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Afghanistan
No information received

Albania
Criminal Code 1995 [extracts]

Algeria
Code of Penal Procedure [year?]
Legislative Decree No. 92-03 [1992]
Legislative Decree No. 93-05 [1993]
Penal Code [year?]

Antigua and Barbuda
Information being sought

Argentina
Decree 603/92 [extracts] (as amended by Decree 1291 24/06/93 and Ministry of Defence Resolution 125/98 of 22/01/98)
Ley 25.086 [1999]
Ley 24.061 Law of Dangerous Residues 1991
Ley de Armas 20.429 [1973]
Codigo Penal [year?] [extracts]

Armenia
Criminal Code [year?]
Customs Code [year?]
Law of Arms [year?]
Law of the Republic on the Struggle Against Terrorism 2001 [not yet in force]
List of Materials, Substances, Equipment and Dual-Use Technology Export of Which Must be Licensed 1993
Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 487 1993
Government Enactment 121 on Matters of Export Control of Primary Products, Materials, Technologies and Services Used in the Creation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 1993
Government Enactment 537 on the Establishment of Export Controls on Primary Products, Materials, Equipment, Technologies, and Services Used in the Creation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 1992

Australia
Biological Control Act 1984
Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976
Crimes (Biological Weapons) Regulations 1980
Customs Act 1901 [extracts]
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (part one and part two)
Gene Technology Act 2000
Gene Technology (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports & Imports) Act 1989
Quarantine Act 1908
Quarantine Regulations 2000
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990
Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995
Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulations 1995
Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulations (Amendment) 1996
Weapons of Mass Destruction Amendment Regulations 2001

Austria
Federal Government Decree No. 624/1997 [1997]
Federal Law on Imports, Exports and Transit of War Material 1977
Strafgesetzbuch 1974 [extract] [Penal Code]
War Material Act 1977
Waffengesetz 1996

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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Information being sought

Denmark
Criminal Code [year?]
Straffeloven Indholdsfortegnelse [year?] [extracts]

Dominica
Noxious & Dangerous Substances (Control) Act 1982

Dominican Republic
No information received

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Ecuador
Codigo Penal [year?] [extract]
Act on Manufacture, Import, Export, Sale and Possession of Weapons [year?]
National Constitution 1998

Egypt*
Information being sought

El Salvador
No information received

Equatorial Guinea
Legislative Decree 537 (27/05/93)

Estonia
Penal Code 2002 [extracts]
Strategic Goods Import, Export and Transit Act 1994

Ethiopia
Penal Code [year?]

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Fiji
Penal Code 1978 [extracts]

Finland
Act No. 348 on The Approval of Certain Provisions of the [Chemical Weapons Convention] and on the entry into force of the Act on the Approval of Certain Provisions of the Convention [year?] [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Decision of the Council of Ministers on General Guidelines for the Export and Transit of Defence Material 474/95 1995 [unofficial translation]
Decree on Export and Transit of Defence Material 1997 [unofficial translation]
Decree on the Control of Exports of Dual-Use Goods 1996 [unofficial translation]
Order No. 492 Concerning Toxic Substances 1980
Ordinance on Toxic Substances 1980

France
Penal Code [year?] [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Decree No. 95-613 on the Export Controls of Dual-Use Goods 1995
Law No. 72-467 1972
Order in Council relating to the procedure for importation and exportation of war material, arms and munitions, and analogous material 1992
Order on the List of Biological Agents 1997
Order on the establishment of a list of pathogenic biological agents 1994
Ordinance on Export Controls to Third Countries and Transfers to European Community Countries of dual-use goods 1995
Ordinance on the Export Controls of the Dual-Use Goods to Battle Against Chemical and Biological Proliferation 1995

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Gabon*
No information received

Gambia
No information received

Georgia
Criminal Code 1999 [extracts][unofficial translation]
Law on Export Control for Armaments, Military Techniques and Dual-Purpose Products 1998 [unofficial translation]

Germany
Gesetz zu dem Übereinkommen vom 10 April 1972 über das verbot der Entwicklung, Herstellung und Lagerung bakteriologischen (biologischen) waffen und von Toxinwaffen sowie über die Vernichtung solcher waffen
Code of Crimes Against International Law 2002 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Export List – Annex to Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance 2000
Foreign Trade and Payments Act 1961
Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance 1986
War Weapons Control Act 1961 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
War Weapons List 1998

Ghana
No information received

Greece
Penal Code [year?]

