Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of India on cooperation in the sphere of quarantine and plant protection

СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ИНДИЯ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В ОБЛАСТИ КАРАНТИНА И ЗАЩИТЫ РАСТЕНИЙ

The Parties, for the purpose of development of the regular cooperation, shall undertake all the necessary arrangements for: 1) the prevention of the propagation of pests and other dangerous organisms from the territory of each other in the process of export, import and transit of freight subject to quarantine inspection; 2) exchange of regulations and instructions regarding phytosanitary control of freight subject to quarantine inspection; 3) exchange of information on research in the sphere of quarantine, plant protection and pesticides; 4) joint quarantine inspection in case of necessity of freight destined for export and import (art. 3). Each lot of freight shall be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate of the plant protection service of the exporting country. The aforesaid certificate must attest that freight subject to quarantine inspection complies with the requirements set by the importing country (art. 4). Export, import and transit of freight subject to quarantine inspection shall be carried out through the frontier points of seaports determined by the quarantine inspection of the importing country (art. 7).