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Law on Plant Quarantine.

Country/Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
1996 (1998)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Quarantine Inspection Institution
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

Plant quarantine shall be a legal regime providing the system of state activities directed at protection of the plant wealth of the Republic from delivery and intrusion of quarantine weeds, pathogens of plants diseases and weeds from other states, as well as from a quarantine zone of the Republic. Phytosanitary measures shall be based on scientific principles and shall be applied only to the extent necessary to protect plant life or health. Such measures include: i) a testing, inspection, certification, or approval procedure; (ii) a relevant statistical method; (iii) a sampling procedure; (iv) a method of risk assessment; (v) a quarantine treatment, such as a relevant requirement associated with the transportation of animals or plants or with material necessary for their survival during transportation. Article 5 contains rule relative to import and export of goods under quarantine. Article 7 outlines duties of officials and citizens in relation to fulfilment of quarantine requirements. Procedures of introducing and cancelling a Special Quarantine Regime are provided for in article 8. The following activities can be carried out on the territory with a special quarantine regime: restriction for exit of transport vehicles and their examination; prohibition of export of corresponding goods under quarantine; disinfecting of materials and objects under quarantine; technical processing or destruction of materials under quarantine. Article 13 outlines the basic functions of the State Service on Plants Quarantine (20 articles).

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Ordinance No. 1-dp MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD INDUSTRY AND LAND RECLAMATION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC On implementation of normative powers in the field of plant quarantine.

Legislation | Kyrgyzstan | 2020

Keyword: Quarantine, Disinfection/disinfestation, Pests/diseases, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, International trade, Enforcement/compliance, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Law No. 02 "On plant quarantine".

Legislation | Kyrgyzstan | 2015

Keyword: Plant protection, Monitoring, Governance, Basic legislation, Plant variety, Quarantine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX