Law No. 102-IIQ on phytosanitary control.

This Law determines the legal basis for organizing and exercising the phytosanitary control in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and regulates relations between subjects acting in the field of plant protection and plant quarantine. The scope of phytosanitary control shall include the following: (a) observance of the requirements of phytosanitary control legislation by legal entities and natural persons; (b) organization and implementation of phytosanitary measures with the object of preventing the entry from other countries into and spread within the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan of pests subject to quarantine; (c) observance of the phytosanitary regulations and norms during production, procurement, sale, storage and transportation of plant and plant products; (d) exercising control over safety of quarantine objects being under the phytosanitary control, conducting of surveillance of reasons and conditions of infestation and spread thereof; and determination and implementation of mandatory phytosanitary measures for their prevention and liquidation; (e) distribution, storage, transportation and use of pesticides, including reserves thereof purchased at the expense of the state budget; (f) activity of legal entities and natural persons dealing with production, import, export, storage, sale and application of pesticides, biological substances and other plant protection means; and (g) other issues provided for in the legislation. Phytosanitary control shall be based on the following principles: (a) coordination; (b) equivalence; (c) transparency; (d) risk assessment; (e) determination of the level of phytosanitary protection; and (f) adaptation to the regional conditions.