Act containing new rules for the prevention and fighting of organisms that damage cultivation (Plant Diseases Act). Country/Territory Netherlands Document type Legislation Date 1951 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Staatsblad No. 29, 28 January 1992, pp. 1-7 (.pdf document). Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Basic legislation Plant protection Data collection/reporting Pests/diseases International trade Quarantine Transport/storage Geographical area Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract This Act creates a general framework for the regulation of the protection of plants against diseases and pests and provides for measures of enforcement and prescribes offences and penalties. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is empowered to regulate by Decree: Importation and exportation of plants, plant products or parts of plants and their quarantine (art. 2); treatment of cultivation, disinfection of premises, means of transportation, etc. (art. 3); and the functioning of institutions which are charged with the carrying out of tasks as foreseen in article 3. The farmers who cultivate on commercial scale varieties of plants to be indicated by the Minister, shall report yearly on such cultivation in accordance with directives to be issued by the Minister by Decree (art. 3a). The remaining provisions deal with compensation of costs for reporting, measures of control and enforcement, and offences and penalties. Offences and penalties are prescribed by the Economic Offences Act (1950, K 258). (20 articles) Full text Dutch Website www.overheid.nl References - Legislation Implemented by Decree suppression of organisms that damage cultivation. Legislation | Netherlands | 1991 (2010) Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Plant production, Disinfection/disinfestation, Post-harvest treatment, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX