Laws of Mozambique

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92 laws on this page

Act No. 13/99 on cashew nut production and trade

Act · Made 1999-11-01

Repealed

Council of Ministers Decree No. 5/2009 approving the Regulation on Phytosanitary Inspection and Plant Quarantine

Regulation · Made 2009-06-01

Council of Ministers Decree No. 5/2009 including the Annexes from 2 to 10 on Phytosanitary Inspection and Plant Quarantine

Regulation · Made 2009-12-29

Decision of 17 August 1995 approving the Regulation on seed importation and the relevant National List of Varieties

Regulation · Made 1995-08-17

Decree No. 10/78 creating the Mozambican Institution of Tea (EMOCHA)

Regulation · Made 1978-05-09

Decree No. 103/2020 revising Decree No. 62/2016 of 26 December, which redefines the attributions and competences of the Mozambican Cereals Institute (ICM)

Regulation · Made 2020-12-02

Decree No. 11/2013 approving the Regulation on Fertilizers

Regulation · Made 2013-04-10

Repealed

Decree No. 12/2013 approving the Regulation on Seeds

Regulation · Made 2013-04-10

Decree No. 14/89 creating the Pesticides Institution (EMOP)

Regulation · Made 1989-05-23

Decree No. 153/2002 on Pesticides

Regulation · Made 2002-09-11

Decree No. 19/2007 approving the Regulation on Access to and Sharing of Benefits from Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

Regulation · Made 2007-08-09

Decree No. 19/2021 approving the Regulation of the National Quality System (SINAQ)

Regulation · Made 2021-04-09

Decree No. 20/2009 amending the Code of Industrial Property

Regulation · Made 2009-06-03

Decree No. 21/2009 approving the Regulation on denomination of origin and geographical indication

Regulation · Made 2009-06-03

Decree No. 21/2015 approving the Structure of the Provincial Government

Regulation · Made 2015-09-09

Decree No. 25/78 creating the Sugar Institution (INA)

Regulation · Made 1978-12-19

Repealed

Decree No. 26/2006 approving the Statute of the Institute for Cereals in Mozambique (ICM)

Regulation · Made 2006-07-13

Repealed

Decree No. 26/2014 approving the Regulation for Protection of New Varieties of Plants

Regulation · Made 2014-05-28

Decree No. 27/2024 approving the Regulation on Fertilizer Management

Regulation · Made 2024-05-07

Decree No. 30/2025 amending Decree No. 27/2024 approving the Regulation on Fertilizers' Management

Regulation · Made 2025-09-10

Decree No. 36/2015 establishing new duties and competencies of the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM), created by Decree No. 7/91 of 23 April

Regulation · Made 2015-12-31

Decree No. 37/2015 approving the Regulation for Cotton Cultivation

Regulation · Made 2015-12-31

Decree No. 4/2006 approving the Code of Industrial Property

Regulation · Made 2006-04-12

Decree No. 41/94 approves the Norms for seed production and trade

Regulation · Made 1994-09-20

Repealed

Decree No. 43/97 creating the Institute for the Improvement of the Cashew Tree Plantation (INCAJU)

Regulation · Made 1997-12-23

Repealed

Decree No. 47/2025 approving the Regulation on the Fortification of Foods with Industrially Processed Micronutrients

Regulation · Made 2025-12-10

Decree No. 49/2020 creating the Public Institute of Cotton and Oilseeds of Mozambique (IAOM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2020-07-01

Decree No. 50/2020 creating the Public Institute of Almonds of Mozambique (IAM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2020-07-01

Decree No. 58/2006 approving the protecting norms for new varieties of plants

Regulation · Made 2006-12-26

Repealed

Decree No. 6/2009 approving the Regulation on Pesticides Management

Regulation · Made 2009-03-31

Decree No. 60/2008 creating the Research and Development Centre for Traditional Ethnic Botany (CIDE)

Regulation · Made 2008-12-30

Decree No. 64/2011 creating the National Centre of Biotechnology and Biological Science (CNBB)

