Decree No. 40/99 prohibiting plant trade without a phytosanitary certification. Country/Territory Sao Tome and Principe Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 12, 30 November 1999, pp. 144 and 145. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Institution Certification International trade Geographical area Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Decree prohibits plant import/export without a phytosanitary certification. It consists of 5 articles establishing that the Agronomic Centre of Technologic Investigation is the only institution entitled to issue a phytosanitary certification for plant and plant product trade. Full text Portuguese