Burgenland Plant Protection Law 2003.

Purpose of the present Act is the protection of plants and plant products from diseases and harmful agents within the Land of Burgenland. The protection of plants from damages inflicted by huntable animals is, however, not regulated by the present Act. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as “living plants”, “living parts of plants”, “plant products”, “harmful agents”, “protective measures for plants”. The text consists of 16 articles as follows: Purpose (1); Definition of terms (2); Professional users (3); Use of pesticides (4); Certification (5); General duties for growers (3); Specific plant protection measures (4); Measures for particular harmful agents (5); Common measures for eviction of starlings (6); Official ordinances (7); Costs (9); Interdiction of keeping and manipulating harmful agents (9); Competent authorities (10); Participation of local inhabitants (11); Commission of experts (12); Penalties (13); References (14); Final provisions (15); EU-directives (16).