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Regulation No. 103 concerning supervision of the importation of plants.

Country/Territory
Iceland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1948
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Vegetables/legumes International trade Certification Inspection Floriculture
Geographical area
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

Live plants and parts thereof with earth sticking thereto, e.g. trees, scrubs, perennial plants, vegetables with roots, bulbs, potatoes and other tubers, cabbage, plants for planting, potted plants and the like may be imported into Iceland only if the consignments are accompanied by a health certificate issued by an official institute for the supervision of plant disease in the country of origin. The certificate shall grant the information required by article 2. The foods shall first be transported to Reykjavik for inspection (art. 4). The vegetables reefrred to in article 5 shall be subject to disinfection in the country of origin, prior to importation. Article 6 sets out the conditions under which bulbs and tubers of ornamental plants may be imported from Holland and Belgium.

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