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Legal system Svalbard, in 33 editions.
The entry for Svalbard published Legal system in 33 editions of 36, from 1993 to 2025. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Legal system in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 7
- the first edition with it
- 1993
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Legal system” (1993 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 14 editions, 1993 to 2006.
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The same text in 3 editions, 2007 to 2009.
- the laws of Norway,
- where applicable,
- apply
NA the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply
The same text in 5 editions, 2010 to 2014.
the laws of Norway where applicable apply
the laws of Norway, Norway where applicable, applicable apply
- the laws of Norway where applicable apply only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there;
- the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard;
- the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
the laws of Norway where applicable apply only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
- the laws of Norway where applicable apply;
- only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there;
- the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard;
- the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
the laws of Norway where applicable apply apply; only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
The same text in 5 editions, 2017 to 2021.
- the laws of Norway where applicable apply;
- only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there;
- the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard;
- the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations;
- as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty
the laws of Norway where applicable apply; only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations; as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there;
- the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard;
- the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations;
- as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty
the laws of Norway where applicable apply; only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations; as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty
- laws of Norway that explicitly apply to Svalbard, including the Svalbard Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations;
- the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
only the laws of Norway made that explicitly applicable apply to Svalbard have effect there; Svalbard, including the Svalbard Act and Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; regulations; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations; as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Svalbard: Legal system.” The World Factbook, 1993–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/svalbard/legal-system.