Government Policies & Regulations
Learn more which regulations in Jordan can directly affect your agro-business
CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT
At JEPA, we maintain excellent relationships and daily contact with all governmental entities in order to improve the environment for our sector. We work hand-in-hand with the Government especially with the Ministry of Agriculture, which considers JEPA as its main representative from the private sector. Below is a selected list of important polices and regulations.
You can obtain these documents at the Ministry of Agriculture website or contact JEPA for further details.
- 2015 Agriculture Law No. 13
- 2015 Amedment on Agricultural Law
- 2015 Law No. (42) Law amending the Law of the Agricultural Risk Management Fund
- 2015 Law No. (50) Law amending the Agriculture Law
- 2020 Law No. (2) Law amending the Agriculture Law
- 2016 The decision to identify perennial or rare trees and wild plants that are threatened with extinction and ban their cutting
- 2019 Agricultural services allowance decision
- 2016 A modified system for the registration system for new plant varieties
- 2016 Frost affected farmers compensation system
- 2016 Management System for Agricultural Risk Management Fund Affairs
- 2016 Regulation No. (133) Organic Agriculture Law
- 2016 Regulation No. (169) Regulation of Wholesale Markets for Horticultural Products of the Greater Amman Municipality
- 2016 Wholesale market system for vegetables and fruits
- 2015 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives
- 2016 Instructions for controlling pesticide residues in fresh vegetables and fruits
- 2016 Instructions for destroying fresh vegetables and fruits not suitable for marketing in wholesale markets for vegetables and fruits
- 2016 Instructions for importing, exporting, and trading of seeds for agricultural crops
- 2016 Instructions for licensing centers for grading and packing fresh vegetables and fruits
- 2016 Instructions for quality control of fresh vegetables and fruits
- 2016 Instructions for removing and moving olive fruit trees from rare or perennial varieties
- 2016 Instructions for the conditions and principles that must be met for the exploitation of neighboring forests and wooded lands
- 2016 Plant quarantine instructions
- 2016 Refrigerated transport instructions for fresh agricultural products
- 2016 The instructions amending the instructions of the new plant variety protection committee
- 2017 Instructions for licensing specialized non-cooperative agricultural societies
- 2017 Instructions for organic farming
- 2017 Measures recommended by the Plant Health Commission
- 2019 Instructions for organizing government bidding procedures for the year