Objectives

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     To maintain and increase international cooperation in controlling

pests and diseases of plants and plant products, and in preventing

their introduction and spread across national boundaries.

Summary of provisions

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     (a) Parties undertake to adopt the legislative, technical and

administrative measures specified in the Convention (art. 1);

     (b) Specific and regional agreements to be made in conjunction

with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

(art. 2);

     (c) Each Party to set up an official plant protection organization

to:

            (i)  Inspect areas under cultivation and consignments of

                 plants in international traffic for existence or

                 outbreak of plant pests or diseases;

           (ii)  Issue certificates relating to the phytosanitary

                 condition and origin of plants and plant products;

          (iii)  Carry out research in the field of plant protection

                 (art. 4);

     (d) Parties to regulate very strictly the import and export of

plants and plant products, by means, where necessary, of prohibitions,

inspections and destruction of consignments (art. 6).

Membership

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     Open to any State interested in the purposes of the Convention,

whether or not a member or associate member of FAO.

Method of participation

     Open for signature until May 1952.  Signatures subject to the

deposit of instruments of ratification with the Director-General of

FAO, without time-limit.  After ratification by three signatory

Governments it entered into force, and then remained open for adherence

by non-signatory Governments, without time-limit, by depositing an

instrument of adherence with the Director-General.

                                                    Amendments

     Date of adoption               6.12.1951       November 1979

     Place of adoption              Rome, Italy     Rome, Italy

     Date of entry into force       3.4.1952        4.4.1991

     Languages                      English, French,

                                                                                              Spanish

     Depositary                     FAO              FAO

     Participant                      Ratification/Accession (Ac)/

     -----------                      Succession (S)  

                                      =============================

     Algeria                           1.10.1985 (Ac)

     Argentina                        23. 9.1954 (Ac)

     Australia*                       27. 8.1952

     Austria                          22.10.1952

     Bahrain                          29. 3.1971 (Ac)

     Bangladesh                        1. 9.1978 (Ac)

     Barbados                          6.12.1976 (Ac)

     Belgium                          22. 7.1952

     Belize                           14. 5.1987 (Ac)

     Bolivia                          27.10.1960 (Ac)

     Brazil                           14. 9.1961

     Cambodia                         10. 6.1952 (Ac)

     Canada                           10. 7.1953

     Cape Verde                       19. 3.1980 (Ac)

     Chile                             3. 4.1952

     Colombia                         26. 1.1970

     Costa Rica                       23. 7.1973

     Cuba                             12. 4.1976

     Czechoslovakia                    5. 8.1983 (Ac)

     Denmark                          13. 2.1953

     Dominican Republic               20. 6.1952 (Ac)

     Ecuador                           9. 5.1956

     Egypt                            22. 7.1953

     El Salvador                      12. 2.1953

     Ethiopia                         20. 6.1977 (Ac)

     Finland                          22. 6.1960 (Ac)

     France                           20. 8.1957

     Germany                           3. 5.1957

     Ghana                            22. 2.1991 (Ac)

     Greece                            9.12.1954 (Ac)

     Grenada                          27.11.1985 (Ac)

     Guatemala                        25. 5.1955

     Guinea                           22. 5.1991 (Ac)

     Guyana                           31. 8.1970 (Ac)

     Haiti                             6.11.1970 (Ac)

     Hungary                          17. 5.1960 (Ac)

     India                             9. 6.1952

     Indonesia                        21. 6.1977

     Iran, Islamic Republic of        18. 9.1972

     Iraq                              1. 7.1954 (Ac)

     Ireland                          31. 3.1955

     Israel                            3. 9.1956

     Italy                             3. 8.1955

     Jamaica                          24.11.1969 (Ac)

     Japan                            11. 8.1952

     Jordan                           24. 4.1970 (Ac)

     Kenya                             7. 5.1974 (Ac)

     Korea, Republic of                8.12.1953 (Ac)

     Lao People's Democratic Republic 28. 2.1955 (Ac)

     Lebanon                          18. 9.1970 (Ac)

     Liberia                           2. 7.1986 (Ac)

     Libyan Arab Jamahiriya            9. 7.1970 (Ac)

     Luxembourg                       13. 1.1955

     Malawi                           21. 5.1974 (Ac)

     Malaysia                         17. 5.1991 (Ac)

     Mali                             31. 8.1987 (Ac)

     Malta                            13. 5.1975 (Ac)

     Mauritius                        11. 6.1971 (Ac)

     Mexico                           26. 5.1976 (Ac)

     Morocco                          12.10.1972 (Ac)

     Netherlands                      29.10.1954

     New Zealand**                    16. 9.1952

     Nicaragua                         2. 8.1956 (Ac)

     Niger                             4. 6.1985 (Ac)

     Norway                           23. 4.1956 (Ac)

     Oman                             23. 1.1989 (Ac)

     Pakistan                         10.11.1954 (Ac)

     Panama                           14. 2.1968 (Ac)

     Papua New Guinea                  1. 6.1976 (Ac)

     Paraguay                          5. 4.1968 (Ac)

     Peru                              1. 7.1975 (Ac)

