General UAE Legal Questions LawFederal Law No. (38) of 1992 Concerning Plant Nurseries and Organizing, Producing, Importing and Handling Nursery-Plants

Article (1) The following wards and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them unless otherwise requires. Country : The United Arab Emirates. The Ministry : The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Minister : The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Deputy Minister : The Deputy Minister of agriculture and fisheries. The competent Management : Agricultural Affairs Sector or any organizational unit derived there from. The Competent Authority : The competent authority for the regulation of establishing the Nurseries, producing importation, and handling of seedlings in each Emirate. Seedlings : The plants produced in the nursery by any of the propagation methods and were bred in the same nursery until they reached the suitable size to be transferred and permanently planted. Nursery : An area allocated for producing seedlings of vegetables, fruits, jungles, indoor or ornamental plants until it reaches suitable size for permanent cultivation. Trade Nursery : The location allocated for to propagation and growing seedlings.

Article (2) The concerned Department in coordination with the competent Authority shall determine the bases of establishment of nurseries of all kinds, sale centers, species, varieties, specifications of seedlings, the bases and conditions of their production, importation, handling circulation and promotion in the country.

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Federal Law No. (38) of 1992 concerning Plant Nurseries and Organizing, Producing, Importing and Handling Nursery-plants. 3 The following shall specially be determined as follows: 1- Regulations shall be followed by the owners of the nurseries in propagation grafting and preserving their species and verities, the records should they keep and methods of registration and auditing. 2- Conditions and formalities used for checking the seedlings, evaluating their fitness methods of objection on the results of tests and the decision is taken in this respect . 3- Procedures should be taken for species and varieties of seedlings contravening the rules of this law and the resolutions issued for the implementation of its rules thereof. 4- Procedures should be adopted for nurseries and the sale centers violating the provisions of this law or the resolutions issued for the implementation of its rules thereof.

Article (7) Employees assigned to implement the provisions of this law, the decisions issued in execution thereof, and who were selected through a ministerial decree issued by the minister of justice in coordination with the minister of agriculture and fisheries shall be deemed juridical inspection detection. They are deemed to enter the places, which activities are included within the provisions of this law except the locations allocated for residency, in purpose of implementing the provisions of this law, and keep down the convicting cases, and the local authorities in the Emirates shall provide them with all facilities necessary for achieving their work.

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Federal Law No. (38) of 1992 concerning Plant Nurseries and Organizing, Producing, Importing and Handling Nursery-plants. 5