144 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Colorado Potato Beetle 
[Order of Apr. 18, 1932] 
IMPORTATION OF POTATOES P^ROM FRANCE PROHIBITED 
Article 1. The importation into Belgium of potato tubers or plants, or of 
fruits or plants of tomatoes and eggplants originating in or proceeding from 
France is prohibited. 
Art. 2. The introduction of those products originating in or proceeding from 
countries other than France is authorized only when the shipments are accom- 
panied by certiticates (C) issued by the phytopathological service of the ex- 
porting country, indicating the country of origin of the products and attesting 
that they were harvested in a locality free from the Colorado beetle. 
To be considered as proceeding from an exempt locality it is necessary that 
the products shall have been grown in and shipped from a locality situated 
more than 20 kilometers from any culture infested by that pest. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 3. Importation by water may be made only through the customs ports of 
entry of Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liege, Ostend, and Zeebrugge. 
Art. 4. Shipments unaccompanied by the certificates prescribed by article 2 
will be reladen, unless an inspection made by the special Belgian phytopatho- 
logical service at the expense of the importers shows them to be free from 
Colorado potato beetle ( Lcptiiwtai'sa dccemlincata Say). 
Art. 5. Domestic regulation. 
Art. 6. Penalties. 
MODEL CERTIFICATES 
A 
The undersigned, specially designated by the Government of (country or 
state), declares that the potatoes included in the shipment described below 
were grown at, and shipped from (place where grown), a district free (within 
a radius of at least 20 kilometers) of any forms of Leptinotarsa decemlmeata 
Say, and of Synchytrimn endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc. 
Done at on (date). 
[official seal.] 
(Inspector's signature.) 
B 
The undersigned, specially designated for that purpose by the Government 
of (name of country or state), declares that the potatoes included in 
the shipment described below were grown in and shipped from a district free 
(within a radius of at least 20 kilometers) of any forms of Colorado potato beetle 
(Leptinotarsa decemlmeata Say). 
No potato wart disease {Syncliytrinm endo'bioticum (Schilb.) Perc.) exists 
within a radius of at least 500 meters. 
The shipment was inspected by me and found free from Synchytrium 
endotioticiim. 
Done at on (date). 
[official seal.] 
(Inspector's signature.) 
c 
The undersigned, specially designated for that purpose by the Government 
of , declares that the plants or fruits of eggplants or 
tomatoes (Solarium melonyena, Lycopersicum csciilcjitiim) included in the ship- 
ment described below were grown at and shipped from a district free (within 
u radius of at least 20 kilometers) from any forms of Colorado potato beetle 
(Leptinotarsa dccemlineata Say). 
Done at on (date). 
[official seal.] 
(Inspector's signature.) 
