150 l^UKEAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Apiil-June 
which is prohibited into iionphylloxerated or suspected rei?ioiis if tliey are from 
foreij^ii countries, or from pliylloxerated or suspected regions of Greece. (For 
citrus fruits see decree of Feb. 27. 11)31, p. 9.) 
((/) Dried fruits, such as walnuts, Indian waluuts, ahnonds, hazelnuts, 
chestnuts, tigs, prunes, dates, pistachios, pine cones, beans, etc., if free from 
earth; also dried truMies, mushrooms, and peanuts, likewise free from earth. 
(c) Dried medicinal plants. 
(f) Dried plants, whether powdered or not, for tanning, such as pine, oak, 
and acacia. 
{(j) Dried gall nuts in general, acorns, and dried leaves for tanning, from 
sumac, rushes, etc. 
(/} ) Dried straw and hay as stock feed, dried industrial grasses in general, 
whether manufactured or not, such as straw, rushes, esparto grass, broomcoru, 
and other similar materials, as well as dried leaves and flowers. 
(/) Lumber in general, and dried woods, with or without bark. 
(;■) Agricultural and industrial products and byproducts, such as preserved 
fruits, pressed oil-bearing seeds, olive pits, and the like, with the exception of 
pressed grape hulls. 
(A) Dried and green sea plants, not mixed with earth or other plants; clean 
sand for any purpose, porcelain earth, soap earth, or any earth for industrial 
or metallurgical purposes. 
(/) Dried or living aquatic plants, on condition that before they are ordered 
the importer shall apply to the Ministry of Agriculture for a permit, that 
may be issued after favorable decision of the Agricultural Council, which 
will establish the conditions and restrictions under which the importation of 
these plants shall be effected. (Decree of June 17, 1935.) 
CERTIFICATE EEQUIKED 
Akt. 3. Provides for the introduction of garden vegetables, bulbs, potatoes, 
cuttings without roots (except grapevine cuttings) from Egypt, Cyprus, Eng- 
land, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, or the Grand 
Duchy of Luxembourg, when accompanied by a certificate of origin issued by 
competent authority of the country of origin, the certificate to be authenti- 
cated by the Greek consular official at the place of purchase or at the port 
of embarkation. The certificate shall enumerate the kinds of product included 
in the shipment, their weight, their origin (country), and the fact that they 
are not from greenhouses or farms where grapevines have been cultivated. 
Cuttings must be packed without soil. Certificates from foreign countries 
must be prepared in French or be officially translated into French or Greek. 
importation exception ALIA' PERMITTED 
Art. 4. Provides, exceptionally, for the importation from foreign countries 
into Iionphylloxerated or suspected regions of Greece, of cuttings and grafts 
free from soil, after re(iuest by the importer to the Ministry of Agriculture, 
under the following conditions ; 
(a) By special order from the Ministry of Agriculture, in each case, to the 
domestic customs and postal authorities. 
(h) Subject to previous disinfection at any of the customs or post offices 
authorized in article 7, in the manner prescribed in article 6, at the expense 
of the importer. 
IMPORTATION PERMUTED FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
Art. 5. Provides for the importation from any foreign country or from any 
region of Greece (whether phylloxerated or not) of any of the articles men- 
tioned in article 1 through the port of Piraeus, for the special scientific insti- 
tutions of the States, subject to the following conditions : 
(a) When accompanied by the certificate of origin prescribed by article 
3 in the case of shipments from foreign countries, or by the certificate pre- 
scribed in article 8 if of domestic origin. Certificates from foreign countries 
must l)e i)repared in F'rench, or be officially translated into French or Greek. 
(h) I»y special order of tlie Ministry of Agriculture (subject to the favor- 
able opinion of the Phytopathological Board) to the domestic customs and 
health officials, requiring disinfection or other measures deemed necessary. 
Art. 6. The disinfection of the materials mentioned in article 4 shall be 
