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253 laws on this page

Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2002

Code on administrative offences of Turkmenistan

Act · Made 2013-08-29

Commercial Marine Navigation Code

Act · Made 2008-10-23

Constitution of Turkmenistan

Constitution · Made 2008-09-26

Decree No. 308-12 of the Supreme Soviet putting into effect Land Code

Regulation · Made 1990-10-12

Family Code of Turkmenistan

Act · Made 2003-08-30

Forest Code

Act · Made 1993-04-12

Repealed
Forest Code

Act · Made 2011

Guidelines No. TS 00018160-10-2006 Wheat flour for bakery products of premium, first and second grades, enriched with iron and folic acid

Regulation · Made 2006

Housing Code

Act · Made 1983-06-28

Hydrocarbons Mining Regulation

Regulation · Made 1999-10-22

Intended nationally determined contribution of Turkmenistan in accordance with decision 1/CP. 20 UNFCCC

policy · Made 2015-09

Land Code

Act · Made 1990

Repealed
Land Code

Act · Made 2004-11-01

Law 225-V “On waste”

Act · Made 2015-05-23

Law amending Land Code

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law amending Land Code

Act · Made 2017-11-25

Law amending Land Code

Act · Made 2017-02-04

Law amending Land Code

Act · Made 2022-04-17

Law amending Land Code

Act · Made 2024-03-30

Law amending Law No. 143-V “On veterinary practice”

Act · Made 2024-03-30

Law amending Law No. 208-III “On hydrocarbons”

Act · Made 2011

Law amending Law No. 208-III “On hydrocarbons”

Act · Made 2016-09-12

Law amending Law No. 392-I on hydrometeorological activity

Act · Made 2010-11-26

Law amending Law No. 50-1 on peasant associations

Act · Made 2014-05-03

Law amending Law No. 53-IV “On protection of ozone layer”

Act · Made 2017-06-03

Law amending Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”

Act · Made 2016-01-12

Law amending Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”

Act · Made 2022-05-08

Law amending Law “On daihan (peasant) farm”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law amending Law “On environmental audit”

Act · Made 2018-06-09

Law amending Law on hydro-carbon resources (1996)

Act · Made 2005-08-22

Repealed
Law amending Law on licensing of some types of activity

Act · Made 2008-05-08

Repealed
Law amending Law on protected areas

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law amending Law “On protection of the objects of cultural heritage”

Act · Made 2023-11-25

Law amending Law On state registration of rights to immovable property and transactions related thereto

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law amending Sanitary Code (No. 710-12 of 1992)

Act · Made 2018-06-09

Law amending the Commercial Marine Navigation Code

Act · Made 2014-03-01

Law amending Water Code

Act · Made 2014-03-01

Law amending Water Code

Act · Made 2018-10-20

Law amending Water Code

Act · Made 2023-06-03

Law implementing Land Code

Act · Made 2004-11-01

Law No. 102-V “On communication with the farmers”

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law No. 105-V “On safety and quality of foodstuffs”

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law No. 106-IV “On seed growing”

Act · Made 2010-05-10

Law No. 107-IV “On tourism”

Act · Made 2010-05-10

Law No. 107-VII “On accession to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora”

Act · Made 2024-07-13

Law No. 111 – III “On local government”

Act · Made 2007-03-30

Law No. 112-III “On daihan farm”

Act · Made 2007-03-30

Repealed
Law No. 113-III “On daihan associations”

Act · Made 2007-03-30

Law No. 122-VI “On environmental audit”

Act · Made 2019-03-02

Law No.123-II of 2002 on trade

Act · Made 2002-07-05

Law No. 127-1 on veterinary

Act · Made 1996-06-18

Repealed
Law No.128-I of 1996 on seed-growing

Act · Made 1996-06-18

Repealed
Law No. 136-IV “On potable water”

Act · Made 2010-09-25

Law No. 140-V “On consumer protection”

Act · Made 2014-11-08

Law No. 142-VI “On appellation of origin of commodities”

Act · Made 2019-06-08

Law No. 143-V “On veterinary practice”

Act · Made 2014-11-08

Law No. 147-V amending Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”

Act · Made 2014-11-08

Law No. 160-V “On subsoil”

Act · Made 2014-12-20

Law No. 177-VI “On the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.”

