VERTIC Datasets: BW legislation

Cambodia

Constitution 1993 [extract] [unofficial translation]

Decision on the Creation of National Committee for Reform of Weapons and Explosives Management in Cambodia 41/ANK/BK 2000 [unofficial translation]

KRAM on Management of Pharmaceuticals 1996 [unofficial translation]

Law No. 38/ANK/BK on the Management and Control of Importation, Production, Sale, Purchase, Distribution and Use of all kinds of Weapons and Explosives 1999

Canada

Canada Health Act [year?]

Criminal Code [year?] [extracts]

Export & Imports Permits Act 1985

Exports Controls List [year?]

General Export Permit No. 37 -- Toxic Chemicals and Precursors to the United States 1998

General Import Permit No. 108 -- CWC Toxic Chemicals and Precursors 1998

Health of Animals Act 1990 [extracts]

Hazardous Products Act 1985 [extracts]

Imports Control List [year?]

Plant Protection Act 1990

Pest Control Products Act 1985

Prohibited Weapons Control Regulations 1991

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Implementation Act 2002 (C7-Part 23 of the Public Safety Act 2002) [English and French]

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act 1992

Cape Verde

No information received

Central African Republic*

Information being sought

Chile

Decreto con fuerza de ley No. 725 1967

Penal Code [year?]

Ley 17.798 de Quorum Calificado Sobre el Control de Armas [year?]

China

A Compiled list of Laws and Regulations of China in Relation to the Implementation of the Biological Weapons

Convention [provided by the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

Criminal Law 1979

Criminal Law 1979 [unofficial translation] [extracts]

Dual-Use Biological Agents and Related Equipment and Technologies Export Control List 2002 [unofficial translation]

Foreign Trade Law 1994 [unofficial translation]

List of Articles Prohibited From Import & Export by Customs of the People’s Republic of China 1982 [unofficial translation]

Regulations to Strengthen Export Controls of Dual-Use Biological Agents and Related Equipment and Technologies 2002 [unofficial translation]

Colombia

Codigo Penal [year?] [extract]

Decreto Legislativo 2535 de 1993 [17/12/93]

Ley 10 de 1980 [4/02/80]

Ley 599 de 2000 [2000]

Ley 491 de 1999 [1999]

Political Constitution of Colombia [year?]

Congo

No information received

Costa Rica

Penal Code [year?]

Ley de Armas Y Explosivos No. 7530 [10/7/95]

Law 8272 War Crimes [year?] - Spanish

Cote d’Ivoire*

Information being sought

Croatia

Penal Code 1997 [extract]

Penal Code 1997 [extract] [unofficial translation]

Cuba

Acts of Terrorism Act [year?]

Decreto Ley 190 de la Seguridad Biologica 1999

Cyprus

Customs & Excise Law 1967

Defence (Exportation of Goods) Order 2000

Defence (Exportation of Goods) Regulations 1993

Czech Republic

Act 38/1994 of Legal Code [1994] [unofficial translation]

Criminal Code 1961 [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Some Measures Related to Prohibition of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Amendments to Trades Licensing Act 2002 [unofficial translation]

Control of Exports and Imports of Goods and Technologies Subject to International Control Regimes 1997 [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Decree No. 44/1997 dated 21/02/97 Granting a General Licence for Import of Controlled Goods [extract] [unofficial translation]

Decree No. 192/1988 on the Code of Poisons and Other Harmful Substances

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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