Reviewing existing regulatory frameworks on plant protection
As part of its FAO Legal Papers Online series, the FAO Legal Office has recently published "Guidelines for the revision of national phytosanitary legislation" by J. Vapnek and D. Manzella. The guidelines attempt to distil the experience gained and lessons learned during the implementation of FAO legal assistance activities in the phytosanitary field in recent years, carried out in close collaboration with the Plant Protection Division of FAOs Agriculture Department. The publication also takes into account the issue of plants, or plant products, that are living modified organisms (LMOs) when drafting or amending phytosanitary legislation. See
http://www.fao.org/Legal/prs-ol/lpo63.pdf or contact
[email protected] to request a copy.
