COOPERATION AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA IN THE FIELD OF PLANT PROTECTION AND PLANT QUARANTINE("Off. Herald of RS - Treaties", No. 3/2026) |
The Governmentof the Republic of Serbia and the Governmentof the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, hereinafter referred to as: "the Parties",
Desiring to establish cooperative relations in the fields of plant protectionand plant quarantine;
Concerned with protection of the territories of both States of the Parties against the introduction of plant quarantine pests;
Desirous of helpingto facilitate trade and trade in plants and plant products by complying with phytosanitary standards in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention for Plant Protection (IPPC);
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The terms used in this Agreement are consistent with the definitions of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) to which both Parties have adhered:
- Plants: Living plants and parts thereof, including seeds and germplasm.
- Plant products: Unmanufactured material of plant origin (including grain) and those manufactured products that, by their nature or that of their processing, may create a risk for the introduction and spread of pests.
- Pest: Any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products.
- Quarantine pest: A pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled.
- Regulated non-quarantine pest: A non-quarantine pest whosepresence in plants for planting affects the intended use of those plants with an economically unacceptable impact and which is therefore regulated within the territory of the importing State of the Party.
Article 2
The competent authorities for the implementation of this Cooperation Agreement shall be for the Republic of Serbia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Plant Protection Directorate and for the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Article 3
The Parties shall exchange information on lists of regulated pests, as well as phytosanitary requirements for plant quarantine, related to the import or transit of plants and plant products.
The Parties may also submit, where necessary, additional phytosanitary requirements for the import of plants and plant products subject to phytosanitary inspection in their respective States.
Article 4
The competent authorities shall inform the other Party in a timely manner of any changes in the lists of regulated pests, as well as the respective phytosanitary conditions.
Article 5
The competent authorities shall ensure that the exports or marketing of plants, plant products and articles subject to regulation are carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations of their respective countries regarding plant quarantine and plant health.
Article 6
Plants and plant products traded between the States of the Parties must be inspected and provided with a Phytosanitary Certificate drawn up according to the model indicated in the International Plant Protection Convention and worded according to the modalities adopted by the competent authorities of the States of the Parties.
The Phytosanitary Certificate does not exclude the right of the importing country to carry out the phytosanitary inspection and to undertake the necessary phytosanitary measures in accordance with the regulations in force of the importing State of the Party.
Article 7
The competent authorities shall inform each other on the entry points through which the import, export and transit of plants, plant products and articles subject to regulation may be carried out.
Article 8
The competent authorities responsible for plant health protection may refuse, destroy imported plants or undertake other phytosanitary measures necessary in the event of non-compliance with the phytosanitary regulations in force in the territory of the States of the Parties, as observed during phytosanitary inspections.
Article 9
The competent authorities of the States of the Parties shall:
a. Exchange the rules relating to the protection of plants and plant quarantine, no later than two months after its entry into force of the present Agreement for Cooperation.
b. Promote the exchange of experts and mutual assistance in training and research in the fields of plant protection and plant quarantine.
c. Exchange the information on the plant protection and plant quarantine legislation in force in their respective States.
Article 10
In order to resolve all specific problems relating to the implementation of this Agreement, meetings may be held by mutual consent.
Each Party shall bear the traveling expenses of the delegations that are to travel to the territory of the State of the other Party.
The costs of organizing the meetings will be borne by the host State.
Article 11
Any difference arising from of the implementation or the interpretation of the present Agreement shall be settled by direct negotiations between the Parties through the diplomatic channels.
Article 12
This Agreement does not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties derived from other international agreements, to which they are parties.
Article 13
The present Agreement shall enter into force from the date of receipt of the last notification, by which one Party informs the other Party of the accomplishment of internal legal procedures required for that effect. It shall remain in force for a period of five (5) years and automatically extended for further successive five-years periods, unless one of the Parties notify the other of its intention not to extend the validity of the Agreement, by at least six (6) months before the expiration thereof.
Article 14
This present Agreement may be amended by common agreement between the Parties, in writing and through the diplomatic channel. Any amendment shall enter into force according to the same provisions of entry into force of the present Agreement.
Article 15
The present Agreement may be terminated by either Party, in writing and through the diplomatic channel, at least six (6) months before its expiration.
The termination of the present Agreement shall not affect the implementation of any ongoing modality of cooperation, initiated under provision of the present Agreement unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
Done in Algiers, on March 31, 2026, in two originals copies, in the Serbian, Arabic, and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of divergences of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
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