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73 laws on this page

Agreement No. 3919/MAF of the Minister on the Management and Use of Plant Variety

Regulation · Made 2012-12-12

Agriculture Development Strategy to 2025 and Vision to 2030

policy · Made 2015-05

Arrété sur le phytosanitaire en R.D.P. Lao, nº 66 PM

Regulation · Made 1993-03-21

Decision No. 0452/MOIC.DIMEX on the Procedures for Rice Import and Export in the Lao PDR

Regulation · Made 2012-03-01

Decision No. 0471/MIOC on the Notification Unit of Sanitary-Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade

Regulation · Made 2011-03-09

Decision No.0781 on the List of Products Requiring Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Certification Before Importation and Exportation

Other · Made 2024-05-15

Decision No. 1238/MOIC.DIMEX on Transit of Controlled Goods through Lao PDR

Regulation · Made 2013-06-23

Decision No. 2169/MAF of Minister of Agriculture on Fertilizer Management in Lao PDR

Regulation · Made 2013-10-24

Decision No. 2986/MAF on Phytosanitary Standards for Export and Transit of Plants, Plant Products and and Regulated Articles

Regulation · Made 2019-06-28

Decision on management, development and processing of rubber

Regulation · Made 2023-10-17

Decision on organic agriculture standards

Regulation · Made 2022-04-11

Decision on Phytosanitary Measures for the Import and Transit of Plants, Plant Products, and Regulated Articles, No. 1985/MAF

Regulation · Made 2019-05-28

Decree No. 114/GoL on Import and Export of Goods

Regulation · Made 2011-04-06

Decree No. 155/PM on Natural resource for medicines (Pharmaceutical Natural resource)

Regulation · Made 2003-09-30

Decree No. 228/PM on the Origin of Import and Export Goods

Regulation · Made 2010-04-22

Decree No 229/GoL implementing the Law on Plant Protection No. 06/NA

Regulation · Made 2012-05-31

Decree No. 234/GoL on the Implementation of the Law on Standardization

Regulation · Made 2012-06-06

Decree no.238/GOV on Plant Variety

Regulation · Made 2020-05-18

Decree No. 258/GOV on Pesticide Management

Regulation · Made 2017-08-24

Decree No. 363/PM on the Notification and Enquiry of Trade Related Information

Regulation · Made 2010-08-19

Decree no. 374 of 2023 concerning the management and use of pesticides in the Oudomxay Province

Regulation · Made 2023-04-04

Decree no. 3789 of 2022 on the management of medicinal plants and related commodities

Regulation · Made 2022-12-28

Decree of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry no. 2897 of 2023 on the management of fertiliser factory

Regulation · Made 2023-06-14

Decree on Agricultural Land

Regulation · Made 2025-02-27

Decree on Contract Farming

Regulation · Made 2025-01-27

Decree on the Management of Pesticides, No. 258 / PM

Regulation · Made 2017-08-24

Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 and Vision 2030

policy · Made 2015-02

Guidance No. 1085/DOA on Phytosanitary Measure for Importing Cassava Planting Material from Foreign Country

Other · Made 2011-09-13

Guidelines On the implementation of the order No. 09/PM, dated 02 July 2018 regarding Intensification on Land Use Management for Industrial Tree Plantations and Other Crops Nationwide

Other · Made 2018-07-30

Instruction 1753/MAF on the Registration of Production Establishments for the Export of Plants and Plant Products

Other · Made 2020-08-25

Instruction No. 1893/MAF on Increasing Attention Toward the Inspection of Labeling for Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Plant Seeds

Regulation · Made 2020-09-24

Instruction No.3708/MOF on Export and Import Management of Goods and Belongings via Local and Traditional Border Checkpoints

Other · Made 2019-09-16

Instruction on inspection, laboratory and certification of rubber quality

Other · Made 2025-06-02

Instruction on Investment Approval and Land Management Mechanism for Leasing or Concession to Cultivate Crops no. 0457/MPI

Other · Made 2019-02-27

Instruction on the Implementation of Prime Minister’s Order No. 09/PM dated 2 July 2018 on Strengthening the Management of Land Use for Concessions for Industrial Tree Plantations and Other Crops Nationwide, No. 1758/MAF

