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Law amending Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”.

Country/Territory
Turkmenistan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Institution Certification Plant protection Quarantine Disinfection/disinfestation Planting material/seeds Pests/diseases Inspection Registration International trade Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Plant production
Geographical area
Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

Article 7 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Plant Protection Service subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection shall perform the following functions: (a) analysis of phytosanitary risks; (b) coordination of activities of legal entities and natural persons in the implementation of phytosanitary regulations, directives and general recommendations on the application of measures to counteract the spread of plant diseases; (c) inspection of plants during the growing season in order to collect information on the distribution and breeding centers of quarantine objects, as well as to combat quarantine objects; (d) registration of quarantine species; (e) application and cancellation of quarantine zones, quarantine regime; (f) development of quarantine conditions for the import of seeds, plants and plant products, industrial goods from other states, transportation of these products within Turkmenistan; (g) conducting quarantine inspection, phytosanitary control and laboratory examination of imported regulated products; (h) organizing and conducting disinfection of regulated products, as well as vehicles in accordance with the rules and instructions for plant quarantine; (i) carrying out checks in introduction-quarantine nurseries of quarantine planting and seed materials imported from foreign countries; (j) development, together with scientific organizations, of quarantine measures based on international norms and recommendations and monitoring of their implementation by legal entities and natural persons; (k) issuance of phytosanitary certificates, phytosanitary certificates for re-export, import quarantine permits for regulated products; (l) carrying out phytosanitary certification of plants and plant products exported from Turkmenistan; and (m) implementation of information support with the introduction and use of digital information and communication technologies in the field of plant quarantine.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.turkmenistan.gov.tm

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 54-IV “On plant quarantine”.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2009

Keyword: Basic legislation, Quarantine, Weeds, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX