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nothing in the regulations is to prevent the Customs authority from 

 handing over the consignment to the persons concerned, even if 

 such certificate or invoice is wanting, if, after the ordinary Customs 

 examination, the authority is satisfied that the consignment does not 

 contain gooseberry plants or fresh gooseberries. 



importation of Animals and Animal Products into Hungary. — Regula- 

 tions regarding the importation into, and transit through, Hungary of 

 animals and animal products were issued by the Hungarian Minister 

 of Agriculture on April 22nd, 1910, and came into force on May 1st, 

 1910. 



Dogs, cats, hares, cage-birds, bees, and fish are not subject to any 

 restrictions from a sanitary point of view. 



Live and dead poultry, solipedes (horses, asses, and mules), fresh 

 undried skins and furs, raw undried parts of animals, and other raw 

 animal products originating in Europe, are inspected on entry into the 

 country, and must be accompanied by the certificate of a State veter- 

 inary surgeon in the country of origin to the effect that the stock is 

 healthy, or, in the case of dead poultry, that the birds were healthy 

 before being killed, or, in the case of animal products, that they are 

 from healthy animals; and the certificate must state in the case of 

 poultry that no infectious animal disease has existed in the district of 

 origin for 40 days prior to dispatch, or, in the case of solipedes, that no 

 infectious disease which may be communicated to draft animals has 

 similarly existed, or, in the case of animal products, that they are from 

 a district free from disease. The certificate accompanying fresh undried 

 skins and furs and raw undried parts of animals, if not issued by a 

 State veterinary surgeon, or by the Austro-Hungarian Consulate, must 

 be verified by the Consulate. If, however, certain animal products are 

 sent without such a certificate their importation can only be refused if 

 there are serious sanitary reasons to justify this course. In the case of 

 solipedes a separate certificate is required for each animal. 



The certificates of origin and health should, in addition to the above, 

 contain the following particulars : — The country, district, and village 

 whence the goods originate, the number and species of the animals, 

 the kind, quality, and the number and total weight of the raw animal 

 products, the place of despatch and destination of the goods, and the 

 names of sender and addressee. The certificate should, if not written 

 in the official language of the country of destination, be furnished with 

 verified translation. Those relating to consignments to be transported 

 through Hungary, which enter the frontier of Hungary, should, if not 

 written in Hungarian, be furnished with verified Hungarian translation. 



Cloven-footed animals and fresh and prepared meat can only be 

 imported into or transported through Hungary with the previous 

 special permission of the Minister of Agriculture, to be issued in each 

 case, and with the conditions stipulated in the permission. 



All the above animals and animal products can only be imported at 

 certain stations designated for that purpose at the frontier of the Austro- 

 Hungarian Customs territory. Consignments which on inspection have 

 been found unhealthy or are suspected of some infectious disease, or 

 which do not answer to the other conditions prescribed, are refused 

 'idmission into the country. If poultry are found to be diseased the 



