Introduction
On 12 April 2021 a new regulation entered into force to combat the risk of Asian and Japanese gypsy moths being transported into Argentina. The new regulation addresses the requirements for vessels which have been to certain regions of concern in the past 24 months.
According to the regulation, vessels will have to submit a certificate issued by a competent authority if the last port they visited was a region of concern according to the regulation. The certificate must be in English or Spanish and contain the following statement:
The vessel [vessel name], the IMO [IMO identification], was inspected and is considered to be free from Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) or Japanese Gypsy Moth (JGM).
Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy
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Russia
United-states
Shizuoka
Japan
Hyogo
Hokkaido
Tokushima
China
Shimane
Kozmino