Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Romania on cooperation in the sphere of plant protection and quarantine

Конвенция между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Румынии о сотрудничестве в области карантина и защиты растений

The Parties shall undertake all the necessary arrangements for the prevention of the introduction of pests from the territory of one Party to the territory of another Party. Annexes 2 and 3 that are the integral part of the present Convention contain the list of pests and diseases (art. 2). The authorized institutions of the Parties shall carry out supervision and inspection of crops, forests, uncultivated land, plants and planting material in the process of storage and transport for the purpose of the exposure of hotbeds of perilous pests for agriculture and forestry (art. 3). For the purpose of prevention of the introduction and propagation on the territory of one country by the other Party any export of plants and planting material subject to phytosanitary inspection shall be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate of the established form supplied in the Annexes 4 and 5 (art. 5). Availability of phytosanitary certificate shall not exclude the right to carry out phytosanitary inspection by the importing country and undertaking the necessary arrangements in case of exposure of pests (prohibition of import, annihilation of freight, disinfection, etc.,) (art. 7). The Parties shall prohibit import of soil (except for peat) and utilization of hay, straw, leaves, tree bark and other materials that may contain pests for packaging (art. 9). For the purpose of the introduction of pests and perilous organisms the Parties shall have the right : 1) to restrict or set special requirements for import of plants and planting material ; 2) to prohibit import of plants and planting materials (art. 12).