Act · Made 2019-10-05

Law No. 182-I on protection of the atmospheric air

Act · Made 1996-12-20

Repealed
Law No. 187-V “On the protection of the national intangible cultural heritage”

Act · Made 2015-02-28

Law No. 202-III “On licensing of some activities”

Act · Made 2008-06-25

Law No. 208-III “On hydrocarbons”

Act · Made 2008-08-20

Law No. 214-VI amending Law No. 136-IV “On potable water”

Act · Made 2019-11-30

Law No. 221-III “On trademarks, service marks and names of the places of origin of commodities”

Act · Made 2008-10-23

Law No. 222-1 Criminal Code of Turkmenistan

Act · Made 1997-06-12

Law No. 222-III “On implementation of the Commercial Marine Navigation Code”

Act · Made 2008-10-23

Law No. 226-V “On animal breeding”

Act · Made 2015-05-23

Law No. 227-VI “On ecological information.”

Act · Made 2020-03-14

Law No. 230-I on protection and rational management of wildlife

Act · Made 1997-06-12

Repealed
Law No. 261-VI “On international humanitarian aid in an emergency.”

Act · Made 2020-08-22

Law No. 266-V “On apiculture”

Act · Made 2015-08-18

Law No. 267-V “On pastures and grazing”

Act · Made 2015-08-18

Law No. 28-II “On enterprises.”

Act · Made 2000-06-15

Law No. 29-II “On food security”

Act · Made 2000-06-15

Law No. 290-IV “On migration.”

Act · Made 2012-03-31

Law No. 30-IV “On protection and propaganda of breastfeeding and requirements for infant food”

Act · Made 2009-04-18

Law No. 305-12 on lease

Act · Made 1990-10-12

Law No. 306-V “On property”

Act · Made 2015-11-21

Law No. 307-V “On outer space activity”

Act · Made 2015-11-21

Law No. 308-I on the prevention and liquidation of emergencies

Act · Made 1998-09-15

Law No. 308-V “On horse breeding and horse-racing”

Act · Made 2015-11-21

Law No.312-I of 1998 on hunting and hunting management

Act · Made 1998-09-15

Repealed
Law No. 334-VI “On the Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations”

Act · Made 2021-03-13

Law No. 337-VI “On renewable energy sources.”

Act · Made 2021-03-13

Law No. 340-IV “Code of social protection of the population”

Act · Made 2012-10-19

Law No. 35-V “On combating corruption.”

Act · Made 2014-03-01

Law No. 356-IV “On insurance”

Act · Made 2012-12-22

Law No. 363-V “On public service.”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law No. 364-V “On ethics and official conduct of public servants.”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law No. 371-V “On promotion and support of breastfeeding”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law No. 374-V “Housing Code”

Act · Made 2013-03-02

Law No. 375-IV “On wildlife”

Act · Made 2013-03-02

Law No. 379-VI “On public-private partnership.”

Act · Made 2021-06-05

Law No. 381-VI “On trademarks.”

Act · Made 2021-06-05

Law No. 392-I on hydrometeorological activity

Act · Made 1999-09-15

Law No. 394-IV “On major pipeline gas transport”

Act · Made 2013-05-04

Law No. 411-V “On employment of the population”

Act · Made 2016-06-18

Law No. 416-VI “On state land cadastre”

Act · Made 2021-11-13

Law No. 424-IV “On natural gas and gas supply”

Act · Made 2013-08-29

Law No. 434-VI “On social services”

Act · Made 2021-12-18

Law No. 435-VI “On the prevention and control of non-contagious diseases”

Act · Made 2021-12-18

Law No. 436-VI “On hunting and protection of hunting resources

Act · Made 2021-12-18

Law No. 444-IV “On scientific organizations.”

Act · Made 2013-11-09

Law No. 495-V “On industrial safety of hazardous production facilities”

Act · Made 2017-02-04

Law No. 497-V “On lease.”

Act · Made 2017-02-04

Law No. 5-III “On state guarantees of the right of youth to work.”

