OK!!??? I do not know if I have missed out on this completely?! But is this
law just at the proposal stage or in fact a law valid as of today? Does
anyone KNOW?
with best regards
Anders
>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:50:31 +0800
>From: "Peter O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [OGD] Zadith Alegria de Moore's letter re Peruvian
> legislation.
>To: orchids@orchidguide.com
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>Zadith's letter (protesting the decree which will force Peruvian
>Orchid exporters to switch from exporting adult plants to exporting
>in-vitro seedlings) contained the following factual error, which needs
>to be corrected. Zadith said:
>
>"No country in the world has ever imposed or required such a drastic
>transition because they understand the reality of orchid production. Only
>INRENA/PERU."
>
>This statement is incorrect. In 1990 Papua New Guinea did much the
>same thing ... ie passed a law that made it illegal to export all
>orchid plants, with immediate effect. They did this because they DID
>understand the reality of "orchid production" in PNG at the time. The
>PNG law didn't permit the export of in-vitro plants, either.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter O'Byrne
>
>
>
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