IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF TIIE ISLAMIC REI'ULlLIC OF
PAKISTAN
AND
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
ON
w QI r ~ ANT
n IN^ A N n
I'IIO'L'ISC'I'ION
r n n P w R A m n N INTNT VYFI.n n
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.ANT
'I'hc Govcrnr~~ct~t
of thc Islr~~liicKcpt~blic or I ran- nliti 1l1c
btmrc
Government of the Republic of Pakistan (hereinafter nse r-cfen.c<l
collectively as "the Parties" and individually as "a Party") are desirous to
deepen their mutual cooperation in the field of quarantine and plant
protection and to improve the protection of the territories of the States of the
Parties ngainst bringing in the quarantine harmful organisms and to
liillit
losses originated 'by their effects as well as to make inut.ua1 trade and
exchange of seeds, seedling and goods of plant origin, have agreetl as
follows:-
ARTICLE 1
1.
For purlmsc of this Agrccmcnt,
orgo~iisiiis" I . L ' ~ I . h1
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: ~ t ~\dV C C ~ S d ~ ~ l ; i l . ~:I::t l
quarantine ones by 1I1egenerally binding rcgulalions of' !IIC I'arlics
\iiL,
111i:l ;lr.c
attached here to as appendix.
2.
Appropriste hodics of a Party may mnrlify o r amend the
lists nf
the quarantine organisms. These modifications or n~nerldrnentswill bc
c o m ~ i ~ u ~ ~ i c nto
t c dthc nppropriatc botlics of the o t l ~ c r Pnrly (tvol~gh
diplomatic channels and they will come in fo~.celiot earlier than 60 days
aner such notification.
AR'I'ICLE 2
Appropriate bodies of the Parties will exchange infornintion
about occurrence and spread of the quarantine organisms mentioned in the
list of quarantine organisms of a Party in its territory:
ARTICLE 3
A Parly sl~all erlsure
!11a1
its i~ppruprinie bodies ancl
organizations shall observe legal regulations of the State of the olher Party
concerning-quarantine and plant protection in export and transit of seeds,
seedlings and other goods of plant origin ( hereinafter refr:rred to as "goods
linblc to pl~ytosnnitnryinspectiot>") li-oin thc 1c1.ritot.yof' 11lc st;~lc of' onc
I'oriy ~o/ot'
~lrrough~tlcwrritaly ol'lllc slilrc oi'lhc o~licrl';<rry. I I ~ ~ ~ ) uc'sl)oi.i
I.I,
and transit of consignments will be accornplisl~edvia bordcr crossi~lgs
determined by the appropriate bodies of the Parties if required by either
party.
ARTICLE 4
1.
The Parties agree that upon the export of regulated consignment
paper, plastic and other materials of non-plant oripia shall be used for
packing of the commodities.
2.
*The means of transportation of the regulated consignment shall,
if considered necessary, be carefully cleaned and disinfected prior to
loading.
1.
Each batch of the rcg~~to\cd
cunsigninclic 111al is ~ r a ~ ~ s ; ) c ~ ~ , c c d
from the territory of the State of one Party to (or throt~gh)the territory o1'1he
State of the other Party shall be accompanied by the phytosanitary certificate
issued by the piant quarantine and plant protection services of the exporter
which tcstilics that the co~llinodi
ty is frce o f thc orgnt~isl~~s
of quar:lnl i t ~ c
collcerll h r importing country. The ~~l~ytosnnitary
certificaics shall be donc
in the fonnal language of the exporting country as well
as
in the English
language.
2.
Appropriate bodies of the Parties are entitled to delermine
additional phytosanitary conditions for import of particular consignn~ents.
3.
In the case of re-export of plants and plant
goods, thc
phytosanitary certificate for re-export is obligatorily wllich shall bc
accompanied with the original phytasnnilary certificak nt' ihc produccr
party.
4.
Id
the case o f re-export of plants and goods o f plant origiil the
~hyiosanilaw certificate for re-export i s obligatorily which sllall be
nccoillpnnied with thc original phytosnnitory cci-tilicalc o r the ~ ~ r o d t ~ c c r
pnrty.
