148 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Apiil-Juue 
B. E. P. Q. 438 (superseding B. P. Q. 347). 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, GREECE 
April 12, 1937. 
This digest of the plant-qnarantiiie import restrictions of Greece has been 
prepared for the information of nurserymen, i)hint-Qnarantine 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 his 
translations of the French texts of some of the Greek decrees, and from transla- 
tions made by Paul Vogenitz, translator, Post Office Department, from the 
Greek texts of other decrees and laws. It was then reviewed by the Chief, 
Section of Phytopathology, Direction-General of Agriculture, Athens, Greece. 
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 decrees, and it is not 
to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The decrees and laws themselves 
should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
SUMIHARY OF THE PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, GREECE 
Basic Legislation 
Law No. 214 of April 9-22, 1914, Protective ^Measures Against Phylloxera. 
Law No. 217 of April 9-22, 1914, Concerning the Combat Against Plant Dis- 
eases and the Organization of the Phytopathological Service. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Grapevines or parts thereof ; phylloxera in any stage of development ; mate- 
rials which have been used among grapevines; animal or plant refuse; humus 
and soils; any green plant or part thereof, including garden vegetables; madder 
and licorice; from any foreign country or from any phylloxerated region of 
Greece into nonphylloxerated or suspected regions of Greece, to prevent the 
introduction of phylloxera. (Decree of Apr. 14, 1927. See p. 4, and footnote 
on p. 11.) 
Citrus fruits, into any portion of Greece except the departments of Thrace 
and Macedonia, to prevent the introduction of the scale insect Chrysomphalus. 
(Decree of Feb. 27, 1931. See p. 9.) 
Cottonseed, into the departments of Thrace and ^Macedonia ; unginned cotton 
into any part of Greece, to prevent the introduction of the pink boUworm of 
cotton {Pcctinophora (jossijpiella Saunders). (Decree of Feb. 20, 1931. 
See p. 9.) 
Potatoes from countries in which the Colorado potato beetle {Leptinotarsa 
decenilinrata Say) or potato wart (Sunchi/trium cndohioticmn (Schilb.) Perc.) 
occurs: Importation and transit prohibited. (Decree of ]\Iar. 29, 1933. See 
p. 10.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Cuttings and unrooted scions (except of the grapevine) exceptionally may be 
imported from foreign countries into nonphylloxerated or suspected regions of 
Greece under special order of the Ministry of Agriculture and subject to dis- 
infection. (Art. 4, decree of Apr. 14, 1927. See p. 6.) 
Grapevines and parts thereof, etc., from any foreign coimtry or region of 
Greece through the port of Piraeus for special scientific institutions of Greece, 
when accompanied by a certificate of origin and under a special order of the 
Ministry of Agriculture. (Art. 5, decree of Apr. 14. 1927. See p. 6.) 
Cottonseed may be imported into Greece (except into the departments of 
Thrace and Macedonia) subject to disinfection and certification +^^o that effect 
bv competent authority of the country of origin. (Art. 1, decree of Feb. 20, 
1931. See p. 9.) 
