Law no. 147/I of 2003 on Protection Measures Against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products. Country/Territory Cyprus Document type Legislation Date 2003 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette of Cyprus Republic no. 3758 of 2003, Appendix I. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural commodities Agricultural land Vegetables/legumes Forest service/forest officers Timber Forest management/forest conservation Protected area Basic legislation Certification International relations/cooperation International trade Alien species Plant production Plant protection Transport/storage Planting material/seeds Quarantine Hygiene/sanitary procedures Risk assessment/management Inspection Royalties/fees Pests/diseases Offences/penalties Liability/compensation Geographical area Asia, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Abstract This Law provides for the harmonisation of Cyprus legislation with European Union Council Directive 2000/29/EC on measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, in its last amended version. The provisions of this Law concern: measures of protection against the importation from European Union or third countries of organisms harmful to plants and plant products; measures against the spread, within the European Union, of harmful organisms connected with the movement of plants, plant products and other related objects; the issuance of the model of phytosanitary certificates and phytosanitary re-export certificates; measures to strengthen cooperation between the Republic, other member States and the Commission on matter related to the object of the Law; wood and wood products in form of small pieces of wood chips, sawdust, waste or wood chips, materials for securing ships, packaging material for the transport of objects of all kinds, as long as there is a phytosanitary risk. The Law specifies and defines the following terms: movement and transport of products between countries; agricultural facilities and premises where plants, plant products, or other objects subject to phytosanitary control, are produced or stored; land cultivated; harmful organisms, as any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogen which is harmful to plants or plant products; seeds; protected areas, as the zones where ecological conditions would favour the spread of certain harmful organisms, but there are not endemic; plant quarantine station; various species of plants, and plant products, including vegetables for human consumption; phytosanitary passport. Full text Greek Website www.mof.gov.cy References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 2000/29/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 | European Union | 2000 Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Certification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Regulations no. 751 of 2003 concerning Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Obligations of Producers and Importers of Plants, Plant Products and other Objects and Defining the Details for their Registration in Official Registers). Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Cooperative/producer organization, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Plant production, Plant protection, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations no. 760 of 2003 on Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Defining the Details for the Recognition of Protected Zones). Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Protected area, Protection of environment, Environmental audit, Biological control agents, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Pests/diseases, Plant protection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations no. 755 of 2003, on Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Transfer of Certain Plants, Plant Products or other Objects within the Protected Zones). Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Protected area, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Biological control agents, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Packaging/labelling, Plant protection, Standards, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations no. 754 of 2003, on Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Registration of Producers, Warehouses and Distribution Centres of Certain Plants and Plant Products). Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Fruits/edible nuts, Plant production, Plant protection, Plant variety, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree no. 338 of 2022 on Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Emergency Plan for Harmful Organisms). Legislation | Cyprus | 2022 Keyword: Alien species, Pests/diseases, Plant production, Plant protection, Early warning system, Data collection/reporting, Biological control agents, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Monitoring, Risk assessment/management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations no. 763 of 2003 on Protection Measures against the Importation and Spread of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products. Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Biological control agents, Certification, Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Plant protection, Plant variety, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX