48 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan-March 
Cotton Restbictions 
[Decree No. 2384, June 14, 1935] 
QUARANTINED PESTS AND DISEASES OF COTTON 
AntJiononuts grandis Boh., cotton boll weevil. 
Anthonomus yrandis thurhrriac Pierce, Thnrboria weevil, 
Earias insulana Bois., Egyptian cotton boUworm, 
Eriophijcs gossypii, cotton blister mite. 
{Ozonium) PhymatotricJimn omnivorum (Shear) Dug., Texas root rot. 
Pectinophora gossi/piella Saiind., pink boUworm. 
Platgcdra scutigcra Hold., Greensland pink bollworm. 
Also other diseases and pests not known to exist in the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS 
Article 1. The quarantine against cotton pests and diseases applies to the 
following products : 
(a) Seeds of cotton and of all plants of the family Malvaceae. 
(&) Raw cotton. 
(c) Cotton lint. 
(d) Samples of cotton lint. 
(e) Linters and all wastes from cotton combing, textile and cotton factories, 
and cottonseed oil pressing mills. 
{f) Live plants of cotton and its fruiting organs. 
(g) Cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls. 
{h) Wrappers that have been used for the above-named products, as well 
as packing material made of raw cotton, cotton lint, and cotton wastes of all 
kinds. 
(i) Any collection of cotton and its pests and diseases. 
0") Soil from cotton areas in briquettes or otherwise. 
(k) Machinery that has been used in working or reworking cotton products 
(raw cotton, lint, seeds, and all kinds of waste). 
Art. 2. Lists of countries infested with pests and diseases of cotton and of 
the quarantined pests and diseases are compiled and published by the Bureau 
of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines of the People's Commissariat of Agri- 
culture, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
Art. 3. Technical rules and instructions on the application of this decree 
are promulgated by the same Bureau. 
Restrictions on Importation 
Art. 4. Importation prohibited. — The importation of shipments of the prod- 
ucts named in article 1 of this decree, except cotton yarn and samples thereof, 
is prohibited. 
Exeeptions for scientific purposes. — The importation from abroad of seeds 
of cotton and other plants of the family Malvaceae, any collection of species 
of the same as live plants, their fruiting organs, etc., for scientific purposes, 
is allowed only through the All-Union Institute of Plant Industry by permis- 
sion, granted in each case by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines 
of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 
publics. 
The importation from abroad of any kind of collection of quarantined pests 
and diseases of cotton and other Malvaceae is allowed only through the 
All-Union Crop Protection Institute and Control Quarantine Laboratory under 
permit issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines, People's 
Commissariat of Agriculture. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
Art. 5. In-transit movement of quarantined cotton products prohibited. — The 
transi)ortation in transit through the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics of any of the products mentioned in article 1 of this decree without 
a permit from the snid Bureau is prohibited. 
Art. 6. Advance notice of importation required. — The importing organization 
must nf)tify the .said Bureau 1 month in advance of the intended importation, 
indicating the district of origin of the products, port of entry, quantity and 
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