Bilateral Agreement between Lebanon and Sudan on agricultural quarantine and plant protection.

This Agreement is composed of 13 articles. In order to facilitate the execution of this Agreement the two Parts agreed on the following: (a) exchange of the legislation in force in both countries regarding agricultural quarantine and plant protection; (b) exchange of new regulations and laws related to agricultural quarantine and plant protection within 90 days from the date of their issuance; and (c) information of the concerned authorities in both Countries about the existence of hazardous pests and diseases in imported plants and plant products (art. 1). Article 2 deals with the collaboration for the qualification of the Agricultural Quarantine Departments in the two Countries. Article 3 pertains to the collaboration for the qualification and training of technical specialists in the field of plant protection and quarantine. This Agreement shall be applied only to plant and plant products (art. 4). Importation and exportation of plants shall be carried out by the adopted crossing points (art. 5). The concerned authorities in the two Countries shall ratify an agreement regarding the requirements and conditions necessary for the import and export of plants and plant products (art. 8).