Vine Pest Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 37, 4 August 1988, 1203 and 1204. Long titleOrdinance on the control of vine pest. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Viticulture/oenological practices Pests/diseases Inspection Internal trade Offences/penalties Plant protection Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the control of grape phylloxera. Article 1 establishes that the suspicion of vine pest has to be notified at once to the competent authority. Once the disease is ascertained around the infected area a protected zone has to be declared. The text – consisting of 8 articles – deals with the following aspects: duty to notify, duty to control vine pest, marketing of vine planting material, limitation of cultivation of vines, rights of Lander, entry into force and penalties. Full text German Website www.bgbl.de