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Art. 1G. For tho importation of shipments subject to quarantine into the 
realm of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the following ports, customs, 
and frontier points are established : 
(«) For cotton and cotton samples: (See art. 7 of decree no. 345, Jan. 13, 
1935, p. 14.) 
(?>) For seeds (except seeds of cotton and other species of Malvaceae), also 
live plants and parts thereof : Murmansk, Leningrad, Beloostrov, Ostrov, Kingi- 
sepp, Pskov, Bigosovo, Negoreloie, Sebej, Moscow, Shepetovka, Odessa, Batum, 
Novorossiisk, Markara, P>aku, Gaydan (Ashchabad), Termez, Vladivostok. 
(c) For citrus planting material {cuttings, scions, or stocks), except from 
countries from ivhich importation is prohibited hy quarantine {see sec. (c), 
art. 13) : Leningrad, Moscow, Odessa. 
{d) Points of importation for materials mentioned in sections (h) and (c) 
may be added in case of necessity in each specific instance by the Bureau of 
Quarantine when the permit is issued. 
(r) For fresh fruit: All frontier points of northern and western lines of the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Odessa, Nikolaev, Cherson, Baku, and 
Vladivostok. 
{f) For importation by the Bureau of Plant Introduction of the AU-Union 
Institute of specimens of: 
1. Potatoes and other plants of the family Solanaceae : Leningrad. 
2. Sweetpotatoes : Leningrad and Moscow. 
3. All other vegetables : Leningrad, Moscow, Odessa, and Vladivostok. 
4. Seeds of cotton and all Malvaceae : Leningrad only. 
Art. 17. The importation of live flowers without roots or soil is permitted 
through all frontier points of the Union. 
Articles 18 and 19 deal with the procedure for obtaining import permits. 
Article 20 deals with the functions of the People's Commissariat of Agri- 
culture. 
Art. 21. In particular instances, upon the arrival of large shipments, the 
Bureau of Quarantines may allow the drawing of samples at random for 
laboratory analysis, the entire shipment, however, to be forwarded under quar- 
antine to destination. In such cases the organization concerned must safe- 
guard such a shipment in isolated compartments under quarantine until such 
time as a quarantine certificate stating that the shipment is free from infection 
shall have been received. 
Art. 22. Deals with penalties for Infractions of the regulations. 
Phylloxera Restrictions 
[Decree No. 345, Jan. 13, 1935] 
Article 1. Material affected — 
{a) Grapevine propagating material, including rooted cuttings and parts 
of vines of cultivated and wild varieties. 
(&) Props and poles that have been used in vineyards in infested zones. 
(c) Soil and cultivating implements that have been used in vineyards in 
infested zones. 
Art. 2. Phylloxera zones. — Grape-producing regions of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics are subject to division into three zones, according to the 
degree of distribution of phylloxera : 
(a) Districts free from phylloxera (first zone). 
(&) Districts partly infested (second zone). 
(c) Districts fully infested (third zone). 
Arts. 3 to 8. Details concerning phylloxera zoning. 
Art. 9. Introduction of grapevines into nonphylloxerated zones of the Union 
of Soviet Socialist Repuhlics prohibited. — The introduction of grape propagat- 
ing material, whether from abroad or from fully or partly infested districts 
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics into districts declared free from 
Ijhylloxera, is prohibited. 
Note. — Scientific experiment institutes may bring in from infested areas 
propagating material of European hybrids and American varieties in the form • 
of unrooted cuttings only. Each shipment must be separately permitted by 
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines. 
Arts. 10 to 17. Details concerning the planting and movement of grapevines 
in the various zones. 
Arts. IS to 22. Concerning domestic commerce in grapevines. 
