Agreement between the Russian Federation and French Republic on cooperation in the sphere of plant protection and quarantine Document type Bilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Mar 11, 1987 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-149949) Title (Other) СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В ОБЛАСТИ КАРАНТИНА И ЗАЩИТЫ РАСТЕНИЙ Place of adoption Paris Language French, Russian Entry into force Mar 11, 1987 Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Weeds Plant protection Packaging/labelling Quarantine International trade International agreement-text Planting material/seeds Certification Pesticides Pests/diseases Abstract For the purpose of the present Agreement quarantine organisms shall be considered pests, plant diseases and weeds specified in the Annexes 1 and 2 (art. 1). The Parties shall carry out the following arrangements: 1) to prevent the introduction and the propagation of pests in the process of import and export of seeds, planting material and plants; 2) to communicate phytosanitary regulations of one of the Parties to the other Party in the process of export, import and transit of freight subject to quarantine inspection; 3) to exchange of information on research in the sphere of plant quarantine and plant protection; 4) to exchange information on the use of pesticides (art. 4). Each lot of freight subject to quarantine inspection shall be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate issued by plant quarantine and plant protection service of the exporting country specifying that the freight complies with phytosanitary requirements of the importing country (art. 6). The Parties have agreed that in the process of export of freight subject to quarantine inspection 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. 7). Availability of phytosanitary certificate shall not exclude the right to carry out phytosanitary inspection by the Parties in conformity with phytosanitary regulations of the proper country (art. 8). Full text Other Website www.vcom.ru Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force France - Russian Federation - reset zoom out zoom in