Grenada
No information received

Guatemala
Decree of Congress 46-89 [unofficial translation]
Decreto 39-89 del Congreso Ley de Armas y Municiones [extracts]
Decree of Congress 39-89 Law of Arms and Munitions [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Guinea-Bissau
No information received

Guyana*
Information being sought

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Haiti*
Information being sought

Holy See
No information received

Honduras
No information received

Hungary
Criminal Code 1978 [extracts][unofficial translation]
Law Decree No. 11/1975
Government Decree 61/1990 on Licensing Trade in Certain Internationally Controlled Goods and Technologies [unofficial translation]

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Iceland
Act No. 19/1997 on Communicable Diseases 1997
Penal Code 1940
Weapons Act 1998

India
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002

Indonesia
No information received

Iran
No information received

Iraq
Presidential Decree on Prohibition of the Importation and Production of Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons and Nuclear Weapons 2003 [unofficial translation]

Ireland
Notification received: Currently drafting legislation
Control of Exports Act 1983
Control of Exports Order 2000
Importation of Pathogenic Agents Order 1997
Safety, Health and Warfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations 1994

Italy
Ratification Act No. 618 1974
Law No. 895 [name?] [1967]
Law No 185 1990 New Provisions Governing the Export, Import and Transit of Armaments [unofficial translation]
Law No. 110 [name?] [1975]
Decree Law No. 374 [name?] [2001]

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Jamaica
No information received

Japan
Cabinet Order for the Enforcement of the Implementation Law of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction 1995
Export Trade Control Order 1949
Law implementing Biological Weapons Convention 1982 [summary provided by Ministry Of Foreign Affairs]
Law for the Control of Poisonous and Powerful Agents
Law on the Prevention of Personal Injury by Sarin etc 1995 [unofficial translation]

Jordan
Penal Code [year?] [extracts]

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Kenya
No information received

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (DPRK)
No information received

Korea, Republic of (ROK)
Counter Terrorism Legislation 2001

Kuwait
Law No 13 Prohibition against the unauthorized possession of weapons and ammunition of any type or size 1991

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Laos
No information received

Latvia
Cabinet Regulation No. 323 on Utilisation and Release of Genetically Modified Organisms 2000
Decision of the Control Committee on Strategic Goods 14 May 1997
Decision of the Control Committee of Strategic Goods on Lists of Goods, Production, Services and Technologies Which Require Licences for Export, Import and Transit 2000
Epidemiological Safety Law 2000
Law on Handling of Weapons 2003
Penal Code [year?] [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Regulation No. 421 on Control of Strategic Goods 1997 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Regulation No. 429 on the Control Committee of Strategic Goods 1997

Lebanon
Law No. 11 [name?] 1958
Legislative Decree No. 137 1959

Lesotho
No information received

Liberia*
Information being sought

Libya
Act No. 29 [name?] 1994

Liechtenstein
Swiss Federal Law on War Material 1996 [unofficial translation]
Law on Arms 1971
Ordinance on the Indirect Transfer of War Material 1999
Ordinance on Control of Goods Suitable for Use for Civilian and Military Purposes 1997
Swiss Federal Law on Control of Goods Suitable for Civilian and Military Purposes and Specific Military Goods 1996 [unofficial translation]

Lithuania
Code of Administrative Trangressions of Republic of Lithuania 2003
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania 1992 [unofficial translation]
Criminal Code 2003 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Law No. VIII-186 Del 1972 Metu Konvencijos Dl Bakteriologiniu Ir Toksiniu Ginklu Krimo, Gamybos Ir Saugojimo Udraudimo Bei ju Sunaikinimo Ratifikavimo 1987
Law on the Control of Arms and Ammunition 1996 [unofficial translation]
Law on the Controls of Import, Transit and Export of Strategic Goods and Technologies of Lithuania 1995 [unofficial translation]
Law No. IX-1051 on amending the Law on the Control of Export, Import and Transit of Strategic Goods and Technology 2002 [unofficial translation]
Law No. VIII-814 on the Control of Export, Import and Transit of Strategic Goods and Technology 1998 [unofficial translation]
Law on the Ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction 1997
Law No. VIII-345 on Amendment of Articles 6,10,11,14 and 15 of the Law Concerning Control of Import, Transit and Export of Strategic Goods and Technologies 1997
Resolution No. 857 on the Establishment of Control System for Export and Import of the Strategic Goods and Technology 1993
Resolution No. 1321 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on Amendment of the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania On the Approval of the Lists of Controlled Goods and Technologies 1997

Luxembourg
No information received

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Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Criminal Code 1996 [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Madagascar*
Information being sought

Malawi*
Information being sought

Malaysia
Arms Act No. 206 1960
Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act No. 357 1958
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1994 [extract]

Maldives
No information received

Mali
Information being sought

Malta
No information received

Mauritius
The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002

Mexico
Federal Penal Code [year?]
Ley General de Salud [year?] [extract]
Health Act [year?] [summary] [unofficial translation]

Monaco
Convention on Good Neighbourliness between France and the Principality of Monaco 1963
French Penal Code [year?]
French Law No. 72-467 [1972]

Mongolia
No information received

Morocco
Information being sought

Myanmar*
Information being sought

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Nepal*
Information being sought

Netherlands
Criminal Law in War Act [year?]
Decree on Export of Strategic Goods 1963
Decree on the Import and Export of Strategic Goods 1999
Decree on Issuing of Certificates for Strategic Goods 1986
The Domestic Biological and Toxin Weapons Act 1981
Economic Offences Act [year?]
Import and Export Act 1962
Penal Code

New Zealand
Customs Export Prohibition Order 2002
Customs and Excise Act 1996
The Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act 1987

Nicaragua
Decree 37.552 Ley de Semillas, Material para la Reproduccion Animal e Insumos Biologicos 2002
Penal Code [year?] [extract] [unofficial translation]

Niger
No information received

Nigeria
Firearms Act [year?]

Norway
General Civil Penal Code [year?] [extract] [unofficial translation]
Guidelines for Ministry for Foreign Affairs processing of applications to export arms, military materials, as well as technology and services for military use 1992
Import and Export Act 1997[unofficial translation]
Ordinance of 10 January 1989 to implement regulations for strategic goods, services and technology [unofficial translation]
Strategic Goods Act 1987 [unofficial translation]

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Oman
No information received

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Pakistan
No information received

Panama
Decree No. 354 [name?] 1948
Act No. 53 [name?] 1995

Palau
Information being sought

Papua New Guinea
No information received

Paraguay
Codigo Sanitario 1980 [extract]
Draft Anti-Terrorist Act [not yet in force][extract] [unofficial translation]

Peru
Decree Law No. 25475 [year?] [extract]
Codigo Penal [year?] [extract]

Philippines
No information received

Poland
Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 30/94 on Limitations in Special International Trade 1994
Law 29/2000 Concerning International Trade in Goods, Technologies and Services of Strategic Significance for State Security and Maintenance of International Peace and Security, and amending selected laws [unofficial translation]
Law on Administering of the Foreign Trade of Goods and Technologies and on the Arms Trade 1997
Law on the Rules of Particular Control of the Foreign Trade in Goods and Technologies in Connection with International Agreements and Obligations 1993
Minister of Economy Decision on the List of Goods and Services, the Foreign Trade of Which Requires License 1997
Minister of Economy Executive Order on the Establishment of the List of Goods and Technologies Subject to Particular Control of the International Trade 1997
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Executive Order On the Establishment of the Lists of Goods and Technologies Subject to Particular Control of the International Trade 1996
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Decision on the List of Goods and Services, the International Trade of Which Requires License 1996
Penal Code [year?] [extracts] [unofficial translation]

Portugal
Order/1129/95 [year?]
Codigo Penal [year] [extracts]
Penal Code [year?] [extracts] [unofficial translation]

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Qatar
No information received

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Romania
Hotarire 467 6/10/1999 privind produsele strategice supuse regimului decontrol la export si import (Decision No. 467/1999 regarding the strategic goods subject to export and import control regime 1999)
Hotarare 844/2001 privind Lista de armamente, munitii si alte produse militare supuse regimului de control la export si import (Government Decision No. 844/2001 on the list of armaments, munition and other military items subject to export and import control regime)
Government Emergency Ordinance No.141 2001 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Order of the President of the National Agency for the Control of Strategic exports and prohibition of Chemical Weapons (ANCESIAC) No. 71 2002[unofficial translation]
Ordonanta Urgenta 36 4/20/2000 referitoare la modificarea O.U.G. 158/1999 privind regimul exporturilor si importurilor de produse strategice (Ordinance No. 36/2000 on the amendment of the Government Ordinance No158/1999 on the regime of exports and imports of strategic goods)
Ordonanta Urgenta 158 10/19/1999 privind regimul exporturilor si importurilor de produse strategice (Ordinance No. 158/1999 on the regime of imports and exports of strategic goods)

Russian Federation
Act on Ratification of the Biological Weapons Convention 1975
Criminal Code 1997 [extracts] [unofficial translation]
Customs Code 1993
Decree No. 390 of the President of the Russian Federation on Ensuring of International Obligations in the Field of Biological Weapons 1992
Decree No. 1004 of the President of the Russian Federation on the List of Microbial Agents (pathogens) of humans, animals and plants, genetically modified micro organisms, toxins, equipment and technologies subjected to export control 2001
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No 1833 on the Basic Provisions of Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation [year?]
Decree No 1098 on Approval of the Statute Regulating the Control of Exports from the Russian Federation of Stimulants of Diseases and Man, Animals and Plant, and Their Genetically Altered Forms, Fragments of Genetic Material, and Equipment Which Can be Used to Develop Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxins Weapons 1994
Decree No. 634 of the Government of the Russian Federation on Implementation of Export Control of microbial agents (pathogens) of human, etc 2001
Decree No. 50 on Introduction of Amendments and Supplements into Articles 188 and 189 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 2002
Decree No. 374 of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Statute of the Russian Agency for Munitions 2002
Federal Law No. 63 on Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 1996
Federal Law No. 86 On State Regulations in the Field of Genetic Engineering Activity 1996
Federal Law No. 183 On Decree of Export Control 1999
Federal Law No. 143 on Withdrawal of Reservations to 1925 Geneva Protocol 2000
Decree No. 973 Statute on Export and Import of Nuclear Materials, Equipment, Special Non-Nuclear Materials, and Related Technologies 2000
Government Directive 57 1998
Government Decree No 632 on Approval and Submission for Consideration by the President of the Russian Federation of a proposal for Revising and Enlarging the List of Disease Agents, Their Genetically Altered Forms and Fragments of Genetic Material Which Can Be Used to Develop Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons 1994
Government Decree No 1030 on Controlling the Fulfilment of Obligations to Guarantee the Use of Imported and Exported Dual-Use Goods (Services) for Declared Purposes 1993
Presidential Edict No. 1268 on Control of Exports from the Russian Federation of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 1996
Presidential Edict No. 388 on Measures to Establish an Export Control System in Russia 1992
Law No. 4902-1 Addenda to the RSFSR Criminal Code and the RSFSR Code of Criminal Procedure 1993
Presidential Directive No 298rp on Control of Exports from the Russian Federation of Stimulants of Diseases and Man, Animals and Plant, and Their Genetically Altered Forms, Fragments of Genetic Material, and Equipment Which Can be Used to Develop Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxins Weapons 1994
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1172 on Approval of Provisions on Control over Export from the Russian Federation of Goods and Technologies of Double Assignment, the Export of Which is under control 1996
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1644-p on Creation of Russian Munitions Agency 2000
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 869 on State Registration of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances 1992
Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3244-1 on Ensuring Fulfilment of International Obligations by the Russian Federation in the Field of Chemical, Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons 1992
State Customs Committee Order No. 315 on Control Over the Export of Goods, Which Could Be Used in the Creation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missile Means of Delivery 1996

Rwanda
No information received

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Thailand
Hazardous Substance Act 1992
Pathogens and Toxins Act 1982
Plant Quarantine Act 1964
The Toxic Substances Control Acts 1992
The Export and Import Act 1979 [unofficial translation]
The Pathogen Control Act 1956

Togo
No information received

Tonga
Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act 2002

Timor Leste
Information being sought

Tunisia
No information received

Turkey
Criminal Code [year?]
Export Regime Decree No.95/7623 [1995]
Law No. 3763 concerning the Control of Private Industrial Companies which Manufactures Arms and Ammunitions 1940
Law No. 6136 on Firearms Knives and Other Weapons [year?]

Turkmenistan
Penal Code [year?] [extract] [unofficial translation]

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Vanuatu
Firearms Act 1988 [extracts]

Venezuela
Codigo Organico de Justica Militar 1998
Ley de Armas y Explosivos 1939 [extracts]
Codigo Penal 1964 [extracts]

Vietnam
Penal Code [year?]
Decision of the Minister of Trade No.238/TM/XNK 1994 [unofficial translation]

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Yemen
No information received

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Zimbabwe
No information received

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
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