Law No. 817 “On plant protection”.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety MRL-maximum residue limit Pesticides Basic legislation Plant protection Pests/diseases Crops/grasses Weeds

Geographical area

Asia, 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

This Law establishes legal, economic and organizational basis for plant protection, including, crops, against pests, diseases and weeds. The main tasks of state policy in the sphere of plant protection shall be: (a) to ensure favourable phytosanitary situation; (b) prevention of negative impact of pesticides on human and animal health, agricultural products and environment in the process of application of phytosanitary arrangements; and (c) ensuring food security. Authorized state institution in the sphere of plant protection shall carry out the following tasks: (a) phytosanitary monitoring of hazardous organisms; (b) testing and approbation of pesticides; and (c) testing of agricultural products for the presence of maximum residue limit (MRL) of pesticides, nitrites and salt of heavy metals. Phytosanitary monitoring of particularly hazardous organisms shall be state monopoly.

Full text

Russian

Website

mmk.tj

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Law No. 1567 “On quarantine and plant protection”.

Legislation | Tajikistan | 2019

Keyword: Policy/planning, Fertilizers/nutrients, Pesticides, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Basic legislation, Plant protection, Quarantine, Certification, Pests/diseases, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX