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endohioticutn (Schilb.) Perc), they shall be destroyed immediately without 
right of compensation to the owner. 
If it be determined that they are infested with potato tuber worm ( (Phthori- 
maea) Gnorimoschcma opercuJclUi Zell.), or infected by another disease that 
can be effectively treated with gaseous or vaporous substances, they will be 
fumigated at the expense of the importer. (As amended by the order of 
Jan. 1, 1933.) 
If it be established that the potatoes are attacked by any disease that cannot 
be effectively treated with such fnmigants, they must be returned by the 
owners within 15 days. If exportation is not effected at the expiration of this 
period, they may be destroyed without right of indemnity. (As amended by 
the order of Jan. 1, 1933. ) 
FUMIGATION OF OTHER PLANTS REQUIRED 
Art. 6. Living plants not provided for in the preceding articles, including 
stems, bulbs, and all other parts of plants capable of propagation, except seeds, 
shall be fumigated on importation into Egypt at the expense cf£ the consignee. 
Exceptionally, plants arriving by parcel post are fumigated at the expense 
of the Ministry. 
FUMIGATION REQUIRED OF INFECTED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND .SEEDS 
Aet. 7. Fruits, vegetables, and seeds reaching the customs and found, upon 
inspection by agents of the Ministry, to be infected with diseases or fungi 
which are subject to an order to that effect by the Ministry, shall likewise 
be subject to fumigation. 
Furthermore, the ministry, by an order, may declare particular countries to 
be infected with diseases or fungi foi-ming the object of an order provided 
for in the preceding paragraph, specifying the fruits, vegetables, and seeds 
capable of introducing the said diseases or fungi into Egypt. In such case, the 
fruits, vegetables, and seeds thus indicated, originating in the said countries, 
or of unknown origin, shall be subjected to fumigation without the necessity 
of determining that they are infected. (Order of Jan. 20, 1916, and that of 
July 14, 1935.) 
PACKING OF IMPORTED PLANT MATERIAL 
Art. 8. The packing of plants, fruits, vegetables, and seeds proceeding from 
foreign countries and subject to fumigation, shall be of such a character as to 
facilitate their inspection and, if deemed necessary, their fumigation. In 
default of this, the package will be opened at the risk of the consignee. 
PORTS EQUIPPED FOR FUMIGATION 
Art. 9. Plants, fruits, vegetables, and seeds subject to fumigation, arriving at 
a port not equipped for that work, or possessing equipment of insufficient size, 
shall be reshipped by sea, at the expense of the consignee, to any of the 
following ports: Alexandria, Port Said, or Suez. 
Art. 10. The provisions of this law shall be carried out in the customs, either 
by agents of that service, of the ministry, or of the postal service. In the case 
of packages arriving by land, those provisions will be carried out by agents 
of the ministry at the first port of arrival in Egypt. 
THE LAW NOT APPLICABLE TO PLANT MATERIAL IMPORTED BY THE MINISTRY OF 
AGRICULTURE 
Art. 11. The provisions of the present law shall not be applicable to plants, 
insects, or other articles imported by the Ministry of Agriculture for scientific 
purposes. 
Prohibited Pests and Diseases 
INSECTS 
Anarsia lineatella Zell., peach twig borer. 
Anthonomus spp., weevils. 
