Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Israel on cooperation in the sphere of plant quarantine.

This Agreement consists of 12 articles. Article 1 deals with terms and definitions. “Regulated article” mentioned in the Agreement means any plant, plant product, storage place, packaging, conveyance, container, soil and any other organism, object or material capable of harbouring or spreading pests, deemed to require phytosanitary measures, particularly where international transportation is involved. Regulated articles to be exported from one contracting Party to the other Party must be in accordance with the laws, regulations and provisions of the plant quarantine of the importing country. Regulated articles to be exported from one contracting Party to the other Party shall be quarantined strictly and accompanied with the official plant quarantine certificate of the exporting country, which proves the regulated articles do not contain quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests according to the provisions of the importing country. Soil should not be exported or carried with goods from one Party to the other Party. The Agreement further provides for: requirements on the packing materials and transportation tools, exchanges of regulations and provisions relevant to plant protection and quarantine, competent authorities in charge of implementation of the Agreement, dispute settlement, etc. The validity of this Agreement is 5 years, renewable.