     Philippines                       3.12.1953

     Portugal                         20.10.1955

     Romania                          17.11.1971 (Ac)

     Russian Federation               24. 4.1956 (Ac)

     Senegal                           3. 3.1975 (Ac)

     Sierra Leone                     23. 6.1981 (Ac)

     Solomon Islands                  18.10.1978 (Ac)

     South Africa                     21. 9.1956

     Spain                            18. 2.1952

     Sri Lanka                        12. 2.1958

     Saint Kitts and Nevis            17. 4.1990 (Ac)

     Sudan                            16. 7.1971 (Ac)

     Suriname                         28.11.1954 (S)

     Sweden                           30. 5.1952

     Thailand                         16. 8.1978

     Togo                              2. 4.1986 (Ac)

     Trinidad and Tobago              30. 6.1970 (Ac)

     Tunisia                          22. 7.1971 (Ac)

     Turkey                           29. 7.1988 (Ac)

     United Kingdom of Great

       Britain and Northern

       Ireland***                      7. 9.1953

     United States of  

       America****                    18. 8.1972

     Uruguay                          15. 7.1970

     Venezuela                        12. 5.1966 (Ac)

     Yemen                            20.12.1990 (Ac)

     Yugoslavia                       11. 2.1955

     Zambia                           24. 6.1986 (Ac)

        *    Extended to Nauru and Norfolk Island on 9.8.1954.    

  

       **    Applied to Cook Islands and Niue.

      ***    Extended to the Isle of Man and Jersey on 1.10.1953, and

to the Bailiwick of Guernsey on 9.3.1966.

     ****    Extended upon ratification to all territories for the

international relations of which the United States of America is

responsible.

     At its twentieth session, in November 1979, the FAO Conference

approved a revised text of the Convention.  In accordance with

article XIII.4 of the revised text, the Convention shall enter into

force as from the thirtieth day after acceptance by two thirds of the

contracting parties.

     The following States have so far deposited notifications of

acceptance of the revised text of the Convention:

     Participant                               Dates of receipt of

                                               notification of

                                               acceptance          

     ------------                               ------------------

     Algeria                                     1.10.1985

     Argentina                                  14.11.1983

     Australia                                  22. 5.1981

     Bangladesh                                 11. 1.1984

     Barbados                                    4. 4.1991

     Belgium                                     6. 5.1983

     Belize                                     14. 5.1987

     Brazil                                     28. 8.1985

     Bulgaria                                    8.11.1991

     Canada                                     17. 9.1980

     Cape Verde                                 19. 3.1980

     Chile                                       8.10.1980

     Colombia                                   18. 9.1980

     Costa Rica                                 22. 9.1986

     Czechoslovakia                              9.10.1987

     Denmark                                    19. 9.1980

     Ecuador                                    22. 7.1988

     El Salvador                                20. 9.1982

     Equatorial Guinea                          27. 8.1991

     Ethiopia                                   26. 5.1980

     Finland                                    31. 5.1982

     France                                     29.10.1980

     Germany                                    27.11.1985

     Ghana                                      22. 2.1991

     Grenada                                    27.11.1985

     Guatemala                                  21. 8.1980

     Guyana                                     21. 7.1982

     Haiti                                       3.12.1990

     Hungary                                     1. 4.1981

     Indonesia                                  14.11.1990

     Ireland                                    27. 1.1981

     Israel                                     26. 7.1982

     Korea, Republic of                          4.11.1980

     Lebanon                                    24.10.1990

     Liberia                                     2. 7.1986

     Luxembourg                                  7. 2.1983

     Malaysia                                   17. 5.1991

     Mali                                       31. 8.1987

     Malta                                      16.11.1990

     Mauritius                                  10. 9.1990

     Mexico                                     11.11.1981

     Morocco                                    24.11.1980

     Netherlands                                 2.11.1981

     New Zealand                                10. 4.1990

     Nicaragua                                  28.11.1990

     Niger                                      17.12.1990

     Norway                                      7. 4.1981

     Papua New Guinea                           13.11.1991

     Peru                                       21.12.1990

     Portugal                                   23. 4.1992

     Russian Federation                          9.12.1982

     Senegal                                    27. 3.1984

     Sierra Leone                               23. 6.1981

     Solomon Islands                            15.12.1989

     South Africa                               10. 3.1981

     Spain                                      30. 6.1981

     Saint Kitts and Nevis                      17. 4.1990

     Sudan                                       5. 3.1991

     Suriname                                   19. 8.1980

     Sweden                                     19.11.1980

     Togo                                        2. 4.1986

     Trinidad and Tobago                         4. 3.1991

     Tunisia                                    29. 8.1990

     Turkey                                     29. 7.1988

     United Kingdom of  

      Great Britain and  

      Northern Ireland                          15. 7.1982

     United States of America                   11. 6.1982

     Uruguay                                     1.10.1981

     Yugoslavia                                 13. 6.1983

     Zambia                                      1. 2.1991

Convention Secretariat

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

00100 Rome, Italy

Cables:      FOODAGRI, ROME

Telex:       610181 FAO 1

             625852 FAO 1/625853 FAO 1

Telephone:   57971

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