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Procedure Name | Importation Inspection requirement for Growing Media, Injurious Organisms, Invertebrates or Plants |
Description |
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Importation Inspection requirement for Growing Media, Injurious Organisms, Invertebrates or Plants
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Responsible Agency
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The Ministry of Agriculture
Address: Mulungushi house, Independence Ave.
P.O. BOX 50197, Lusaka
Website: www.agriculture.gov.zm
Fax: +260 250305
Phone: +260 01-253933
Email: info@agriculture.gov.zm
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Legal base of the Procedure
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Plant Pests and Diseases Act, 1959 |
Fee
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Inspection fee: ZMW 54
License Fee: ZMW 15.50
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Required Documents
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Type of information
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Note
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1
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Process Steps
Step 1
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The importer provides all necessary information pertaining to the growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants and gives the inspector access to the growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants.
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Step 2
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The inspection is carried out.
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Step 3
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If the growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants are not compliant, of which the importer is not satisfied within seven days of the date of the order, the importer may lodge with the Minister a notice of his intention to appeal against the order.
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Step 4
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If the growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants are compliant then the importer can proceed with the next steps to import the goods.
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Category | Import |
The following form/s are used in this procedure
This procedure applies to the following measures
Name | Measure Type | Agency | Description | Comments | Legal Document | Validity To | Measure Class |
Authorized Port of Entry for importation of growing medium or plant | Restriction | | All growing medium or plant being imported into Zambia have to come through a port of entry specified in the Third Schedule of the Plant Pests and Disease Act, 1959 or an approved place, or, if quarantine is one of the conditions governing the importation of the growing medium or plant, otherwise than through Lusaka. | No growing medium or plant can be imported into Zambia unless through a port of entry specified in the Third Schedule of the Plant Pests and Disease Act, 1959 or an approved place, or, if quarantine is one of the conditions governing the importation of the growing medium or plant, otherwise than through Lusaka. | Plant Pests and Diseases Act, 1959
| 09-09-9999 | Good |
Importation Inspection requirement for Growing Media, Injurious Organisms, Invertebrates or Plants | Inspection Requirement | | An importer of growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants and his servants and agents shall afford an inspector access thereto and shall give such information and provide such labour and facilities as the inspector may require for the purposes of carrying out any inspection, sorting, disinfection, fumigation or treatment of the growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants. | All growing media, injurious organisms, invertebrates or plants being imported into Zambia are required to undergo inspection, sorting, disinfection, fumigation or treatment. | Plant Pests and Diseases Act, 1959
| 09-09-9999 | Good |
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