Resolution No. 620 of 2022 of Georgian Government on Emergency Measures to Prevent Spread of Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al

This Resolution approves the emergency measures to prevent the spread of the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. It consists of 18 articles: General provisions (1); Definitions (2); Places where the pine wood nematode is not known (3); Laboratory research (4); Emergency management action plan (5); Demarcation of the territory (6); Elimination measures (7); Containment (8); Informing the public and the person responsible for transportation (9); Transporting host plants, receiving timber and husk (10); Control measures for transporting from demarcated to non-demarcated territories and from the infect zone to a buffer zone (11); Measures to be taken in case of non-conformity during the transportation of host plants, receiving timber and husk (12); Registration of processing enterprises (13); Granting the authority to mark (14); State control of the registered processing enterprise and wood packaging materials (15); Suspension and revocation of registration of the registered processing enterprise and wood packaging materials (16); State control (17); and Authority of the Revenue Service (18).