The purposes of this Resolution are to:
• Declare the Phytosanitary Alert Device for the banana wilt fungus (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4), in accordance with Chapter VI, Article 30 of Nicaragua Phytosanitary Protection Law No. 1020;
• Declare the banana wilt fungus (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4) to be a quarantine pest absent from the national territory, in accordance with International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 8: Determination of pest status in an area;
• Strengthen the phytosanitary surveillance system in commercial plantations of musaceae and risk sites to prevent its entry, establishment and spread, and to reduce possible negative impacts on national production;
• Strengthen the phytosanitary diagnostic capacity of laboratories of the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health in order to improve the response to and timely identification of this pest;
• Develop and adopt an action plan to strengthen the capacities to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the disease known as banana Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) in Nicaragua;
• Establish the following phytosanitary measures in the national territory to prevent the introduction of the banana wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4):
a. Prohibit the importation of host plants, musaceae plant products or regulated articles from countries where Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 is present;
b. Allow the importation of musaceae germplasm produced in vitro from promising materials in production centres approved by the NPPO of the exporting contracting party, subject to a risk assessment, inspection at origin, quarantine, and recognition by the NPPOs of the contracting parties;
c. Passengers, carriers and crew entering the country must comply with the biosecurity measures implemented by the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health to prevent the introduction of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4, including through the use of fixed or mobile foot or shoe baths or phytosanitary mats, as the case may be, at points of entry and border checkpoints;
• Other measures set out in Executive Resolution No. 005-2023.
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