Regulation · Made 2011-12-21

Decree No. 7/91 creating the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM)

Regulation · Made 1991-04-23

Repealed

Decree No. 75/2022 approving the regulation for oleaginous plant culture

Regulation · Made 2022-12-30

Decree No. 78/2018 approving the Regulation for the Promotion, Production, Marketing, Processing and Export of Cashew nut

Regulation · Made 2018-12-06

Decree No. 8/91 regulating cotton production and trade

Regulation · Made 1991-04-23

Repealed

Decree No. 86/99 approving the Regulation on Cashew Nut Production and Trade

Regulation · Made 1999-11-23

Repealed

Decree No. 9/2016 approving the Regulation for Food Fortification with Industrially Processed Micronutrients

Regulation · Made 2016-04-18

Repealed

Decree No. 91/2018 establishing the adjustment of the attributions, competences, autonomy, budget regime, organization and functioning of the Institution for the Promotion of the Cashew Nuts (INCAJU, IP)

Regulation · Made 2017-12-31

Government Regulation No. 130/71 establishing the sanctions to be paid for the non-fulfilment of tobacco cultivation annual pause

Regulation · Made 1971-12-02

Government Regulation No. 3.050 regulating production and trade of seeds

Regulation · Made 1970-11-28

Repealed

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Treaty · Made 2010-11-18

Law No. 17/2018 creating the National Quality System (SINAQ)

Act · Made 2018-12-28

Law No. 9/2023 on the legal framework for the cashew value chain

Act · Made 2023-07-20

Ministerial Decision No. 11/98 approving the Regulation governing the Seed National Committee

Regulation · Made 1998-02-11

Ministerial Decision No. 116/2011 amending Ministerial Decision No. 184/2001 regulating seed production, trade, quality control and certification

Regulation · Made 2011-04-28

Repealed

Ministerial Decision No. 184/2001 approving the Regulation on seed production, trade, quality control and certification

Regulation · Made 2001-12-19

Repealed

Ministerial Decision No. 22/2019 approving the Statute of the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Food Security

Regulation · Made 2019-03-13

Ministerial Decision No. 3/2020 approving the composition of the Mozambique Cotton Institution

Regulation · Made 2020-02-07

Ministerial Decision No. 3/97 establishing the new Statutes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Regulation · Made 1997-01-08

Repealed

Ministerial Decision No. 32/2015 approving the Internal Regulation of the Technical Advisory Committee on Fertilizers

Regulation · Made 2015-02-04

Ministerial Decision No. 51/2012 authorizing the temporary Register of new Plant Seed Varieties

Regulation · Made 2012-05-02

Ministerial Decision No. 60/85 approving the Statute of the State Secretariat of Cashew Nut Cultivation

Regulation · Made 1985-10-30

Ministerial Decision No. 82/2015 approving the Regulation of the Sub-Committee for Registration and Authorisation of Plant Varieties (SCRLV)

Regulation · Made 2015-06-19

Ministerial Decision No. 91/94 regulating cotton cultivation and trade

Regulation · Made 1994-06-29

Ministerial Decision No. 95/91 approving the Regulation on seed importation

Regulation · Made 1991-08-07

Repealed

Ministerial Decision No. 97/2018 approving the Regulation of the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM)

Regulation · Made 2018-11-28

Repealed

Ministerial Decision on the Reference Price for the purchase of cashew nuts from the producer in the amount of 37.00 Mt/Kg (thirty-seven meticais per kilogram) for the 2022/2023 Cashew Nut Marketing Campaign

Other · Made 2022-12-09

Ministerial Decree No. 132/2025 designating the Mozambique Cereals Institute (ICM, IP) as the State agent with a mandate to conduct the cereal import process

Regulation · Made 2025-12-31

Ministerial Order No. 103/2024 approving the oleaginous plant production zones and the zoning of its varieties

Regulation · Made 2024-11-14

Ministerial Order No. 116/2011 authorizing the temporary register for new seed varieties

Regulation · Made 2011-04-28

Ministerial Order No. 120/87 approving quality standards for wheat, corn and their flours

Regulation · Made 1987-10-12

Ministerial Order No. 121/2021 approving the Regulation of the Cotton and Oilseed Institution of Mozambique (IAOM IP)

Regulation · Made 2021-10-22

Ministerial Order No. 162/87 approving the National Sugar Institution (I.N.A.)

