Law on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine

植物保护与检疫法（修订版）

ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍ ການປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ການກັກກັນພືດ ( ສະບັບປັບປຸງ )

Issued by: 老挝国会 National Assembly (ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ)
Date issued: 2016-11-15

Summary

This Law establishes the fundamental framework for plant protection and quarantine, aiming to prevent and control plant pests, thereby safeguarding agricultural production security and the ecological environment. It applies to the protection and quarantine of plants and plant products, as well as related management activities, delineates the responsibilities of competent authorities, regulates quarantine permits and prohibitions, and promotes plant health and trade safety.

Articles

Article 1

Article 1.(amendment) Objectives
The Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine establishes the principles, regulations and
measures on management, monitoring, inspection of plant protection and quarantine
activities with the aims of preventing pest out breaks within country, preventing the
introduction and spread of pests and diseases from abroad into Lao PDR and from Lao
PDR to other countries, securing the health of plants, protecting the environment,
ensuring food security and commercial production, increasing quantitatively and
qualitatively in line with direction on clean agriculture, green growth and sustainable
development , and contributing to trade, security and development of the country.

Article 2

Article 2. (amendment) Plant Protection and Quarantine
Plant protection means prevention, surveillance and control of pests and preventing
outbreaks which can cause a impact on plants, animals, humans and the environment.
Plant Quarantine means the official confinement of plants, plant products or other
regulated articles and the use of phytosanitary measures for inspection, testing or
treatment of plants, plant products or other regulated articles for the purposes of
disinfestation of regulated pests.

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