Cabinet Decision No.98 of 2012 to establish the National Center for Agricultural Prevention and Quarantine.

This Resolution consisting of 12 articles aims at establishing the National Center for Prevention and Quarantine, subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Resources and managed by a Management Committee. The Center mainly undertakes the following (i) follow up on the implementation of the legislation in force in the matter of plant protection and internal and external plant quarantine and the implementation of agricultural pest control programs; (ii) supervise plant quarantine offices; (iii) conduct periodic monitoring of private and public nurseries and ensure that they are free from agricultural diseases and pests and comply with special conditions and specifications; (iv) health monitoring of seedlings imported to Libya, ensuring that they are free from plant diseases and pests, and granting import and export licenses for plant products; (v) provide data and information on agricultural quarantine in coordination with the competent authorities; (vi) work on implementing studies and applied experiments in the field of agricultural pest control; (vii) prepare integrated biological control programs; (viii) collect information about various agricultural pests in all regions and supervise the disposal of trees and plants affected by agricultural pests by scientific methods; (ix) evaluate registered pesticides and their effectiveness in controlling agricultural pests; (x) control the regulation of the supply and circulation of pesticides inside Libya and the inspection of pesticides inside and outside Libya; (xi) review the shops and distribution centers of agricultural pesticides and ensure their compliance with the health conditions in force; (xii) conduct analyzes of the quality of the supplied pesticides and their conformity with the required specifications; and (xiii) carry out the registration of agricultural pesticides and approve them through the technical committees.