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Decree-Law No. 67/2020 ensuring the implementation and compliance with obligations arising from Regulation (EU) No. 2016/2031, on protective measures against plant pests, and Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625, on official controls in the field of protection measures against plant pests.

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Abstract
This Decree-Law ensures the implementation and guarantees compliance, in the national legal order, with Regulation (EU) No. 2016/2031, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 26 October 2016, relating to protection against plant pests. It also ensures, with regard to the application in the field of protection measures against plant pests, the implementation and guarantees compliance, in the national legal order, with the obligations arising from Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 15 March 2017, on official controls and other official activities aimed at ensuring the application of food and feed legislation and rules on health and well-being animal health, plant health and plant protection products, in the field of protection measures against plant pests, hereinafter referred to as Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625, as well as its amendments and the implementing or delegated acts provided for therein. The phytosanitary protection measures against plant pests are applicable throughout the national territory.
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This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication.
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Serial Imprint
Diário da República, Series I, No. 180, 15 September 2020.
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English

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Original title
Decreto-Lei n.º 67/2020 - Assegura a execução e garante o cumprimento das obrigações decorrentes do Regulamento (UE) n.º 2016/2031, relativo a medidas de proteção contra as pragas dos vegetais, e do Regulamento (UE) n.º 2017/625, relativo aos controlos oficiais, no domínio das medidas de proteção contra pragas dos vegetais.