Other · Made 2018-07-30

Lao People’s Democratic Republic National Implementation Plan Under Stockholm Convention

policy · Made 2009

Law No. 01/NA on Drugs and Medical Products

Act · Made 2000-04-08

Law No. 01/NA on Intellectual Property (Amended)

Act · Made 2011-12-20

Law No. 06/NA on Plant Protection

Act · Made 2008-12-09

Repealed

Law No. 07/NA on Drugs and Medical Products (Amended)

Act · Made 2011-12-21

Law No. 13/NA on Plant Protection and Quarantine

Act · Made 2016-11-15

Law no. 34/SNP of 2022 on waterways

Act · Made 2022-12-29

Law No.50 on Intellectual Property (Amended)

Act · Made 2023-11-20

Law on Agriculture No. 01-98/NA

Act · Made 1998-10-10

Ministerial Decision No. 0039/MAF on the Basic Principles for the application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in Plant and Animal Product Administration

Regulation · Made 2012-01-11

Ministerial Decision No. 1502/MAF on the Organization and Operation of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Enquiry Point

Regulation · Made 2011-06-23

Ministerial Decision on Crop Protection Net

Regulation · Made 2025-07-16

Ministerial Decree no. 0438 of 2023 on new plant varieties

Regulation · Made 2023-03-30

Ministerial Order No. 0372 on the Implementation and Expansion of Eco-Agricultural Techniques in Agricultural and Forestry Production for Effective Results

Regulation · Made 2005-05-11

Ministerial Order No.0982 on Withdrawal of Import Licensing for Tractors Specifically Used for Agricultural Production

Regulation · Made 2021-10-19

Ministerial Order No.2344 on promotion of commercial agricultural products exporting to China

Regulation · Made 2014-06-30

Ministerial Order on Strengthening management, monitoring, inspection of import, distribution and use of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides

Regulation · Made 2025-07-15

National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES)

policy · Made 2004

National Plan of Action for Nutrition 2021 – 2025

policy · Made 2021

National Policy on Crop Production Promotion of the Lao PDR

policy · Made 2023-06

National Strategic Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance in Lao PDR 2019 – 2023

policy · Made 2019

National Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction (NSDRR) 2021-2030

policy · Made 2021-10-18

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

policy · Made 2021-03-09

Notification No. 0227/PSO on Phytosanitary Export Requirement to Thailand for Dried Tobacco Leaves (Nicotiana tabacum)

Other · Made 2014-02-01

Notification No. 0612/DOA on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) for EU countries

Other · Made 2013-04-10

Notification No. 1077/DOA guiding on the Principle and Method for the Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificate

Other · Made 2010-09-30

Order No. 0613/MoAF.05 of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the Control and Use of Bat Guano in the Country

Regulation · Made 2005-07-08

Ordinance/Guidance No. 252/MOH on the implementation of Prime-Minister Decree No. 155/PM on Pharmaceutical Natural resource

Regulation · Made 2007-06-06

Penal Code No13/NA

Act · Made 2017-05-15

Presidential Decree No. 181/PR on the Promulgation of the Law No.49 on Standards (Amended)

Act · Made 2014-09-10

Règlement sur la gestion et l'utilisation des insecticides

Regulation · Made 1992-11-21

Réglement sur le phytosanitaire, nº 639/AF

Regulation · Made 1993-07-02

Regulation No. 2860/MAF on the Control of Pesticides in Lao PDR

Regulation · Made 2010-06-11

Resolution of the National Assembly No. 098/NA on the National Land Allocation Master Plan through 2030

Regulation · Made 2018-06-28

Resolution of the Party’s Central Committee on the Enhancement of Land Management and Development in New Period

Other · Made 2017-08-03

Resolution on the National Assembly Standing Committee on the consideration of granted recognition of land use rights in forestland

Regulation · Made 2024-05-31

Standards Law No. 13/ NA

Act · Made 2007-12-26

The Seventh Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2011-2015)

policy · Made 2011-10-07