African Union
Phyto-Sanitary Convention for Africa
- Published
- Commenced on 6 October 1992
- [This is the version of this document at 13 September 1967.]
Article I
Article II – Measures of protection
Each Member State shall take such measures of quarantine, certification or inspection, or such other measures as may be considered necessary by the OAU in respect of any living organisms, plants, plant material, seeds, soil, compost or packing material (including containers) and any other article the importation of which has been considered by the OAU to constitute a threat to agriculture in any part of Africa.Article III
Each Member State shall take such measures of quarantine, certification or inspection, or such other measures as may be considered necessary by the OAU in respect of any living organisms, plants, plant material, seeds, soil, compost or packing material (including containers) and any other article the importation of which has been considered by the OAU to constitute a threat to agriculture in any part of Africa.Article IV
Each Member State shall prohibit, for such period of time as the OAU may propose, the importation of any living organisms, plants, plant material, seeds, soil, compost or packing material (including containers) and any other article the importation of which the OAU has considered shall be refused admittance into any part of Africa.Article V
Each Member State shall take such action as may be desirable to deal effectively with diseases, insect pests and other enemies of plants in its territory which the OAU considers have become, or are likely to become, a serious danger within Africa.Article VI
Nothing in the foregoing Articles of the present Convention shall prevent any Member State from importing, under the safeguards to be recommended by the OAU, and for pure or applied scientific investigations, small quantities of plants, plant material or seeds or any other prohibited material. It is understood, however, that such importation of prohibited materials shall only be made in cases of absolute necessity and after ensuring that the risks involved would be kept at the barest minimum. The Member State concerned shall, however, inform the OAU of each importation of otherwise prohibited plants, plant material, seeds, or any other material which is made, and the OAU shall so inform all other Member States.Article VII – Panel of Scientific Consultants
Article VIII – Meeting of phyto-sanitary matters
Article IX – Miscellaneous provisions
The OAU General Secretariat shall service the operation of this Convention and also shall implement duly approved decisions of the OAU which may be taken as a result of the application and operation of the Convention.Article X
Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be resolved by the Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Health Commission shall be referred to the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration of the OAU.Article XI
The Convention may be amended or revised by the Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Health Commission in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXIII of the OAU Charter.Member States of the Organization of African Unity
Algeria | Madagascar |
Botswana | Malawi |
Burundi | Mali |
Cameroun | Mauritania |
Central African Republic | Morocco |
Chad | Niger |
Congo (Brazzaville) | Nigeria |
Congo (Kinshasa) | Rwanda |
Dahomey | Senegal |
Ethiopia | Sierra Leone |
Gabon | Somalia |
Gambia | Sudan |
Ghana | Tanzania |
Guinea | Togo |
Ivory Coast | Tunisia |
Kenya | Uganda |
Lesotho | United Arab Republic |
Liberia | Upper Volta |
Libya | Zambia |