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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