Government Decree No. 329 “On the determination of authorized state bodies to ensure biological safety and biological protection”. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Regulation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Protection of environment Biodiversity Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biosafety Public health Hazardous substances Biosecurity Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal health Quarantine Planting material/seeds Plant production Plant protection Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan decrees to determine the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan the competent institution in the field of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological safety of the population and medical and biological safety. The Food Security Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan is determined competent institution in the field of food safety supervision, veterinary, phytosanitary control, control of quarantine of plants, seeds and breeding. The Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan is determined competent institution in the field of monitoring the protection of biodiversity and activities related to genetically modified organisms and reducing the risk of their adverse effects on human health and the environment and the Agency for Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Safety of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan is determined competent institution in the field of assessing the state of biological safety of laboratories for the physical protection of potentially dangerous biological objects and training specialists in the field of preventing the proliferation of biological weapons and biologically hazardous materials by authorized state bodies for ensuring biological safety and protection. Full text Russian Website www.portali-huquqi.tj