Law on Phytosanitary (No. VIII-1481).

The purpose of the present Law is to establish preventive measures against the introduction of organisms harmful to plants and plant products into the Republic of Lithuania. The Law consisits of 7 Chapters; General provisions (1); General phytosanitary measures (2); Phytosanitary control at production (3); Phytosanitary control at import and export (4); International cooperation and recognition of plant protection measures in other countries (5); Liability (6) and Final provisions (7).
The Law regulates the requirements for those engaged in planting, propagation, importing, storage, transportation and marketing of plants, and in production, importing, storage, transportation, and marketing of plant products and other objects. The State Plant Protection shall be responsible for the state control phytosanitary conditions of plants and plant products (art. 3). The Minister of Agriculture shall approve lists of harmful plants and plant products of which importation is prohibited (art. 4). All those involved in the production, importation and transportation of plants must register with the Phytosanitary register maintained by the State Plant Protection Service (art. 6).