CODES AND LAWS
# Title No Approval Date
1 RA Forest Code ՀՕ-211-Ն 24-Oct-2005
2 RA Law On Flora ՀՕ-22 23-Nov-1999
3 RA Law On Fauna ՀՕ-52 30-Apr-2000
4 RA Tax Code ՀՕ-68-Ն 25-Jun-2019
5 RA Civil Code ՀՕ-239 05-May-1998
6 RA Land Code ՀՕ-185 02-May-2001
7 RA Law On Specially Protected Natural Areas ՀՕ-211-Ն 27-Nov-2006
8 RA Code On Administrative Offences ՀՕ-2-Ն 07-Feb-2012
9 RA Law on Environmental Inspection ՀՕ-82-Ն 11-Apr-2005
10 RA Law On Compensation Tariffs for Damage Caused to Fauna and Flora ՀՕ-88-Ն 03-May–2005
11 RA Law on Standardization ՀՕ-21-Ն 08-Feb-2012
12 RA Law on Normative Legal Acts ՀՕ-180-Ն 21-Mar-2018
13 RA Law on Drugs ՀՕ-86-Ն 15-May-2016

 

DECREES ISSUED BY RA GOVERNMENT AND MINISTERS
# Title No Approval Date
1 RA Government Decree on Approving the Order of the State Cadaster of Flora N 1440-Ն 17-May-2016
2 RA Government Decree on Approval of the Procedure for Providing Data on State Cadaster of Flora N 831-Ն 23-July-2009
3 RA Government Decree on Approving the Procedure for Organizing Flora Monitoring N 120-Ն2 22-Jan-2009
4 RA Government Decree on Approving the Flora State Registration Program N 974-Ն 13-Aug-2009
5 RA Government Decree on Defining the Procedure of Giving the State Forests and Forest Lands for Use N 806-Ն 24-May-2007
6 RA Government Decree The RA Decision on Procedure for the Provision of Use of the State Border Forests and Forestlands of Military Significance N 907-Ն 14-Aug-2008
7 RA Decree “On Setting Privileges in Relation to the Fee for the Use of Fallen Wood for Non-Commercial (Non-Industrial) Purposes by Families Residing Forest-dependent Communities.” N 1535-Ն 27-Oct-2011
8 The RA Government Decree on Establishment of “HAYANTAR” State Non Commercial Organization N 1054-Ն 25-Jul-2002
9 Decree “On Amending RA Government Decision N 123-Ն of February 3, 2005.” N 185-Ն 03-Mar-2016
10 RA Government Decree “On Procedure for the Provision of Use of the State Border Forests and Forestlands of Military Significance.” N 1316-Ն 08-Nov-2011
11 RA Government Decree on Defining the Procedure of Forest Use and Conservation in Forests of Industrial Significance, Repealing Government Decision N49 of January 23, 2001 and Amendments to the Decision N 1412-N of September 7, 2006 ՀՕ-211-Ն 24-Oct-2005
12 Order of the RA Minister of Agriculture on Defining the Procedures for the State Forest Use: Approval of Logging, Forms and Invoicing of the Tickets (Permits) N 142-Ն 05-Sep-2012
13 Order of the RA Minister of Agriculture on Approving the Procedure of External Forest Use in State and Community Forest Lands N 159-Ն 18-Sep-2012
14 Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia “On Approval of the List of Names and Quantities of Agricultural, Forest and Ornamental Plants and Herbal Products Imported from the Border Areas”. N 262-Ն 05-Nov-2009
15 Decree “On Amending the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia Order N 191-Ն of August 23, 2007.” N 247-Ն 13-Dec-2010

 

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
# Name, Place, and Date of Ratification Ratification Date Effective Since
1 St. Petersburg Declaration on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Europe and North Asia (ENA Secretariat, St. Petersburg, 2005) November 25, 2005

(joined)

2 International Convention on Conservation of Plants – ICCP (Rome, 1952) 9 June 2006 (adherence) April 3, 1952
3 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2001 March 16, 2004 June 29, 2004
4 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992) March 29, 1993 May 14, 1993

Kyoto Protocol (Kyoto, 1997)
Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement (Paris, 2016)

December 26, 2002
March 31, 2017
March 23, 2017
February 16, 2005

April 22, 2017

5 Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats February 26, 2008 August 01, 2008
6 European Landscape Convention March 23, 2004 July 1, 2004
           Protocol amending the European Landscape Convention August 1, 2018 August 1, 2016
7 UN Convention to Combat Desertification (Paris, 1994) June 23, 1997 September 30, 1997
8 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris, 1972) 1993 1993
9 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, 1971) 1993 1993

 

Convention on Biological Diversity
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