Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Mongolia on cooperation in the sphere of plant quarantine and plant protection.

The Parties have agreed to consider quarantine and other infectious organisms , plant diseases and weeds contained in the Annexes 1 and 2 (art. 1). The Parties shall undertake the necessary arrangements to prevent the introduction of quarantine organisms from one country to the other during import, export and transit of plants and plant products (art. 2). The competent authorities shall carry out meticulous inspection and shall issue phytosanitary certificates for plants and plant products to be delivered to the other . The Parties shall use for packaging wood-wool, sawdust, paper and synthetic materials that cannot be carriers of quarantine materials. Hay, straw, chaff, leaves and other plant materials shall not be used without prior mutual agreement . Cargo subject to quarantine inspection shall be free of soil (art. 4). . Means or transport used for the transportation of cargo subject to phytosanitary inspection must be cleaned up and, in case of infection thereof with quarantine organisms, shall be disinfected (art. 7). The Parties shall exchange information on the performed arrangements, laws, rules and regulations currently in force related to plant quarantine and plant protection, shall inform each other of the outcome of plant quarantine inspection in the border areas and the adopted arrangements for combating them. In case new quarantine organisms are detected on the territory of one of the Parties, it must timely inform the other and, in case of necessity, to adopt joint arrangements for the destruction thereof (art. 9).