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Decree of 19 October 1998 implementing Commission Directive 98/22/EC of 15 April 1998 laying down the minimum conditions for carrying out plant health checks in the Community, at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products or other objects coming from third countries.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 292, 15 December 1998, pp. 42-44.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Hygiene/sanitary procedures Pests/diseases International trade
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The plant health checks referred to Ministerial Decree 31 January 1996 of plants, plant products coming from third countries, and carried out at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, must satisfy at least the minimum conditions laid down in this Decree. The inspection posts must have, among others, technical competence, particularly in the detection and diagnosis of harmful organisms, expertise in identification of harmful organisms, or access to such expertise, access to appropriate administrative, inspection and testing facilities, access to facilities for proper storage and quarantine of consignments and, for destruction of the intercepted consignment. (5 articles)

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Italian

References - Legislation

Implements

Ministerial Decree establishing measures against the introduction into the territory of the Republic of Italy of organisms harmful to plants or plant products.

Legislation | Italy | 1996

Keyword: Plant protection, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Pests/diseases, International trade, Authorization/permit, Registration, Planting material/seeds, Institution, Fruits/edible nuts, Standards, Inspection, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 98/22/EC laying down the minimum conditions for carrying out plant health checks in the Community, at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products or other objects coming from third countries.

Legislation | European Union | 1998

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Inspection, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Legislative Decree No. 214 implementing Council Directive 2002/89/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community.

Legislation | Italy | 2005

Keyword: Plant protection, Timber, Certification, Registration, Inspection, Pests/diseases, Planting material/seeds, Quarantine, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX