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WT/ACC/TLS/5  
3 June 2020  
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Working Party on the Accession of Timor -Leste  Original: English  
 
 
ACCESSION OF TIMOR -LESTE  
LEGISLATION  
The following submissions, from the Government  of the Democratic Republic of Timor -Leste , are 
available for  consultation1 from the Secretariat. Copies in electronic format may be obtained from the 
Accessions  Intelligence Portal2 under "Legislation and implementing regulations" or, upon requ est, 
from accessions@wto.org :3 
 
1. Indonesian Civil Code S.  No. 23, of April 1847;  
2. UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/8 of 25 February 2000 on "Bank Licensing and Supervision "; 
3. UNTAET Regulation No. 2001/14 of 20 July 2001 on "Official Currency and Legal Tender of East 
Timor "; 
4. UNTAET Executive Order No. 2002/12 of 18 May 2002 on "Trade of Goods Bearing the National 
Symbols of East Timor";  
5. Constitution of The Democratic Republic o f Timor -Leste ; 
6. Law No. 1/2002 of 7 August 2002 on "Publication of Acts "; 
7. Law No. 2/2002 of 7 August 2002 on "Interpretation of Applicable Law on 19 May 2002" ; 
8. Law No. 1/2003 of 10 March 2003 on "Legal Regime of Real Estate "; 
9. Law No. 10/2003 of 10 December 2003 on "Interpretation of Section 1 of Law No. 2/2002, of 
7 August, and Sources of Law";  
10. Law No. 5/2004 of 28 April 2004 on "Status of Members of the Parliament";  
11. Law No. 4/2005 of 7 June 2005 on "Domestic Investment";  
12. Law N o. 5/2005 of 7 June 2005  on "Foreign Investment "; 
13. Law No. 6/2005 of 6 July 2005 on "Regime for Licensing, Oversight and Regulation of Insurance 
Companies and Insurance Intermediaries "; 
14. Law No. 8/2005 of 3 August 2005 on "Petroleum Taxation Law";  
15. Law No. 13/2005 of 2 September 2005 on "Petroleum Activities "; 
 
1 In English  only. 
2 https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/tls_e/a1_timor_leste_e.htm .  
3 The delegation of Timor -Leste provided the following links to additional leg al texts in English:  
- Laws by the National Parliament (2000 to 2012): http://mj.gov.tl/jornal/lawsTL/RDTL -Law/RDTL -
Laws/RDTL -Laws.htm ; 
- Decree -Laws by the Government (2000 t o 2012): http://mj.gov.tl/jornal/lawsTL/RDTL -Law/RDTL -
Decree -Laws/RDTL -Decree -Laws.htm . WT/ACC/TLS/5  
 
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  16. Law No. 8/2008 of 30 June 2008 "Tax es and Duties Act "; 
17. Law No. 6/2009 of 15 July 2009 on "First Amendment, by Parliamentary Consideration, to the 
Penal Code (adopted by Decree -Law No . 19/2009 o f 8 April)";  
18. Law No. 11/2009 of 7 October 2009 on "Administrative Division of Territory "; 
19. Law No. 4/2011 of 1 July 2011 on "Crimes of Monopolization and Speculation "; 
20. Law No. 5/2011 of 15 June 2011 on "Organic Law of the Central Bank of Timor -Leste";  
21. Law No. 10/2011 of 14 September 2011 "Civil Code";  
22. Law No. 14/2011 of 28 September 2011 on "Private Investment "; 
23. Law No. 17/2011 of 28 December 2011 on "Legal Regime for the Prevention of and Combat 
against  Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism "; 
24. Law No. 4/2012 of 21 February 2012  "Labour Code";  
25. Law No. 5/2012 of 29 February 2012 on "Strike "; 
26. Law No. 3/2014 of 18 June 2014 on "Creation of the Special Administrative Region Oe -Cusse 
Ambeno and Establishment of the Special Zone of Social Market Economy";  
27. Law No. 8/2016 of 8 July 2016 on "Consumer Protection" ; 
28. Law No. 10/2017 of 17 May 2017 on "Commercial Companies";  
29. Law No. 13/2017 of 5 June 2017 on "Special Regime for Determination of Ownership of 
Immovable Property";  
30. Law No. 15/2017 of 23 August 2017 on "Private Investment";  
31. Law No. 4/2019 of 27 August 2019 on "Special Labo ur and Migration Regime Applicable to the 
Bayu-Undan Project";  
32. Parliament Resolution No. 16/2017 of 25 July 2017 "On Ratific ation, for Accession, of the 
International Convention Establishing the World Organization for the Protection of Intellectual 
Property";  
33. Parliament Resolution on "Timor -Leste's accession to  the 1958 New York Convention on the 
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards" (draft);  
34. Decree -Law No. 2/2003 of 10 March 2003 on "Bases for the Road Transport System";  
35. Decree -Law No. 11/2003 of 29 July 2003 on "Establishment of the Bases for the  
Telecommunications Sector "; 
36. Decree -Law No. 14/2003 of 24 September 2003 on "Public Companies";  
37. Decree -Law No. 18/2003 of 8 October 2003 on "Road Transport Contracts";  
38. Decree -Law No. 19/2003 of 8 October 2003 on "Regulation of Port Fees and Charges "; 
39. Decree -Law No. 20/2003 of 13 November 2003 on "Legal Tender in Timor -Leste "; 
40. Decree -Law No. 21/2003 of 31 December 2003 on "Quarantine and Sanitary Control on 
Imported and Exported Goods "; WT/ACC/TLS/5  
 
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  41. Decree -Law No . 6/2004 of 21 April 2004 on "General Bases of the Legal Regime for the 
Management and Regulation of Fisheries and Aquaculture";  
42. Decree -Law No. 12/2004 of 26 May 2004 on "Pharmaceutical Activities";  
43. Decree -Law No. 17/2004 of 3 November 2004 on "Bases for Po stal Services";  
44. Decree -Law No. 18/2004 of 1 December 2004 on "Private Health Units";  
45. Decree -Law No. 19/2004 of 29 December 2004 on "Legal Regime of Real Estate: Official 
Allocation and Lease of Real Estate in the Private Domain of the State";  
46. Decree -Law No . 4/2005 of 20 July 2005 on "Amendment to Decree -Law No . 6/2004 of 
21 April 2004" (General Bases of the Legal Regime for the Management and Regulation of 
Fisheries and Aquaculture);  
47. Decree -Law No. 7/2005 of 18 October 2005  on "Public Tendering in respect of Petroleum 
Contract Awards";  
48. Decree -Law No. 10/2005 of 21 November 2005 on "Legal Regime for Procurement "; 
49. Decree -Law No. 11/2005 of 21 November 2005 on "Administrative Infractions of the Legal 
Regime for Procurement and the Legal Regime for Public Contracts "; 
50. Decree -Law No. 12/2005 of 21 November 2005 on "Legal Regime for Public Contracts "; 
51. Decree -Law No. 13/2005 of 1 December  2005 "Approval of the Criminal Procedure Code";  
52. Decree -Law No. 5/2006 of 1 March 2006 on "Legal Regime for  Certification of Air Transportation 
Operators";  
53. Decree -Law No. 8/2006 of 15 March 2006 on "Regulation of Customs Duties of Timor -Leste ";  
54. Decree -Law No. 14/2006 of 27 September 2006 on "First Amendment to the Legal Regime for 
Procurement";  
55. Decree -Law No. 20/2008 of 19 June 2008 on "National Petroleum Authority (NPA)";  
56. Decree -Law No. 24/2008 of 23 July 2008 on "Changes to the Legal Regime for Procu rement";  
57. Decree -Law No. 28/2008 of 13 August 2008 on "Public Supply of Essential Goods and 
Management of Negative Effects of Inflation";  
58. Decree -Law No. 32/2008 of 27 August 2008 on "Administrative Procedure";  
59. Decree -Law No. 2/2009 of 15 January 2009 on "Special Legal Regime for the Provision of the 
Autonomous Service of Medicines and Health Equipment (SAMES)" ; 
60. Decree -Law No. 5/2009 of 15 January 2009 on "Regulations for Licensing, Sale and Quality of  
Drinking Water";  
61. Decree -Law No. 6/2009 of 15 January 2 009 on "Regulation on Recreational and Social 
Gambling";  
62. Decree -Law No. 7/2009 of 15 January 2009 on "Regulation on Restaurants and Similar 
Establishments ";  
63. Decree -Law No. 9/2009 of 18 February 2009 "Organic Law on the  National Police "; WT/ACC/TLS/5  
 
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  64. Decree -Law No. 19/ 2009 of 8 April 2009 on "Approval of Penal Code ", based on the legislative 
authorization granted by Law No. 13/2008 of 13 October 2008 and amended by Law No. 6/2009 
of 15 July 2009 ; 
65. Decree -Law No. 21/2009 of 6 May 2009 on "Funeral Transport Service";  
66. Decree -Law No. 23/2009 of 5 August 2009 on "Regime for Administrative Offences against 
Economy and Food Safety "; 
67. Decree -Law No. 29/2009 of 28 October 2009 on "Special Procurement for Priority Projects "; 
68. Decree -Law No. 1/2010 of 18 February 2010 o n "Changes in the Legal Regime for 
Procurement";  
69. Decree -Law No. 2/2010 of 18 February 2010 on "Special Procedure for Awarding Construction 
Work Worth up to USD 250,000 to Local  Companies Based in Sub -Districts";  
70. Decree -Law No. 3/2010 of 18 February 2010 on  "Structure of the Commission for Monitoring of 
the Procurement Process and the Technical Secretariat for Procurement";  
71. Decree -Law No. 14/2010 of 26 August 2010 on "Temporary Procurement Measures "; 
72. Decree -Law No. 26/2010 of 22 December 2010 in "Registratio n of Individual Entrepreneurs 
from the Building and Construction Sector";  
73. Decree -Law No. 27/2010 of 22 December 2010 on "Legal Regime Governing the Certification 
and Registration of Civil Construction and Technical Consulting Companies";  
74. Decree -Law No. 3/2011 of 26 January 2011 on "Converting the Microfinance Institution onto a 
Public Incorporated Company";  
75. Decree -Law No. 5/2011 of 9 February 2011 on "Environmental Licensing";  
76. Decree -Law No. 11/2011 of 23 March 2011 on "National Development Agency "; 
77. Decree -Law No. 14/2011 of 29 March 2011 on "Establishment of the  National Procure ment 
Commission "; 
78. Decree -Law No. 15/2011 of 29 March 2011 on "4th Amendment to Decree -Law No. 10/2005 of 
21 November Approving the Legal Regime for Procurement "; 
79. Decree -Law No. 18/2011 of 6 May 2011 on "Decentralized Development Programmes I and II "; 
80. Decree -Law No. 24/2011 of 8 June 2011 on "Licensing of Commercial Activities";  
81. Decree -Law No. 28/2011 of 20 July 2011 on "Regulation on Industry and Marketing of Food";  
82. Decree -Law No. 29/2011 of 20 July 2011 on "Fair Price";  
83. Decree -Law No. 38/2011 of 17 August 2011 on "5th Amendment to Decree -Law No. 10/2005 
of 21 November Approving the Legal Regime of Procurement "; 
84. Decree -Law No. 1/2012 of 1 February 2012 on "Downstream Sector "; 
85. Decree -Law No. 12/2012 of 29 February 2012 on "Agency Agreement "; 
86. Decree -Law No. 15/2012 of 28 March 2012 on "Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector";  
87. Decree -Law No. 26/2012 of 4 July 2012 "Framework Law on Environment" ; WT/ACC/TLS/5  
 
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  88. Decree -Law No. 42/2012 of 7 September 2012 on "Legal Regime of the Public -Private 
Partnerships "; 
89. Decree -Law No. 5/2013 of 28 December 2013 on "First Amendment to Law  No. 17/2011 of 
28 December on Approval of the Legal Regime for the Prevention of and Combat  against  Money 
Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, and Third Amendment to the Penal Code, approved by 
Decree -Law N o. 19/2009 of 8 April "; 
90. Decree -Law No. 11/2013 of 7 August 2013 on "Legal Regime for Procurement of the PDID "; 
91. Decree -Law No . 16/2014  of 18 June 2014 on "Financial Intelligence Unit";  
92. Decree -Law No. 8/2014 of 19 March 2014 on "Legal Regime for Public -Private Partnerships";  
93. Decree -Law No. 43/2015 of 28 December 2015 on "Legal Regime of the Public Private 
Partnership for Tibar Port";  
94. Decree-Law No. 1/2016 of 9 February 2016 on "First Amendment to Decree -Law No. 20/2008 
of 19 June 2008, which Created the National Petroleum Authority";  
95. Decree -Law No. 28/2014 of 24 September 2014 on "Special Procurement Regime for the Oe -
Cussie Ambeno Special Administrative Region "; 
96. Decree -Law No. 15/2016 of 8 June 2016 on "First Amendment to Decree -Law No. 11/2013 of 
7 August Approving the Legal Regime for Procurement of the PDID "; 
97. Decree -Law No. 19/2016 of 22 June 2016 on "Legal Regime for Licensing and Functioning of 
Travel and Tourism Agencies "; 
98. Decree -Law No. 26/2016 of 29 June 2016 on "Establishment of the Authority for Inspection and 
Supervision of Economic, Sanitary and Food Activiti es"; 
99. Decree -Law No. 32/2016  of 17 August 2016  on "Offshore Petroleum Operations in Timor -Leste";  
100.  Decree -Law No. 7/2017 of 22 March 2017 on "Business Registration and Verification Service "; 
101.  Decree -Law No. 9/2017 of 29 March 2017 on "Organic Statute of the Customs Authority "; 
102.  Decree -Law No. 13/2017 of 5 April 2017 on "Organic Structure of the Tax Authority "; 
103.  Decree -Law No. 14/2017 of 5 April 2017 "Customs Code";  
104.  Decree -Law No. 16/2017 of 17 May 2017 on "Business Registration "; 
105.  Decree -Law No. 23/2017 of 12 July 2017 on "Credit Guarantee System for Small and Medium -
Sized Enterprises";  
106.  Decree -Law No. 34/2017 of 27 September 20 17 on "Licensing of Economic Activities";  
107.  Decree -Law on "Plant Health and Quarantine – Recommendations " (draft);  
108.  Decree -Law on "Animal Health and Quarantine " (draft);  
109.  Government Decree No. 5/2004 of 21 July 2004 on "Regulation on Fishing";  
110.  Government Decree No. 6/2005 of 27 July 2005 on "Rules of Procedure for Foreign Investment";  
111.  Government Decree No. 1/2006 of 20 S eptember 2006 on "General Quarantine Regulations "; 
112.  Government Decree No. 13/2008 of 13 August 2008 on "Regulation on Intervention in Public 
Supply and Prices";  WT/ACC/TLS/5  
 
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  113.  Government Resolution No. 16/2017 of 5 April 2017 on "National Tourism Policy";  
114.  Government Decree No. 27/2017 of 12 July 2012 on "Establishment of the Criteria for the 
Obligation of Supervisory Body or External Auditor in Commercial Companies";  
115.  Government Decree No. 28/2017 of 12 July 2017 on "Model Constitutive Acts of Commercial 
Companies";  
116.  Government Resolution No. 44/2017 of 12 July 2017 on "National Employment Strategy (2017  – 
2030)";  
117.  Government Decree No. 2/2018 of 21 February 2018 on "Regulation of Procedure for Private 
Investment "; 
118.  Ministerial Order  No. 6/2008 of 24 December 20 08 on "Price Stabilization Measures to Fight 
Inflation and Speculative Prevention";  
119.  Ministerial Order  No. 1/2009 of 8 April 2009 "Specific Regulation on the Popular Lottery";  
120.  Resolution of the Governing Board of the Banking and Payments Authority No. 6/2007 of 
17 August 2007  concerning the Approval of the Instruction No. 1/2007 on "Licensing of General 
Insurance Companies";  
121.  Resolution of the Governing Board of the Banking and P ayments Authority No. 7/2007 of 
17 August 2007 concerning the Approval of the Instruction No. 2/2007 on "Licensing of 
Insurance Intermediaries";  
122.  Resolution  by the Governing Board of the Banking and Payments Authority  No. 8/2009 of 
2 September 2009  on "Approval of Public Instruction No. 4/2009 on the Importation and 
Exportation of Cash" ; 
123.  Resolution  of the Governing Board of the Banking and Payments Authority  No. 11/2010 of 
17 December 2010  on "Approval of Public Instruction No. 6/2010  on 'Licensing and Supervision 
of Other Deposit Taking Institutions (ODTIs) '"; 
124.  BCTL Instruction No. 1/2013 of 27 September 2013  on "Licensing and Supervision of Money 
Transfer Operat ors"; and, 
125.  Timor -Leste Index of Laws . 
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