Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on cooperation in the sphere of plant quarantine

СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ УКРАИНЫ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В ОБЛАСТИ КАРАНТИНА РАСТЕНИЙ

The Parties shall carry out the necessary arrangements for quarantine inspection of seeds, planting material, plants and phytogenic products in the process of import, export and transit at the borders of the Parties in conformity with the list of quarantine organisms contained in the Annexes 1 and 2. The aforesaid lists can be modified of which the Parties shall immediately inform each other (art. 1). The Parties shall covenant: 1) to prevent the propagation of quarantine organisms from the territory of one on the Parties to the territory of another in the process of import, export and transit; 2) to exchange instructions and regulations dealing with plant quarantine arrangements; 3) to exchange information on the origin and propagation of quarantine organisms on the territory of the Parties; 4) to exchange biological agents, micro-organisms for combating pests; 5) to exchange specialists and experts; 6) to render scientific, technical and other assistance in carrying out plant quarantine arrangements, exposure, localization and fumigation of hotbeds (art. 3). The Annexes contain the list of pests, diseases and weeds subject to quarantine inspection on the territory of the Parties.