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Articles 1 and 2 define the scope of and terms used in the FAO Code.
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| Article 3 states three general principles:
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Importation must be made only with the consent of the government of the importing country. |
| Other countries in the region concerned must be consulted. |
| Introductions should only be made when in the public interest (i.e. not just in the interest of a small group).
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| Article 4 covers procedures for the importation and release of natural enemies, on the following
lines:
| Approval for release must be based on information about the agent supplied by the agency proposing the release. |
| The host range of any potential agents must be adequately investigated before release.
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| Article 5 covers methods for shipping natural enemies:
| Only healthy specimens of the desired species should be released: all other imported material must be completely destroyed. |
| To ensure this, the organism should be bred through one or more generations in a secure quarantine in the importing country. |
| If there is no secure quarantine in the importing country, stocks should be bred through at least one generation in a secure quarantine in another country before shipment to the importing country.
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| Article 6 covers release and evaluation:
| Records of releases must be kept. |
| Evaluations of the impact should be made.
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| Article 7 deals with the need to create appropriate legislation to govern the importation of natural
enemies:
| A special agency should be created to review applications for importation and make risk/benefit
judgements.
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| Articles 8 and 9 cover the commercial trade in biopesticides.
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| Article 10 deals with information exchange and the need to keep records and voucher
specimens.
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| Article 11 deals with monitoring observance of the code. |
