection and use.
Date of original text: 20 June 2001 (23 March 2020)
Law No. 59 “On wild fauna”.
Date of original text: 17 June 1999 (24 June 2003)

Miscellaneous

Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of original text: 08 May 1996 (2007)
Law No. 70 “On cooperatives”.
Date of original text: 11 June 2004 (12 June 2007)
Law No. 90 “On protection of consumers’ rights”.
Date of original text: 10 December 1997 (18 July 2008)
Law No. 90 "On consumer protection".
Date of original text: 10 December 1997 (24 July 2015)
Law on subsoil.
Date of original text: 24 June 1997 (04 February 2002)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic on joint management of water resources of the Andijan (Kempirabad) reservoir.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
Agreement between the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic on cooperation on water management issues.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic on cooperation in the field of fisheries.
Date of text: 09 June 2022

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