Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on cooperation in the sphere of plant quarantine and plant protection.

The Parties shall have agreed to consider quarantine and other infectious pests, organisms specified in the Annexes 1 and 2 (art. 1). The Parties have agreed as follows: (a) to undertake the necessary arrangements to prevent for the prevention of the propagation of quarantine and other infectious organisms from one country to the other the territory of one of the Parties to the territory of the other Party as regards in the process of import and export of seeds, planting material, plants and other products subject to quarantine inspection; (b) to observe phytosanitary regulations in force on the territory of the Parties relating to in the process of export, import and transit of cargo subject to quarantine inspection; (c) to exchange regulations, provisions and instructions regulating phytosanitary supervision within two months from the date of publication thereof; (d) to exchange information on scientific research and publications related to plant quarantine and plant protection; (e) to exchange experts; (f) to render scientific, technical and other assistance in the sphere of plant quarantine and plant protection; (g) to carry out, in case of necessity, joint quarantine inspection of cargo subject thereto as regards in the process of export and import (art. 3). The competent authorities of the Parties shall exchange not later than 1 April of the current year information on the appearance on the territories of the Parties of quarantine organisms specified in the Annexes and of the on adopted preventive measures and the arrangements for combating them (art. 4). Each lot of commodities subject to quarantine inspection shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting Party (art. 5). Export and transit of materials subject to The Parties shall consider quarantine and other infectious pests, organisms specified in the Annexes 1 and 2 (art. 1). The Parties have agreed as follows: (a) to undertake the necessary arrangements to prevent the propagation of quarantine and other infectious organisms from one country to the other as regards import and export of seeds, planting material, plants and other products subject to quarantine inspection; (b) to observe phytosanitary regulations in force on the territory of the Parties relating to export, import and transit of cargo (c) to exchange provisions and instructions regulating phytosanitary supervision ; (d) to exchange information on scientific research and publications ; (e) to exchange experts; (f) to render scientific, technical and other assistance ; (g) to carry out, in case of necessity, joint quarantine inspection of cargo subject thereto as regards export and import (art. 3). The competent authorities of the Parties shall exchange no later than 1 April of the current year information on quarantine organisms specified in the Annexes and on adopted preventive measures (art. 4). Each lot of commodities shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting Party (art. 5). Export and transit of materials from one country to or through the other shall be carried out by the competent authority of the importing Party (art. 6). Means of transport, including containers and packages used for transportation of cargo, subject to quarantine inspection, shall be free of quarantine organisms and, in case of infection thereby, shall be disinfected (art. 7). The Parties shall use for packaging paper, plastic and synthetic materials that cannot be carriers of quarantine organisms and that must be free of soil (art. 8).