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Bahamas
No information received
 
Bahrain
Penal Code [year?]
 
Bangladesh
No information received
 
Barbados
No information received
 
Belarus

Decree No. 27 on the Improvement of State Control of the Passage of Specific Goods (Work, Services) Through the Customs Border of The Republic of Belarus 1998 [unofficial translation]

Criminal Code 1994 [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Law on Export Control 1997 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Law on State Regulation of Foreign Trade Activities 1998 [unofficial translation]
Regulation on Introduction of Bans and Restrictions On Transfer of Goods through the Customs Border of the Republic of Belarus (No 218, 18/03/97) [unofficial translation]

 

Belgium
Annex to Order in Council (Koninklijk Besluit / Arrêté Royal) of 8 March 1993 on import, export and transhipment of arms, munitions, military material and related technology
Decree of the Government of Wallonie of 18 April 2002 amending General Regulations on the protection of labourers concerning confined use of genetically modified and/or pathogenic organisms
Decree of the Regional Government of Brussels-Capital of 8 November 2001 on confined use of genetically modified organisms and/or pathogens and classification of installations concerned
Decree of the Government of Flanders of 1 June 1995, chapter 5.51: biotechnology
Law of 5 August 1991 relating to the importation, the exportation, and the transit of arms, munitions, and material having specifically a military use and related technology [unofficial translation]
Loi relative a l’importation a l’exportation et au transit d’armes de munitions et de matériel devant servir spécialement à un usage militaire et de la technologie y afférente of 1962
Loi relative a la fabrication, au commerce et au port des armes et au commerce des munitions of 03/01/33
Loi portant approbation de la Convention sur l’interdiction de la mise au point, de la fabrication et du stockage des armes bacteriologiques, (biologiques) ou a toxines et sur leur destruction, faite a Londres, Moscou et Washington le 10 avril 1972 1978
Royal Decree 8 March 1993 [unofficial translation]
 
Belize
Criminal Code 2000 [extracts]
Public Safety Act 2000
War Material Act 2000
 
Benin
No information received
 
Bhutan
No information received
 
Bolivia
Cordigo Penal [year?] [extract]
 
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Criminal code
Botswana
No information received
 
Brazil
Codigo Penal [year?]
Decreto No. 77.374 1976
Law 7.170 [1983]
Law 9.112 [name?] [1995]
Law 8974 [name?] [1995]
Decreto Legislativo No. 89 1972
 
Brunei-Darussalam
Biological Weapons Act 1975
 
Bulgaria
Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria 1991[extract] [unofficial translation]
Decision No. 704 on adoption of Guidelines for Transfer of Sensitive Chemical & Biological Items of the Australia Group – International Export Control Regime 2002 [unofficial translation]
Decree for Adoption of Regulations on Implementation of the Law on Control of Foreign Trade Activity in Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 1996 [unofficial translation]
Decree No 266 on the Export & Import Regime 1995
Decree No. 1524/1972 of the Council of the State of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria 1972
Law on Control of Foreign Trade Activity in Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 2000 [unofficial translation]
Law on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Control over Toxic Chemicals and their Precursors 2000 [extract] [unofficial translation]
Law on Control of Foreign Trade Activity in Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 2002 Amendment (Star Gazette No. 75/2002)
Law on Plant Protection (State Gazette No. 91/97, amended in No. 90/99)
List of the Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies in accordance with the Law on Control of Foreign Trade Activity in Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 1998
Regulation (on implementation of Law on Control of Foreign Trade Activity in Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies) No. 13 of 13 June 1994 (Star Gazette No. 115/10.12.2002)
Regulation for the Production, Trade, Stockpiling, Transportation and Use of Highly Poisonous Substances 1973
Penal Code [year?] [extract]
Regulation No. 1 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of 04.01.2002 (State Gazette N. 8/2002)
Regulation No. 1 on Phytosanitary Control of 27.05.1998
Regulation No.4 for the licensing of the production of veterinary medicines and preparations (State Gazette No. 7/2003)
Regulation of the Ministry of Health No. 4 of 14 October 2002 [Direct translation of EU directive 2000/54/EC]
Regulation on the Implementation of the Law on the Veterinary-Medical Activities (State Gazette No. 55/2000)
Burkina Faso
No information received
 
Burundi*
Currently drafting legislation
 
Notes
* denotes a signatory state to the treaty
[not yet in force] – this legislation is in draft stage and is subject to change before adoption
All legislation provided by states parties has been included in our collection, whether or not it relates specifically to the Article 1 prohibitions
VERTIC does not endorse that legislation in this collection adequately enforces the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention
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