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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Nuts, green, including almonds : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate declaring freedom from Eurytoma spp., Balanimis spp., and 
the peach twig borer {Anarsia liucatclla Zell.) (amendment of Aug. 
20, 1932, to law no. 1, art. 2). 
Olive fruits (fresh) and trees: 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Phytosanitary certificate declaring freedom from insect pests and dis- 
eases (amendment of May 27, 1920, to law no. 1, art. 2). (See p. 17.) 
Onions (AUhan spp.) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate declaring freedom from insect pests and plant diseases, par- 
ticularly smut {Urocystis cepidac Frost) (amendment of Aug. 20, 
1932, to law no. 1, art. 2). (See p. 17.) 
Peat : 
1. Must be free from sand and soil. 
2. Containers used in packing must be new. 
8. Official certificate declaring freedom of country of origin from foot- 
and-mouth disease and anthrax. 
4. Shipments that meet those conditions w^ill be exempt from fumigation. 
Persimmon, Japanese (Diospyrus kaki L.) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate declaring freedom from all coccids and particularly from the 
citrus mealy bug {Pseudococcus citri Risso). 
8. Inspection on arrival (amendment of Aug. 20, 1932. to law no. 1, art. 2). 
(See p. 17.) 
Plants for propagation. Living plants, including stems, bulbs, tubers, etc., 
and all parts capable of propagation (except seeds) that are not specially 
provided for : 
1. An official phytosanitary certificate declaring freedom from insect pests 
and plant diseases. 
2. Inspection on arrival. 
3. Fumigation before entry (law no. 1 of 1916, art. 2). (See p. 16.) 
Plants, ornamental, sensitive to fumigation, including azalea, begonia, conval- 
laria (lily-of-the-valley), cyclamen, filicales (ferns), hortensia, orchidaceae, 
syringa : 
1. Authorization from the ministry in advance. 
2. An official phytosanitary certificate affirming freedom from insects and 
plant diseases. 
8. Inspection on arrival. 
4. Convallaria plants must be free from sand and soil (order of Nov. 
24, 1919). 
Plants in pots and with balls of earth : 
1. Authorization from the ministry in advance. 
2. Official certificate declaring freedom from Argentine ant ilridomymiex 
humilis Mayr.), Japanese beetle {Popillia japonica Newm.), grape 
phylloxera ( Phyllo-rera {vastatrix) vififoliae Fitch), Chalcophora 
stigwatica Dolm., Capnodis carhonaria King., and crown gall {Bac- 
terium tumcfacicns E. F. Sm. and Townsendj. 
8. Inspection on arrival. 
4. Fumigation before entry. 
Note. — No importation will be allowed from localities known to be infested 
by insects named in paragraph 2 (amendment of Aug. 20, 1932, to law no. 1, 
art. 2). (See p. 16.) 
Plants, rosaceous : 
1. Authorization of ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate declaring freedom from insect pests and diseases, especially 
coccids and crown gall (Bacicrivm tmnefacicns E. F. Sm. and Town- 
send) (amendment of Aug. 20, 1932, to law no. 1). (See p. 17.) 
Pomegranate (Punica yranatvm L.) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate declaring freedom from all coccids and particularly from the 
citrus mealy bug (Pseudococcus citri Risso) (amendment of Aug. 20, 
1932, to law no. 1, art. 2). 
