§2: Enhancing the Legislative and Regulatory Framework 15- At the national level, significant progress was made to enhance the legislative and regulatory framework. In this regard, among the legislative reform initiatives referred to in the previous Report, the Penal Code was adopted pursuant to Law No. 2016/7 of 12 July 2016 (Rec II). The scope of the normative framework was also widened with other instruments aimed, among others, at guaranteeing the enjoyment of cultural rights, transparency in the management of public affairs, promoting the right to development by easing economic activities and the free provision of natural resources, enhancing social protection, protecting the right to a healthy environment, right to health and the right of access to justice. The following instruments are quite illustrative: - Law No. 2013/3 of 18 April 2013 governing cultural heritage; - Law No. 2013/4 of 18 April 2013 to lay down private investment incentives in the Republic of Cameroon; - Law No. 2014/28 of 23 December 2014 on suppression of acts of terrorism; - Law No. 2016/6 of 18 April 2016 governing tourism and leisure activities in Cameroon; - Law No. 2016/17 of 14 December 2016 instituting the Mining Code; - Law No. 2017/9 of 12 July 2017 to lay down the powers, organization and functioning of the Economic and Social Council; - Law No. 2017/10 of 12 July 2017 to lay down the general rules and regulations governing public establishments; - Law No. 2017/11 of 12 July 2017 on the general rules and regulations governing public corporations; - Law No. 2017/12 of 12 July 2017 to lay down the Code of Military Justice; - Law No. 2017/13 of 12 July 2017 to punish offences against civil aviation safety; - Law No. 2017/14 of 12 July 2017 to amend and supplement some provisions of Law No. 2006/16 of 29 December 2006 to lay down the organization and functioning of the Supreme Court; - Law No. 2017/15 of 12 July 2017 to amend and supplement some provisions of Law No. 2013/4 of 18 April 2013 to lay down private investment incentives in the Republic of Cameroon; - Law No. 2018/10 of 11 July 2018 governing vocational training in Cameroon; - Law No. 2018/11 of 11 July 2018 to lay down the Cameroon Code of Transparency and Good Governance in public finance management; - Law No. 2018/12 of 11 July 2018 relating to fiscal regime of the State and other public entities; - Law No. 2018/14 of 11 July 2018 relating to the organization and promotion of physical and sporting activities in Cameroon; 16- The following regulatory instruments were also signed: - Decree No. 2013/171/PM of 14 February 2013 to lay down the terms and conditions for conducting Environmental and Social Impact Assessments; - Decree No. 2013/172/PM of 14 February 2013 to lay down the terms and conditions for Environmental and Social Audit; - Decree No. 2013/204 of 28 June 2013 to lay down the organization and functioning of the Rural Electrification Agency; - Decree No. 2013/234 of 18 July 2013 to regulate Legal and Court Notices; - Decree No. 2014/2217/PM of 24 July 2014 to upgrade the Guaranteed Minimum Inter-occupational Wage (SMIG); - Decree No. 2014/2377/PM of 13 August 2014 to lay down the terms and conditions of management of optional insurance holders for old age pension, disability pension, and death benefits; - Decree No. 2014/2378/PM of 20 August 2014 to amend and supplement some provisions of Decree No. 2007/1419/PM of 2 November 2007 to lay down the 6