Ministerial Decree No. 1143 of 1998 regarding the amendments and the additions to the Regulation on the Federal Plant Quarantine Service. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Quarantine Institution Pests/diseases Inspection Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Plant protection Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes Entry into force on the date of issue. Abstract The Government decrees to make the following amendments to the Regulation on the Federal Plant Quarantine Service. Paragraph 2 acquires a new wording: "Federal Plant Quarantine Service includes Federal Quarantine Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Pan-Russian Plant Quarantine Research Institute and its branches, Border Federal and State Plant Quarantine Inspections, State Inspections and other divisions making part of the centralised Federal Plant Quarantine Service." Paragraph 3 acquires a new wording: "Federal Plant Quarantine Service is guided in its activity by the Russian Constitution, Presidential Decrees and Orders, Ministerial Decrees and Orders, other Legislative Acts and by this Regulation." The Regulation is supplemented with Paragraph 16 that reads as follows: "The infringement of the plant quarantine legislation entails civil and other liability in accordance with the legislation currently in use in the Russian Federation." Full text Russian Website www.law.optima.ru. References - Legislation Amends Ministerial Decree No. 268 of 1992 regarding the validation of the Regulation on the Federal Plant Quarantine Service. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1992 Keyword: Quarantine, Institution, Weeds, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Plant protection Source: FAO, FAOLEX