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3 September  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 
request, from accessions@wto.org :  
 
1. Law No. 5/2014 of 19 November 2014 on " Media "; 
2. Law No. 11/2017 of 24 May 2017 on "Immigration and Asylum";  
3. Law No. 14/2017 of 2 August 2017 on " Legal Regime for Forestry "; 
4. Law No. 6/2019 of 4 December 2019 on "Second Amendment to Law No. 13/2005 of 2 
September 2019 (Law on Petroleum Activities)";  
5. Rules of Procedure of the National Parliament No. 1/2016 of 11 May 2016;  
6. Decree -Law No. 13/2003 of 22 July 2003 on "Bases for the National Electricity System";  
7. Decree -Law No. 4/2004 of 11 February 2004 on "Water Supply for Public Consumption";  
8. Decree -Law No. 31/2011 of 27 July 2011 on "Timor Gap – Timor Gas & Petroleum";  
9. Decree -Law No. 51/2011 of 21 December 2011 on "Legal Regime fo r Advertising Activities";  
10. Decree -Law No. 35/2012 of 18 July 2012 on "Business Registration and Verification Service 
(SERVE) and establishment of the “New Business Registration System”;  
11. Decree -Law No. 10/2014 of 14 May 2014 on "Slaughterhouse Licensing Reg ime";  
12. Decree -Law No. 13/2014 of 14 May 2014 on "Hygienic and Sanitary Conditions for Preparation, 
Transport and Sale of Meat and Meat Products";  
13. Decree -Law No. 32/2014 on "Private Security";  
14. Decree -Law No. 5/2015 of 22 January 2015 on "Statute of the Spe cial Administrative Region 
of Oe -Cusse Ambeno";  
15. Decree -Law No. 6/2016  of 20 April 2016 on  "Legal Regime for Licensing, Operation  and Control 
of the Activity of Games and Entertainment , Gaming Machine s and Traditional Games" ; 
16. Decree -Law No. 12/2016 of 11 Ma y 2016 on "First Amendment to Decree -Law No. 2/2009 of 
15 January 2009 on "Provision of the Autonomous Service of Medicines and Health Equipment 
(SAMES)";  
17. Decree -Law No. 35/2016  of 7 September 2016 on " Installation Commission of the Authority 
for Inspectio n, Supervision of Economic, Food and Sanitary Activity "; 
18. Decree -Law No. 8/2017 of 26 April 2017 on "Expropriation for Public Purposes "; 
19. Decree -Law No. 28/2017 of 2 August 2017 on "Vehicle Movement Control Regime at the Entry 
and Exit from the National Terr itory";  
 
1 In English  only. 
2 https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/tls_e/a1_timor_leste_e.htm .  WT/ACC/TLS/ 9 
 
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  20. Decree -Law No. 14/2018 of 17 August 2018 on "Structure of the VIII Constitutional 
Government";  
21. Decree -Law No. 27/2020 of 19 June 2020  on "Second Amendment to Decree -Law No. 14/2018 
"Organic Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government";  
22. Governme nt Decree No. 4/2005 of 27 July 2005 on "Rules of Procedure for National 
Investment";  
23. Government Decree No. 1/2015 of 7 January 2015 on "Public Finance Procedures and Rules 
for Execution of the General Budget of the State for 2015";  
24. Government Resolution No. 43/2017 of 5 July 2017 on "Preparation of Technical Documents 
on Procedures for Procurement for Execution of Public Works";  
25. Government Resolution No. 9/2017 of 15 February 2017 on "National Policy for Information 
and Communication Technologies (ICT) (2017 to 2019)";  
26. Ministerial Diploma No. 64/2016 of 16 November 2016 on "Specific Licensing Rules for Mining 
Activities";   
27. ANPM Regulation No. 2/2016 of 28 December 2016 on "Downstream Commercial Activities";  
28. BCTL Regulation No. 1/2013 of 6 September 2013 on "Licensing and Supervision of Money 
Transfer Operators";  
29. BCTL Instruction No. 4/2017 of 28 March 2017 on "Importation and Exp ortation of Cash" ; 
30. Law on "Approval of the Legal Regime for Voluntary Arbitration and changes to the Civil 
Procedure Code" (draft);  
31. Decree -Law on "Animal Health and Quarantine" (draft, as of December 2019);  
32. Decree -Law on "Plant Health and Quarantine (draft , as of December 2019).  
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