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Regional:
Agreement for the Establishment of the Near East Plant Protection
Organization
Objectives:
To establish the Near East Plant Protection Organization with
the objective of promoting international cooperation in the
Near East Region in strengthening plant protection activities
and capabilities.
Summary of Provisions:
A Near East Plant Protection Organization established at
Rabat, Morocco, with a Governing Council as its Supreme Body
and an Executive Committee.
The Organization:
- To control pests and advise and assist governments on
carrying out measures to prevent the introduction and spread
of pests of plants and plant products.
- To promote the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct
on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides.
- To coordinate and stimulate campaigns against pests of
plants and plant products.
- To gather and disseminate information on the existence,
outbreak or spread of pests of plants and plant products.
- To provide for exchange of information on national phytosanitary
legislation or other measures affecting the free movement
of plants and plant products.
- To promote the harmonization of quarantine measures particularly
phytosanitary principles, procedures and pest risks assessment
in order that phytosanitary conditions are not used as unjustifiable
trading restrictions.
Date of Adoption:
18.2.1993 (Rabat, Morocco)
Date of entry into force:
Not yet in force
Arab Participants:
Jordan, Syria, Yemen
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