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

The Parties shall consider quarantine and other infectious pests organisms specified in the Annexes 1 and 2 (art. 1). The Parties have agreed that the competent authorities of the Parties shall exchange, not later than 1 April of the current year, information on quarantine organisms specified in the Annexes and of the adopted preventive measures and arrangements for combating them (art. 3). Export and transit of seeds and planting materials from one country to our through the other shall be carried out according to the related legislation(art. 4). The Parties shall use for packaging wood-wool, sawdust, paper, plastic and other materials that cannot be carriers of quarantine organisms and that must be free of soil. Hay, straw, chaff, leaves and other materials of plant origin shall not be used for packaging. Means of transport used for transportation of cargo subject to quarantine inspection shall be meticulously cleaned up and, in case of infection thereby, shall be disinfected (art. 5). Each lot of commodities subject to quarantine inspection shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate (art. 6). The Parties shall exchange related national legislative acts and regulations no later than two months of the date of publication thereof and shall inform each other of special journals, monographs and publications on plant quarantine and plant protection published in their respective countries (art. 10).