Bilateral Agreement between Lebanon and Italy in the field of plants.

This Agreement is composed of 8 articles. Article 2 deals with objectives and activities including the following: (a) development and re-qualification of nurseries and fruit-trees in Lebanon by providing the seeds and reproduction materials free from diseases; (b) establishment of the Project Cooperation Unit; (c) supporting the Government of Lebanon to renew the legislative skeleton; (d) production and delivery of materials free form diseases; (e) inspection of the soil sanitary requirements and horticulture; (f) creation and equipment of the Plant Diseases Laboratories; (g) the completion and stating of the Agriculture Unit at the laboratory; and (h) training of a national coordinate, nursery experts, specialists in viruses and threadlike worms, harvest and picking experts and the like. Articles 5-8 contain general provisions such as the property of equipment and instruments, dispute settlement, duration of validity of the Agreement, etc.