Resolution No.562 of 2019 on the Rules governing Agricultural Quarantine in Egypt. Pays/Territoire Égypte Type du document Règlement Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Plantes cultivées Mot clé Produits agricoles Autorisation/permis Certification Inspection Commerce intérieur Commerce international Parasites/maladies Production végétale Protection des végétaux Matériel de reproduction/semences Quarantaine Aire géographique Afrique, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Résumé This Regulation consisting of 42 articles and several Annexes is issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and concerns Egypt’s plant quarantine rules and regulations. The Regulation mainly aims to (i) prevent the introduction and spread of quarantine pests and limit the economic impact of regulated non-quarantine pests; (ii) facilitate international trade of plants and plant products; (iii) define the terms, functions, and responsibilities of the competent authority, the plant quarantine committee, the quarantine inspectors, and other relevant parties; (iv) specify the conditions and procedures for importing, exporting, transiting, and processing plants and plant products, as well as other regulated articles that may harbor or spread pests; (v) set the rules for issuing phytosanitary certificates, import permits, and other official documents required for plant trade; (vi) list the quarantine pests and regulated articles that are prohibited or restricted from entering or leaving Egypt, and the measures to be taken in case of infestation or violation; (vii) allow for emergency measures, pest risk analysis, surveys, and treatments to be applied in response to new or unexpected phytosanitary situations. The competent Authority, meaning the National Plant Protection Organization, is represented by the Egyptian Plant Quarantine, as provided by Article 2, within the meaning of Article IV of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). Texte intégral Arabe Site web assets.ippc.int