1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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B. E. P. Q. 389, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG 
March 9, 1937. 
cejitificate required for potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants 
The order of September 24, 1923, has been superseded by that of July 1, 
1936. The new decree adds potato wart to the last sentence of the text on 
page 2 of circular B. E. P. Q. 389, which should now read as follows: 
"These products grown in and shipped from a locality at least 20 kilometers 
from any infestation of Lcptlnotarsa (Colorado potato beetle) or Synchytriiim 
(potato wart) are considered to proceed from an exempt district." 
Lee: a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 401. revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RfeSTRICTIONS, BRITISH INDIA 
March 27, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of British India 
has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, 
and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to that 
country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
text of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, approved February 3, 1914, as 
amended, and that of Notification No. F-320/35-A, of July 20', 1936, and was 
reviewed by the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Simla, India. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independ- 
ently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIKED FOR PLANTS OFFERED FOR EXPORT TO 
BRITISH INDIA 
The Department of Education, Health, and Lands of British India, througli a 
press communique dated New Delhi, December 15, 1936, warns that shipments 
of plants unaccompanied by the prescribed certificate will not be admitted into 
India. The text of the communique follows : 
"It has been brought to the notice of the Government of India that con- 
signments of plants (other than fruits and vegetables intended for consump- 
tion, and potatoes) are being sent to India from abroad without a health cer- 
tificate or with a certificate not identical with that prescribed in the Third 
Schedule published with the Government of India, Department of Education, 
Health, and Lands, Notification No. F 320/35-A, dated 20tli July 1938. It is 
essential that the conditions in the rules published in the notification referred 
to should be strictly observed, and for the information of parties interested 
it is notified that consignments will not be passed for clearance by the Customs 
Authorities in India at the port of disembarkation after the 31st January 1937, 
unless accompanied by health certificates in the prescribed form." 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH INDIA 
Basic Legislation 
The Destructive Insects and Pests Act, approved February 3, 1914, as 
amended up to May 14, 1931. 
The act empowers the Governor-General-in-Council, by notification of the 
Gazette of India, to prohibit or regulate the importation into British India of 
any article or class of articles likely to cause the infection of any crop. 