ARTICLE 6
If the occurrence af quarantine harmful organisms or any
breach of the q u W i n e regulation of the importer Party are detected, the
competent bodies of the importer party are entitled to destroy zt consignment,
send it b x k or order other suitable ineasurcs about which the appropriate
h)-
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ARTICLE 7
Approprinte bodies of the Parties in patlicular events shall
mutuutly provide the professional, tecllnical and other assistarlce in
quarantine and plant protection in accordance with mutual arrangement.
ARTICLE 8
For the purpose of pllylosn11ita1-ycooperation, the appiol>r,i:~lc
phytosanitary bodies ofQle Parties will:a)..Excharlge laws and oilier t.eg~~lalionspcr~aiuing t o
qtiarantinc and plant protection wit hi^^ two nion!11s :;illcc
their issuc, at 1l1c latesl;
ii
/g
each oihcr akuul profcssio~al mngazincs,
~ironographs and inrportant publicatioris in the field o f
quarantit ~ eand plant pmkction issued in their respective
b) Infoim
States;
c) Co-operate in the field of phytosa;mitar,y science among
research institutions and organizations of phytosanitary
services.
ARTICLE 9
Joint test and taboratory exploration of big consignments of
plants and goods of plant origin while in~portingand exporting to
territory of
the State of one ParLy fro~nthe Lcrritoty of tl~eState oC the
shdl k organized by prior mutual sgrcemc~lt. Encll Pally sll;ill
office fnc;l;tias m d @qr~;prnont for cond~t<.t;ng tt,*
I1nrLy
II
j~iovitlc
5 h o t ~ r~n r r ~ ! ~ i u ~ ~ r ?
laboratory tests. All the e s l ~ n s e rclntcd
s
10 staying oTcxpcrts sh
by the host Party.
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ARTICLE 10
1.
Following are the appropriate bodies of
h e Parties For lhc
purposes of thc irnpIe~~~entation
of tIiis Agreemelit:Ministry o f Agriculture of tllc Islan~icRcpi~blicof Iran on
bchalf of Ihc Iral~iansirlc.
2.
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock the Is\snic
Rcputlic o f Pakistan on bchalf of the Pakistaui ,side.
Appropriate bodies of the Patties shall contact each other
thrn~~gh
diplnmatic cllannels for the implementatinn nf this Agreement.
All disputes concerning the itlterpretation and application of
this Agreement shall be resolved by specialists of borh the Parties through
consultntions. In case the dispute is not resolvdtl~roughconsultntions, ~ l ~ c
same shnll bc settled through diplomatic cl~ant~cls.
ARTJCLE 12
The provisions of this Agreement do not affect rights n11d
obligations of the Parties, resulting from other international Treaties to
which they are Parties.
ARTICLE 13
This Agreement shaH enter into force 30 days after the date of
receiving the last notification of fulfiIrnent by the parties of their internal
l.
procedures which are necessary for this Agreement entering ir~toforce.
This Agreement is valid for five years:It shall be automatically
tentwed for fi~rthcrperinds nf five years. After the expiry of first five years.
2.
either Party lnay at any time terminale 111isAgreement by giving it ~loticco r
six rnoaths in adva~lce!o lllc olllcr party.
The Parties luny ~tlodify or amcnd
3.
the provisions of this
by mutual consellt. These ri~odificationand arnendt~~e~it
sllall
enter into force n accordance will1 pangrapli one of Illis Anicle.
Agreement
DOME in ....................OII .. . ... ................ in two original
~opicsin Farsi. and English I;lngtragc bollt tcxts L C ~ I cqttalty
I~
RIII~ICI~I~C.
Mr. hIn111noodIIojjali
Minisler for Agric~~ltnrc
6c Jiliad
For tltc Govert~mentof llle
Islamic Republic of lrau
Si~rdarY:lr Rlul~nrrl~~~nd
Ililid,
Mirtistcr for Food, Agrici1ih1rc
9 Livestock
For (Ilc Govcrtuucnt or the
Islninic Republic of Pakistan
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