Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of 24th May 1978 on the production of phytosanitary certificates
Article 1.
Plants and parts of plants imported into Tunisia, and to which the regulations set out in the Order of 11th July 1932 apply, must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate in accordance with the FAO Model (Rome, 1951) written in Arabic, French or English and provided by the Plant Protection Service of the country of origin (if a signatory of the International Plant Protection Convention), or else by·a certificate provided by the competent authority in the country of origin (if not a signatory of the above Convention).
If the exporting country is not the country of origin of the plants, the consignment must be accompanied by a copy of the original certificate certified by the exporting country. A supplementary declaration must be made that the consignment has not, during storage, been subjected to any modifications which might make it no longer conform with the current phytosanitary regulations of Tunisia.
Article 2.
The phytosanitary certificate must, for the following plants, be accompanied by a supplementary declaration, certifying according to the nature of the consignment that :
1) Potatoes have been inspected during the growing season and found free from the pests listed in article 1 of the Decree of 11th July 19321). They come from a region in which Synchytrium endobioticum, Heterodera (= Globodera) rostochiensis, Corynebacterium sepedonicum and Leptinotarsa decemlineata have not been observed.
2) Vegetables are free from the pests listed in article 1 of the Decree of 11th July 19321) and come from a region where Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Synchytrium endobioticum and Heterodera rostochiensis have never been observed.
3) Woody plants have been inspected during the growing season and found free from the pests listed in article 1·of the Decree of 11th July 19321). They come from a region where Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus and Synchytrium endobioticum have not been detected. The fields of origin have not been under grapevines for at least 5 years.
4) Fruits are free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus.
5) Material for planting has been inspected during the growing season and found free from the pests listed in article 1 of the Decree of 11th July 19321). It comes from a place where Synchytrium endobioticum has never been observed.
6) Bean seed for sowing has been inspected during the growing season and found free from Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens and Colletotrichum lindemuthianum.
7) Pea seed for sowing has been inspected during the growing season and found free from Pseudomonas pisi.
8) Tomato seed comes from fields inspected during the growing season and found free from Corynebacterium michiganense.
9) Carnation cuttings have been regularly inspected and found free from Pseudomonas caryophylli, Pseudomonas woodsii and Pseudomonas parthenii (= Erwinia chrysanthemi).
1) See EPPO Publications D 13 - Summaries of the Phytosanitary Regulations of EPPO Member Countries : Tunisia, Heading 2, sheet 1. and EPPO Reporting Service no. 418.
Sources
Ministry of Agriculture, Tunis (1979-01)