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izatioiis; or certify to the effect that the material originated in regions free 
from the quarantined pests named. 
Art. G. Plant material in ba(/f/a(je fiubject to inspection. — Unlicensed lots of 
material and products mentioned in article 2 also are subject to quarantine 
inspection and examination on importation from abroad, regardless of the 
means of entry, namely : 
(a) Those included in general and hand baggage of passengers arriving from 
abroad as unlicensed and duty-free goods for personal use in accordance with 
the customs regulations. 
(h) Those in postal shipments, not intended for commercial purposes; namely, 
in parcels not exceeding 10 kilograms gross weight, allowed by the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics without licenses and delivered to addresses in ac- 
cordance with the order of the People's Commissariat of Communications No. 
775, June 23, 1933. 
Art. 7. Notice of arriiKil f'CQuired. — Administrations of customs ports and air- 
ports, and shipping and express organizations at whose controlled areas of cus- 
toms and ports shipments arrive, must immediately notify the Quarantine In- 
spection Service of each arrival of quarantined material, regardless of quantity 
or ultimate use, and safeguard the same in isolated places in a manner that will 
insure their segregation until a quarantine certilicate is received, reporting their 
freedom from communicable pests, regardless of the presence of the appropriate 
foreign phytosanitary certificate. 
Art, 8. Disposal of infected sliipments. — If, during the quarantine inspection 
or examination (of each shipment, parcel post package, baggage or hand bag- 
gage of passengers arriving in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at various 
ports, customhouses and laboratories) pests and diseases named in the official 
list of insects and plant diseases subject to quarantine, or new species not 
known to exist in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and not yet included 
in the official list, are found, the Quarantine Inspection Service will effect the 
following measures, as a result of the discovery of such harmful insects or 
diseases : 
(a) Complete embargo — return to country of origin or the destruction of the 
entire lot at the point of entry, 
{h) Removal and destruction of the affected portions of the material and re- 
lease of the uninfected remainder for admission into the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics, after the required disinfection prescribed by the Plant Quarantine 
Inspection Service, 
(c) Required fumigation or disinfection in the necessary treatment chambers. 
{d) Prescribing a certain route of transit through the territory of the Union 
of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
(e) Itestricting the localities, methods, and use of such material and products 
in the realm of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
Art. 9. Destruction of dangerous material. — If the condition of the infected 
shipment is such that its retention constitutes a potential danger of infesting 
the territory with injurious insects and diseases subject to quarantine, such 
shipment shall be subject to destruction. The Quarantine Inspection Service 
must immediately destroy the same and prepare a legal document of such action 
in the presence of representatives of the People's Commissariat of the Interior, 
of customs and, if possible, of the consignee. The Administration of Customs 
and Ports must offer full cooperation at this quarantine inspection. 
Arts. 10, 11, and 12 do not concern the foreign shipper. 
importation prohibited 
Art. 13. No one, except certain government institutions mentioned in article 
14 of this decree, is allowed to import the following plants and plant products 
from abroad : 
{a) Potatoes, for technical purposes, consumption, or propagation, on account 
of the wide distribution in foreign countries of potato wart (Synchtriuni en- 
doMoticum (Schilb.) Perc.) ; Colorado potato beetle {Leptinotarsa decemlineata 
Say); potato tuber moth { (Phthorimaea) Gnorimoschema operculella Zell.) ; 
potato nematodes (Heterodera rostochiensis Woll.), which are not known to 
exist in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
(ft) All kinds of root crops, tubers, and all other subterranean vegetables 
and growing food products, also aerial vegetables with parts of the root system 
in soil, even with minute particles of soil clinging to parts of plants. 
