1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
121 
B. E. P. Q. 40G, revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF MALTA 
May 5, 1937. 
This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the British Colony 
of JMalta has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that Colony. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge;, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original ordinance and Government notices, and reviewed by the Director of 
Agriculture of Malta. 
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, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
IvFE A. Stp.oxg, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF MALTA 
Basic Legislation 
ORDINANCE NO. Ill OF 1876 (JUNE 20, 1876) 
It shall be lawful for the head of the Government, whenever, in his opinion, 
there is reason to believe that any agricultural produce in any country outside 
of the island of Malta and its dependencies, is affected with a disease which, 
by the introduction of such produce into those islands, might be introduced 
into and spread within those islands, to prohibit, by a notice in the Govern- 
ment Gazette, the importation of the said produce from the country and 
from any other country into w^hich the importation of the same produce 
from the former country be not prohibited. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Grapevines and cuttings thereof, fresh grapes, fruits packed in grapevine 
leaves, grapes in a semiraisin state,, or juice of grapes containing husks or 
stalks of the fruit : Importation prohibited from all countries, to prevent the 
introduction of phylloxera (PJu/Uo.rera vififoliae Fitch). (Government Notice 
No. 21, Jan. 30, 1914, as amended by no. 448, Oct. 24, 1933.) 
Trees, shrubs, cuttings, tubers, bulbs, and flowering roots, tomatoes, and raw 
vegetables: Importation prohibited from European France (including Corsica), 
North America (Panama Canal to Canada), Belgium, and Luxembourg, to 
prevent the introduction of the Colorado potato beetle {Leptinotarsa dccem- 
lineata Say) and San Jose scale (Aspidiotns perinciosus Comst.). Government 
Notices Nos. 229, Sept. 11, 1922; 175, July 28, 1923; and 510, Dec. 27, 1935.) 
Vegetable soils : Importation prohibited from Belgium and Luxembourg, to 
prevent the introduction of the Colorado potato beetle. (Government Notice 
No. 463, Nov. 12. 1935.) 
Potatoes: Importation prohibited from ports of Northern Africa, European 
France, North America, Belgium, and Luxembourg, to prevent the introduction 
of insect pests dangerous to local potato crops. (Government Notices Nos. 
236. Aug. 27, 1934: 229 of 1922: 175 of 1923, 272 of 1932, and 510 of 1935.) 
Fresh fruits and all live plants or parts of plants except tubers, roots, and 
seeds: Importation from Hungary, Austria, and Rumania prohibited, to pre- 
vent the introduction of San Jose scale {Afipidiotus pcrniciosus Comst.). 
(Government Notice No. 40, Jan. 24, 1933.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Potatoes from countries not subject to absolute prohibition : Shipper's dec- 
laration of origin and a certificate from the Department of Agriculture of the 
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