Act · Made 2005-02-01

Law No. 50-1 on peasant associations

Act · Made 1995-06-15

Law No. 505-VI “On state youth policy”

Act · Made 2022-09-01

Law No. 53-IV “On protection of ozone layer”

Act · Made 2009-08-15

Law No. 54-I on state ecological audit

Act · Made 1995-06-15

Repealed
Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”

Act · Made 2009-08-15

Law No. 56-IV “On radiation safety”

Act · Made 2009-08-15

Law No. 585-XII on consumer cooperation

Act · Made 1991-11-12

Repealed
Law No. 600-XII on environmental protection

Act · Made 1991-11-12

Repealed
Law No. 702-12 on state protected areas

Act · Made 1992-05-19

Repealed
Law No. 74-IV “Sanitary Code”

Act · Made 2009-11-21

Law No. 74-V “On State Guarantees of the Rights of the Child”

Act · Made 2014-05-03

Law No. 75-II on geodetic and cartographic activity

Act · Made 2001-07-07

Law No. 75-IV “On firearms”

Act · Made 2009-11-21

Law No. 755-XII “On scientific intellectual property.”

Act · Made 1992-09-30

Law No. 77-I on leasehold by foreign states

Act · Made 1995-10-13

Repealed
Law No. 779-12 on subsoil

Act · Made 1992-12-14

Repealed
Law No. 863-XII “On entrepreneurship”

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Law No. 866-XII on standardization and metrology

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Repealed
Law No. 916-XII on protection and rational use of vegetable kingdom

Act · Made 1993-12-28

Repealed
Law No. 940-XII on daykhan farm

Act · Made 1994-03-28

Repealed
Law No. HM-82 “On local government”

Act · Made 2005-10-25

Repealed
Law No. HM-84 “On protection of public health”

Act · Made 2005-10-25

Repealed
Law No. No. 223-V “On protection of public health”

Act · Made 2015-05-23

Law No. “On the state of emergency regulation”

Act · Made 2013-06-22

Law on administrative liability for trade of foodstuffs with excessive contents of pesticides, nitrates, nitrites and other substances harmful to human health

Act · Made 1991-01-00

Repealed
Law on amendments and addenda to some legislative acts (1999)

Act · Made 1999-11-23

Repealed
Law on amendments and addenda to the Law on hydro-carbon resources (1996)

Act · Made 2005-08-22

Repealed
Law on amendments and addenda to the Law on investment activities (1993)

Act · Made 1993-04-12

Law on amendments and addenda to the Law on quality and safety of foodstuffs

Act · Made 2004-08-19

Repealed
Law on amendments to the Law on licensing of some types of activity. (2000)

Act · Made 2000-01-14

Law “On certification”

Act · Made 2013-12-18

Law on certification of produce and service (1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-08

Repealed
Law “On chemical safety”

Act · Made 2011

Law on civil protection

Act · Made 2003-11-29

Law “On consumer cooperation”

Act · Made 2017-06-03

Law “On cotton growing”

Act · Made 2017-08-26

Law “On daihan (peasant) farm”

Act · Made 2013-11-09

Law “On dog breeding and cynological activities”

Act · Made 2022-07-24

Law “On electric energy”

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law “On Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency.”

Act · Made 2024-03-30

Law “On environmental audit”

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law “On environmental protection”

Act · Made 2014-03-01

Law “On environmental security”

Act · Made 2017-06-03

Law On external economic activity

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law on fire safety

Act · Made 2004

Law “On fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources”

Act · Made 2011-05-21

Law on foreign concessions (1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Law on foreign investment (1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-08

Law on free economic zones (1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-08

Law “On grain growing”

Act · Made 2017-03-20

Law “On healthcare”

Act · Made 2012-08-04

Law on hydro-carbon resources (1996)

Act · Made 1996-12-30

Repealed
Law on hydrometeorological activity

Act · Made 2024-03-30

Law On innovation activity

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law on investment activities (1992)

Act · Made 1992-05-19

Repealed
Law “On labor protection”

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Law “On land reclamation”

Act · Made 2018-10-20

Law on leasing (1999)

Act · Made 1999-09-15

Law “On legal protection of selection achievements”

Act · Made 2011

Law on licensing of some types of activity

Act · Made 1999-06-16

Repealed
Law “On Local Self-Government.”

