Government Decree No. 8 / 1951 Coll.
Regulation on the protection against the spread or introduction of plant pests on import, transit and export
Valid
Effective from 15.02.1951
8.
Government Regulation
of 13 February 1951
on protection against the spread or introduction of plant pests on import, transit and export.
The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic orders pursuant to § 26 paragraph 2 of Act No. 188 / 1950 Coll., on the Improvement of Plant Production:
All plants and their packaging shall be subject to measures to protect against the spread or introduction of plant pests (pests) on importation, transit and export under this Regulation.
(1) For the purposes of this Regulation, pests shall be declared as:
(a) California worm - San José (Aspidiotus perniciosus),
(b) potato almonds (Leptinotarsa decemlineata),
(c) vine fruit (Phylloxera vastatrix),
(d) American mongoose (Hyphantria cunea),
(e) Beetroot (Piesma quadrata),
(f) moles of beet (Phtorimea ocelatella),
(g) moles of potato (Phtorimea operculella),
(h) Potato nematode (Heterodera rostochiensis),
(ch) Mediterranean fly (Ceratitis capitata),
(i) potato cancer (Synchytrium endobioticum);
j) septoriosa - zone of flax (Phlyctaena linicola),
(k) Brazilian ant (Iridomyrmex humilis).
(2) The Ministry of Agriculture may, by decree in the Collection of Laws, supplement the list of such pests.
(3) Plants covered by this Regulation shall mean not only whole plants but also parts thereof, seeds, seed, seed, seedling, onions, reeds, grafts, cuttings and fruits, even if they are intended for feeding, feeding or industrial purposes.
(1) Imported plants must bear a phytosanitary (phytopathological) certificate of the country of origin in which it is confirmed by the competent public authority that the plants are pest free.
(2) Unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation, imported plants shall be subjected to a plant health inspection to be carried out at the places designated by the Minister for Agriculture.
The plant health inspection shall be carried out by the competent district national committees by expert bodies (hereinafter referred to as the inspection bodies).
(1) The imported consignment of plants shall be reported without delay by the transport undertaking or post office, after customs, to the competent national district committee.
(2) Consignments of plants imported without a plant health certificate or where there is doubt as to the accuracy of the plant health certificate particulars are subject to enhanced plant health inspection.
(3) The consignments of plants bearing the phytosanitary certificate of the States with which the Czechoslovak Republic has a plant protection agreement are not subject to a plant health inspection on importation.
Consignments of imported, accompanied or exported plants shall be transported either in sealed and according to the nature of the goods properly sealed and undamaged by vehicles or in sealed new and undamaged packaging.
If the conditions of Section 6 of Section 6 of the accompanying consignment of plants are not fulfilled, the transport undertaking or post office, after the customs office, shall immediately notify the competent district national committee of this defect in order to carry out a plant health inspection.
(1) The inspection authority shall draw up a report on the outcome of the plant health inspection, which shall be co-signed by the customs authority. According to the result of the inspection, the inspection authority shall indicate on the transport document either that it does not object to the customs procedure or that the consignment must not be subject to customs clearance. They shall briefly state their reasons.
(2) Where the inspection authority decides that an imported or accompanying consignment of plants must not be subject to customs clearance, it shall arrange for its return or destruction.
(3) More detailed provisions for carrying out the plant health inspection and measures related thereto shall be laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture by a decree in an official certificate.
The exported plants shall bear a phytosanitary certificate corresponding to the rules of the importing State, provided that such certificate is prescribed or applied for; the certificates are issued by district national committees.
Border traffic shall be treated in accordance with the conventions with neighbouring States on border traffic arrangements. If such conventions do not contain provisions for protection against the spread or introduction of pests, the measures to be taken by the Ministry of Agriculture shall be applied to the national committees entrusted to it.
The Ministry of Agriculture may prohibit by decree in an official document issued in agreement with the relevant ministries, the import or transit of plants from the States where pests have been detected.
The Ministry of Agriculture may entrust the Central Audit and Examination Institute of the Agricultural Institute, after the case of the Research Institute for Forestry, with professional supervision of the maintenance of the provisions of this Regulation.
The Ministry of Agriculture may, on a case-by-case basis, authorise exemptions from the provisions of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication; they shall be carried out by the Minister for Agriculture in agreement with the participating members of the Government.
Fierlinger v. r.
Děuriš v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Government Decree No. 8 / 1951 Coll., on the Protection against the Expansion or introduction of Plant Pest on Import, Transit and Export |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 15.02.1951 |
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| Effective from | 15.02.1951 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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