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(c) Place of origin of the product (State, Province, etc.). 
The phytosanitary certificates referred to in articles 8, 9, and 10 and a 
legalized copy of the customs declaration (parcial de adiiana) will be ap- 
pended to the said application. 
Inspection on Ari^ival 
Art. 4. Provides for the inspection of imported plants and plant products 
and their release through an import certificate if all requirements have been 
met and the products are found to be in good sanitary condition. 
Disposal of Infected Material 
Aut. 5. In case the product inspected be not in good saniuiry condition it 
will be subject to selection, disinfection or its equivalents, incineration, or 
relading, according to the circumstances. 
Each plant product which on being inspected is found to be attacked by 
any parasite that does not exist in the country and which cannot be disinfected 
or subjected to equivalent operations will be reladen or burned within 10 days 
of the notification to the importer or his broker, all expenses involved being 
charged against the interested person. 
Art. 6. Provides for appeals for reconsideration of decisions. 
Art. 7. Penalties for introducing plants and plant products into Argentina 
in contravention of the present regulation. 
Types of Certificates 
certificate of healthy origin 
Art. 8. By certificate of healthy origin is meant the document granted by 
officials of technical organizations of the country of origin in which the good 
sanitary condition of the sowing or planting in which the product was grown 
or harvested is affirmed. It will be specified that in the inspections of the 
crops concerned during the blooming period and at harvest no pests calamitous 
to agriculture have been observed. This document must also indicate the 
name of the product, the number, weight, and mark of packages, also the 
names of grower and consignee. The certificate shall be visaed by the Argen- 
tine consul having jurisdiction in the port whence the merchandise is shipped. 
phytosanitary shipping CERTmCATE 
Art. 9. By phytosanitary shipping certificate is meant the document granted 
by officials of technical organizations of the country of origin, in which the 
good sanitary condition of the product at the time of embarkation is attested. 
The text of the said certificate may be that established by the International 
Convention for Plant Protection, Rome, 1929. as a model, or a similar one, 
in which the date of issuance, name of product, place of origin (State, 
Province, locality, etc.), number, weight, and mark of packages, place of 
embarkation, steam.ship in which the merchandise will be transported, and 
names of exporter and consignee, shall be indicated. This certificate shall 
be visaed by the Argentine consul accredited to the port of embarkation, or by 
the official who may have jurisdiction there. That official will not visa bills 
of lading unaccompanied by this certificate or that of "industrial use ex- 
clusively" required for the cases established in these regulations. 
plants and plant products to be certified 
The presentation of the phytosanitary shipping certificate will be obligatory 
when the following merchandise is imported : 
(a) Plants, cuttings, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, roots, etc., intended for 
propagation. 
(h) Fruits, whole grains, and seeds of any kind, unless supported by the 
certificate of industrial use exclusively referred to in article 10 and in cases 
provided for in articles 32 and 34 of these regulations. 
(c) Fresh fruits, potatoes, and vegetables in general. 
This certificate must be issued for all classes of products, provided that 
they have only one source, are transported on the same date, in the same 
