Agreement between Lebanon and Romania concerning the cooperation in plant protection and quarantine

انفاقية بين حكومة الجمهورية اللبنانية وحكومة رومانيا في مجال التعاون في حقلي وقاية النبات والحجر الصحي

This Agreement is composed of 17 articles. The competent authorities in the two Countries (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives-Lebanon and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry-Romania), shall carry out the inspection and control on agricultural crops, forests, uncultivated lands and plant products with the objective to detect any epidemics or diseases (art. 1). Terms and definition are mentioned in the International Treaty for Plant Protection and amendments of 1997 (art. 3). The competent authorities in the two Countries shall inform each other about the diffusion of any epidemics or diseases (art. 4). Importation of plants to and from the two Countries shall be accompanied by a sanitary certificate (art. 5). The competent authorities in the two Countries shall communicate to the other about the crossing points (art. 9). The two Parties shall encourage the exchange of information about the sanitary situation in both countries and exchange laws and regulations related to plant protection (art. 10). The two authorities shall organize periodic joint consultations (art. 11).