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: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
