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Art. 3. In order to exercise an eflficacions control of commerce in the above- 
named seeds, the Ministry of Agriculture and Domains will issue to the staff of 
agronomic stations, agricultural advisers, regional agronomists, inspectors of 
the Ministry of Agriculture, and other official specialists, permanent authoriza- 
tions permitting them to make a search on the spot and, if necessary, to take 
samples for analysis. 
ENTRY OF DODDER SEEDS PROHIBITED 
Art. 17. The importation is prohibited of forage-plant seeds that contain 
dodder {Cuscufa spp. ) or other parasitic plants harmful to fields sown with 
grass, clover, or other forage crops. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 18. Forage-plant seeds may be imported through the following customs 
ports of entry : Halmi, Timishoara, Arad, Ghica-Voda, Galatzi, Sibiu, Con- 
stantza, and Bucharest. 
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY 
Art. 19. The classes of seeds named in article 1 must meet the following 
conditions in order to qualify for importation : 
(a) They must not contain a single dodder seed, whether mature or green 
and whether germinable or not. 
(&) They must have a germinability lying within the prescribed limits. 
(c) They must be delivered in sacks bearing a serial number, whole and 
without patches. 
(d) The importer must present at the customs port of entry a declaration of 
importation in duplicate, in the prescribed form. 
Arts. 20 to 28. Relate to sampling and analysis of seeds, penalties, etc. 
Importation of Five-Leafed Pines Prohibited 
[Ministerial Decision No. 93554, May 5, 1936] 
Article 1. The introduction is prohibited of young plants and seeds of white 
pine (Pinus strohus L.), sugar pine (P. lambertiana Douglas), limber pine 
(P. flexilis James), and Swiss stone pine (P. ccrnhra var. sihirica Oud.) for a 
period of 5 years from the promulgation of the present decision. 
Art. 2. The entire stocks of pines of the above-named species found in 
infested nurseries will be destroyed by fire. 
Art. 3. The growing of those species of pines in infested nurseries is pro- 
hibited for a period of 5 years. 
Art. 4. In addition to the above provisions, any other necessary measures 
will be taken to prevent the spread of white-pine blister rust. 
B. E. P. Q. 422, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF RUMANIA 
March 23, 1987. 
The restrictions already imposed on the importation of plants into Rumania 
by the phylloxera and San Jose scale orders (see pp. and 9 of B. E. P. Q. 
422) have now been supplemented by those of Ministerial Order No. 220852 
of October 23, 1936, the text of which follows: 
Importation of Pl.\nts From Certain Countries Restricted on Account of 
Colorado Potato Beetle 
Article 1. The importation of plants, parts thereof (bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, 
roots) from Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, 
and the United States, as well as from other countries which later may be 
known to have become infested by the Colorado potato beetle {Lcptinotarsa 
decemlineata Say), is permissible only under the following conditions: 