Regulation · Made 1987-12-30

Repealed

Ministerial Order No. 27/2021 approving the Regulation of the Institution of Almonds of Mozambique (IAM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2021-04-28

Repealed

Ministerial Order No. 270/2010 establishing the Technical Assessment Committee on Pesticides Registration (CATERP)

Regulation · Made 2010-12-31

Ministerial Order No. 38/2024 approving the Regulation of the Institution of Almonds of Mozambique (IAM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2024-05-27

Ministerial Order No. 52/2010 creating the Institution of Traditional Medicine (I.M.T.)

Regulation · Made 2010-03-23

Ministerial Order No. 75/2021 approving the Regulation of the Institution of Cereals of Mozambique (ICM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2021-08-13

Ministerial Order No. 88/87 approving the Regulation on pesticides

Regulation · Made 1987-07-29

Repealed

Ministerial Order No. 97/2015 approving the Regulation of the Institute of Cereals of Mozambique (ICM)

Regulation · Made 2015-10-21

Mozambican Standard NM5 2012, Cereals - Specification for fortified degermed maize (corn) Meal and maize (corn) grits including test and sampling methods

Other · Made 2012

Mozambican Standard NM7 2012, Cereals - Specification for fortified wheat flour including test and sampling methods

Other · Made 2012

National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs (NIP)

policy · Made 2008

National Implementation Plan II (NIP II) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

policy · Made 2019-05

National Investment Plan for the Agrarian Sector 2022-2026 (PNISA II)

policy · Made 2022

Order No. 181/74 approving the Statute of the Northern Mozambique Cotton Farmers Cooperative

Regulation · Made 1974-02-14

Order No. 184/75 establishing copra oil as edible oil and defining its characteristics

Regulation · Made 1975-04-15

Order No. 23.964 defining sunflower seed oil as an edible oil and establishing quality standards

Regulation · Made 1969-03-08

Order No. 53/73 approving the Regulation of the Istitution for Cereals

Regulation · Made 1973-01-20

Order No. 791/74 regulating the production and trade of plant seeds

Regulation · Made 1974-08-12

Order No. 924/71 establishing the annual pause in tobacco cultivation

Regulation · Made 1971-11-28

Repealed

Resolution no. 10/2019 - Approves the Statute of the Institution for the Promotion of Cashew Nut (INCAJU, IP)

Regulation · Made 2019-08-21

Resolution No. 11/2001 ratifying the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety within the National territory

Regulation · Made 2001-12-21

Resolution No. 11/2004 approving the Policy on Traditional Medicine and its Implementation Strategy

Regulation · Made 2004-04-14

Resolution no. 19/2021 approving the Statute of the Public Institute of Cereals of Mozambique (ICM, IP)

Regulation · Made 2021-05-21

Resolution No. 22/2009 approving the Statute of the Research and Development Centre for Traditional Ethnic Botany (CIDE)

Regulation · Made 2009-12-10

Resolution No. 6/2021 approving the Statute of the Institute of Cotton and Oilseeds of Mozambique (IP)

Regulation · Made 2021-02-11

Resolution No. 7/2014 approving the Statute of the National Centre of Biotechnology and Biological Science (CNBB)

Regulation · Made 2014-07-11

Strategic Plan for the Development of the Agrarian Sector 2011-2020 (PEDSA)

policy · Made 2011-05

Strategic Plan for the Development of the Agrarian Sector 2030 (PEDSA II)

policy · Made 2022-08-20

Update of the First Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Period: 2020-2025

policy · Made 2021-11