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Article 5. — In order to protect contracting States against the introduction 

 and the extension of plant enemies, these States pledge themselves not to 

 allow the importation of living plants (plants, cuttings, grafts, flowering bulbs, 

 and cut flowers) unless they are accompanied by the Phytopathological 

 certificate issued by competent official agents of the exporting country. 



Article. 6. — The importation of the plants referred to in the preceding 

 Article can only take place through Custom Houses of which a list sliall 

 have been drawn up by the importing country and communicated to the 

 exporting country. 



Article 7. — Each country reserves its right to inspect plants or fresh 

 debris imported. 



In case the consignment of plants is found to be infected contrary to 

 the indications of the certificate, the importing country shall immediately 

 advise the Government of the exporting country, which will take the measures 

 provided in its regulations. 



The infected produce will be returned to the point of departure at 

 the expense of the proper persons or destroyed by fire if required by the 

 importer ; in this last case, a report shall be transmitted to the Government 

 of the exporting country. 



Article 8. — The certificates shall be in the form appended to this 

 Convention and drawn up in two languages : that of the exporting country 

 and French. 



Article 9. — ^Notwithstanding the above stipulations, the importation of 

 living plants is permitted in the interest of scientific research, even without a 

 certificate, on condition that their destination is a scientific institution duly 

 authorised by the Government of the importing country and that the state of 

 the consignment offers every guarantee against the escape of parasites. 



States with adjoining frontiers may make mutual arrangements to 

 facilitate the exchange of plants in frontier zones. 



Article 10. — The several contracting States are invited to furnish to the 

 International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, at the moment of ratification of 

 or of adherence to the present Convention, a list as restricted as possible of 

 the enemies of plants against which they wish to protect themselves and 

 which must appear on the respective certificates. These lists will be 

 compiled according to the following principles : — 



A. — In the enumeration of the enemies of plants common species of long- 

 standing dispersion extending to nearly all countries will be excluded. 