Act · Made 2022-11-20

Law on narcotic drugs, psychotropic agents, precursors and the arrangements for the prevention of illegal turnover thereof

Act · Made 2004

Repealed
Law On narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors and preventing trafficking in them

Act · Made 2017-11-25

Law “On plant kingdom”

Act · Made 2012-08-04

Law “On plant protection”

Act · Made 2016-06-18

Law on property

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Repealed
Law on protected areas

Act · Made 2012-03-31

Law “On protection, export and import of the objects of cultural heritage”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law on protection of consumers’ rights (1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Repealed
Law “On protection of human health against hazardous impact of tobacco smoke and negative consequences of tobacco consumption”

Act · Made 2013-12-18

Law “On protection of the atmospheric air”

Act · Made 2016-03-26

Law “On protection of the objects of cultural heritage”

Act · Made 2012-10-19

Law On public associations

Act · Made 2014-05-03

Law on quality and safety of foodstuffs

Act · Made 2003-11-30

Repealed
Law On scientific and technical policy

Act · Made 2014-03-01

Law On scientific and technological parks

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Law “On social protection”

Act · Made 2008

Law “On standardization”

Act · Made 2012-10-19

Law “On state land cadastre”

Act · Made 2017-11-25

Law On state registration of rights to immovable property and transactions related thereto

Act · Made 2014-05-03

Law “On state regulation of agricultural development”

Act · Made 2018-06-09

Law on state seismological expertise

Act · Made 2002-07-05

Law “On the collection, conservation and sustainable use of cultural plant genetic resources”

Act · Made 2017-02-04

Law “On the fundamentals of the national transport policy”

Act · Made 2018-06-09

Law on the protection of cultural heritage

Act · Made 1992-02-19

Repealed
Law on the protection of public health

Act · Made 2003

Law on tourism. (1995)

Act · Made 1995-11-24

Repealed
Law on transfer of land into ownership for agricultural production

Act · Made 1996-12-20

Repealed
Law on validation and putting into effect Water Code

Act · Made 2004

Model Production Sharing Agreement for Petroleum Exploration and Production in Turkmenistan

Other · Made 1997-03-20

Model Regulation on conservation zones of state protected areas

Regulation · Made 1995-12-15

Model Regulation on state nature monuments

Regulation · Made 1995-12-15

Model Regulation on state nature reserves

Regulation · Made 1995-12-15

Model Regulation on state nursery and breeding areas of rare and endangered animal and plant species

Regulation · Made 1995-12-15

MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 2002-2007

policy · Made 2008

National Caspian Action Plan of Turkmenistan

policy · Made 2012

National Climate Change Strategy of Turkmenistan

policy · Made 2012-06-15

National Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkmenistan, 2017-2025

policy · Made 2017

National strategy of Turkmenistan on preservation biodiversity 2018-2023

policy · Made 2018

Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement

policy · Made 2022-05-12

Order No. 28 of the Ministry of Economy and Finance validating the Regulation on the Patent Appeals Commission

Regulation · Made 2002-06-19

Order No. 8 of the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan validating the List and content of documents submitted to the Service for State Registration of Rights to Real Estate and Related Transactions under the Ministry of Justice, the procedure and terms for their submission, and the requirements for the types of such documents

Regulation · Made 2016-01-12

Order of the Chairman of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange No. 01/05-13 validating the Regulation on registration of foreign and domestic trade agreements (additional agreements) subject to registration on the commodity exchange

Regulation · Made 2019-08-15

Parliamentary Decree No. 308-XII implementing Land Code

Act · Made 1990-10-12

Repealed
Patent Law (No. 867-12 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Petroleum Law of 1996

Act · Made 1996-12-30

Presidential Decree No. 10281 regarding licensing in Turkmenistan

Act · Made 2009-02-27

Presidential Decree No. 1095 validating the Regulation on tax for subsoil management

Act · Made 1992-12-31

Presidential Decree No. 13746 “On the separation of ownership from state control and the improvement of the privatization of state property”

Regulation · Made 2014-07-07

Presidential Decree No. 13942 “On regulating land payments and land lease”

