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Law No. 7.392 establishing Plant Sanitary Protection within the State of Pará.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Pará
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Pests/diseases Public health Registration Monitoring Inspection Classification/declassification Offences/penalties Certification Timber extraction/logging Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Forest management/forest conservation Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Hygiene/sanitary procedures Basic legislation
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 16 Chapters, establishes Plant Sanitary Protection within the State of Pará. It specifies the sanitary requirements to be satisfied in order to perform plant protection, defines the objectives, prescribes offences and penalties for illegal activities and establishes the actions to be taken in order to perform the above mentioned Plant Sanitary Protection. It also establishes competent State Agency to protect agricultural products in the State, so called ADEPARÁ, organization created by State Law No. 6.482. This Plant Sanitary Protection aims at: contributing to increase agricultural production and productivity; at protecting and preserve plant health; at guaranteeing the classification of plant products in nature, semi or minimally processed, processed and industrialized, their sub-products, derivatives and waste with an economic value according to their State or Federal identity and quality standards; at guaranteeing identity and quality of hygiene-sanitary safety, technological and phytosanitary patterns, and derivates from the timber exploitation; etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legisweb.com.br

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree No. 106 approving the Regulation on Plant Sanitary Protection within the State of Pará.

Legislation | Brazil | 2011

Keyword: Plant protection, Certification, Classification/declassification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Residues, Standards, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX