Lower Austria Plant Protection Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Niederösterreich Document type Regulation Date 1978 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Plant protection Pests/diseases Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the protection of plants. Owners of plant cultivations are due to keep them free from harmful organisms. The text deals, inter alia, with the following issues: fight against plant diseases and harmful organisms affecting fruit trees; fight against potato diseases; fight against tobacco disease; fight against virus diseases affecting fruit trees, implementation of EU-guidelines and penalties. The text consists of 65 articles divided into 10 Parts. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Lower Austria Cultivated Plant Protection Law 1978. Legislation | Austria | 1978 (2012) Keyword: Plant production, Plant protection, Inspection, Royalties/fees, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Lower Austria Plant Health Ordinance ( NÖ PGHVO). Legislation | Austria | 2021 Keyword: Zoning, Plant production, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Crops/grasses, Inspection, Royalties/fees, Data collection/reporting, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX