President Poroshenko signed the Law on Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Regulation of Some Phytosanitary Procedures, the implementation of which will allow harmonizing the Ukrainian legislation in the plant quarantine with EU legislative requirements, the president’s press office reports.
The law introduces changes to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences, which establish, in particular, the collection of the fine from the officials of phytosanitary laboratories for violating the legislation of Ukraine in the plant quarantine.
The amendments were also introduced to the Law of Ukraine On Plant Quarantine, in particular, it was stipulated that the laboratories of any form of ownership should conduct the phytosanitary examination.
The law also stipulates the creation of the Register of Authorized Phytosanitary Laboratories and the Register of Issued Phytosanitary Certificates.