Regulation · Made 2014-11-06

Presidential Decree No. 13942 validating the Regulation of land payments and land rent

Regulation · Made 2014-11-06

Presidential Decree No. 14336 validating the Health State Program

policy · Made 2015-07-17

Presidential Decree No. 14508 “On the establishment of a service for state registration of rights to real estate and related interests under the Ministry of Justice”

Regulation · Made 2015-12-01

Presidential Decree No. 14520 “On the state fee for state registration of rights to real estate and transactions related to it”

Regulation · Made 2015-12-21

Presidential Decree No. 14668 “On the issues of regulating land relations”

Regulation · Made 2016-03-18

Presidential Decree No. 14668 validating the Regulation on land disputes settlement

Regulation · Made 2016-03-18

Presidential Decree No. 1526 validating the National Strategy “Early childhood development for 2020-2025”

policy · Made 2019-12-06

Presidential Decree No. 1690 on the use of fresh groundwater for residential area water supplies

Regulation · Made 1994-03-10

Presidential Decree No. 1743 validating the Regulation on the Chief State Inspectorate on Standardization, Metrology, Subsoil Protection and Safe Operations

Regulation · Made 1994-04-06

Presidential Decree No. 2008 validating the Regulation on State Commission on Land Reform

Act · Made 1994-12-08

Presidential Decree No. 2422 validating the Regulation on hunting and hunting management

Regulation · Made 1995-12-15

Presidential Decree No. 2626 “On iodization of salt and fortification of flour with iron.”

Regulation · Made 1996-05-28

Presidential Decree No. 276 validating the Regulation on the State Commission on Emergency Situations

Regulation · Made 1991-03-26

Presidential Decree No. 3189 regarding implementation of the Law on hydro-carbon resources (1996)

Regulation · Made 1997-06-06

Presidential Decree No. 3630 validating the Regulation on state licensing, expertise and technical supervision over the design, construction and operation of water supply and sewerage facilities in Turkmenistan

Regulation · Made 1998-03-05

Presidential Decree No. 4001 validating the Regulation on Committee on the management of contractual territories

Act · Made 1998-12-19

Presidential Decree No. 408.54 on rational management of poisonous snakes, poisonous arthropods and derivates thereof

Act · Made 1991-09-27

Presidential Decree No. 430 validating the Regulation on State Fisheries Committee

Regulation · Made 1991-10-08

Presidential Decree No. 5835 improving the procedure for using state property

Regulation · Made 2002-08-23

Presidential Decree No. 7057 validating the Regulation on preparation of documentation, registration and issuance of certificates for land plots allotted in ownership, tenancy and lease

Act · Made 2005-01-17

Presidential Decree No. 843 authorizing grazing in certain areas of the Sunt-Khasardag state nature reserve

Act · Made 1992-08-10

Presidential Decree No. 8855 validating the Regulation on the national tourist area “Avaza”

Act · Made 2007

Presidential Decree No. VII-435 regarding arrangements for the conservation of wild growing liquorice, poisonous snakes and derivates thereof

Act · Made 1992-06-16

Presidential Decree “On regulation of the provision of the population Turkmenistan with electricity, gas, potable water and table salt”

Regulation · Made 2018-09-25

Presidential Decree on the promotion of gardening and planting greenery

Act · Made 1992-11-09

Presidential Decree regarding establishment of protected area for the purpose of conservation of nature monuments, protected animal and plant species

Regulation · Made 1992-08-05

Presidential Decree validating the Regulation on the Red Book

Regulation · Made 1997-03-25

Presidential Resolution on establishing State Agricultural Joint Stock Company of Turkmenistan

Act · Made 2004

Regulation No. 19 of the Minister of Justice validating the Regulation on the procedure for keeping documents of the State Register of Real Estate Property Rights and related transactions

Regulation · Made 2019-03-19

Regulation on the authorized state institution on hydrocarbons management

Regulation · Made 1997-06-06

Sanitary Code (No. 710-12 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-05-19

Tax Code of Turkmenistan

Act · Made 2004-10-25

Water Code

Act · Made 1972-12-27

Repealed
Water Code

Act · Made 2004

Water Code

Act · Made 2016-10-15