266. Regarding access to water and improvement of hygiene and sanitation, the Ministry of Hygiene and Sanitation has implemented the following:  The Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Sector Programme (PROSEHA) for the period 2016-2030, adopted on 9 May 2017;  The Basic Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion Operational Strategy of Niger (SOPHAB) (20142018);  Commitment 4: Nutrition-Friendly Water, Hygiene and Sanitation” under the PNSN with a set of key actions for the promotion of good hygienic and sanitation practices, particularly the Community-piloted Total Sanitation Approach (ATPC) and access to potable water to improve nutrition. 267. In the area of agrarian reforms, the following are to be noted:  Convening a general meeting on lands in February 2018;  On-going design of a national land policy;  Reforms carried out on the fertilizer supply system in order to increase ASPH production and facilitate private sector participation. 268. Concerning food safety, the area is governed by several regulatory enactments, namely:  Order 93-13 of 2 March 1993 instituting a Public Hygiene Code in the Republic of Niger;  Law No. 2002-028 of 31 December 2002 instituting a National Standardization, Certification and Accreditation System;  Law No.2004-048 of 30 July, 2004 on the framework law on livestock;  Regulation No. 07/2007/CM/UEMOA of 6 April 2007 on the health safety of plants, animals and food within the UEMOA region, and  Law 2015-35 of 26 May 2015 on plant protection;  A new entity code-named the Nigerien Standardization, Metrology and Certification Agency (ANMC) has been established for the AVCN to take on additional activities, the Standardization and Metrology activities having been established by Decree No. 2019409/PRN/MI of 26 July, 2019. I. Right to the Protection of the Family: Article 24 269. Article 21 of the Constitution of 25 November 2010 provides that: “Marriage and the family are the natural and moral basis of the human community. They have been placed under the protection of the government. The government and public institutions have the responsibility to ensure the physical and mental health of the family, particularly the mother and the child”. Measures taken to ensure free consent to marriage 270. The texts governing the right of the family and its consent to marriage have not changed since the submission of the last report. They are subject to two standards, namely the written law (civil code) and customs. The latter essentially has been subject to change over the years. It must however be noted that Law No. 2004-50 of 22 July, 2004 which laid down provisions for areas where the courts applied the customs of the parties has been abrogated and replaced by Law No. 2018-37 of 1st June 2018, setting forth the organization and powers of the courts of the Republic of Niger. The latter prescription does not provide any amendment to the provisions contained in the previous law on the enforcement of customary rules in respect of matters submitted under the circumstances (status and capacity of persons, family, marriage , 61