Law No. 817 “On plant protection”.

This Law establishes legal, economic and organizational basis for plant protection, including, crops, against pests, diseases and weeds. The main tasks of state policy in the sphere of plant protection shall be: (a) to ensure favourable phytosanitary situation; (b) prevention of negative impact of pesticides on human and animal health, agricultural products and environment in the process of application of phytosanitary arrangements; and (c) ensuring food security. Authorized state institution in the sphere of plant protection shall carry out the following tasks: (a) phytosanitary monitoring of hazardous organisms; (b) testing and approbation of pesticides; and (c) testing of agricultural products for the presence of maximum residue limit (MRL) of pesticides, nitrites and salt of heavy metals. Phytosanitary monitoring of particularly hazardous organisms shall be state monopoly.