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Agreement between the Russian Federation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on cooperation in the sphere of quarantine and plant protection

Document type
Bilateral
Field of application
Regional/restricted
Date
Oct 14, 1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX;  IUCN (ID: TRE-149982)
Title (Other)

СОГЛАШЕНИЕ между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Корейской Народно-Демократической Республики о сотрудничестве в области карантина и защиты растений

Place of adoption
Moscow
Language
Russian
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds International trade International agreement-text Quarantine Pests/diseases
Abstract

The Parties have agreed that the authorized institutions of the Parties by 1 April of the current year shall exchange information as regards appearance and propagation of pests and the arrangements for combating them (art. 2). The Parties pledge to undertake all the necessary arrangements for the prevention of introduction to the other country together with the exported freight pests in conformity with the legislation currently in force in the field of quarantine and plant protection of the importing country. Each lot of seeds, planting material, plants and plant production that is transported (or transiting) from the territory of one of the Parties to the territory of the other Party must be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate attesting non-infectiousness of the aforesaid products (art. 3). The Parties shall pledge to observe the provisions of the present Agreement in the process of exchange of any plant species, including donation, exchange for scientific purposes, and also in cases when plant material is destined for diplomatic and other representative offices (art. 5). The Parties have agreed that in the process of export wood-wool, sawdust, wrapping paper, plastic and other materials that cannot be carriers of pests shall be used for packaging. The aforesaid materials must be free of soil, while straw, chaff, leaves and other materials of plant origin shall not be used without prior consent of both Parties (art. 6). Annex 1 contains the list of weeds, plant diseases and pest of importance for the Russian Federation. Annex 2 contains the list of weeds, plant diseases and pest of importance for People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.

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Website
www.ikc.omgau.ru

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Countries Entry into force
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -
Russian Federation -