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tniiisit of i)()tatoes, jiarts thereof, their containers, etc., if the shipments do 
not absolutely comply with the conditions provided by the present decree. 
(5) The entry into and transit throngli Greece of i)otatoes must be elfected 
only throii^h the customhouse of Eidomeni, and through the ports of Piraeus, 
Saloniki, and Patras. 
(6) For the present, the countries considered as attacked by Lcpiinofarsa 
are France (except its colonies and Corsica), the United States, and Canada. 
(7) The following countries are attacked by Suncliytrtum: Austria, Belgium, 
Czechoslovakia. Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, 
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. 
Note. — Since the prohibition imposed by article 1 applies only to nonphyllox- 
erated and suspected regions of Greece (see pp. 6 and 7), plants and ])lant 
products intended for phylloxerated regions of that country are not affected 
by the prohibition, but are subject to the certification requirements of article 
2 of the decree of March 29, 193:3. (See p. 12.) However, those certification 
requirements cannot be met in the United States. Consequently, the :ibove- 
mentioned provisions constitute a practical embargo on plants and parts thereof 
grown in this country, except as indicated in articles 3 and 4 of the phylloxera 
restrictions (decree of Apr. 14, 1927, p. 4). 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE EEQriRED FOB PLANTS 
Art. 2. The entry of living plants, and living parts thereof, bulbs, rhizomes, 
tubers (other than potatoes), insofar as they do not fall under the proliibitions 
prescribed by measures in force against Phylloxera, is authorized only when 
each shipment of the said products is accompanied by an oflScial certificate of 
the country of origin, affirming that the products shipped are free from Lep- 
tinotarsn and that that insect does not exist where the products were grown, 
nor within a distance of 100 km therefrom. 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF SEED POTATOES 
Art. 3. The importation of potatoes intended for planting is permitted, what- 
ever their origin, under the following conditions : 
(1) A permit must have been obtained in advance from the Ministry of 
Agriculture. 
(2) The potatoes shall be in containers. 
(3) The containers shall be absolutely new. 
(4) Each container shall be sealed by the official plant protection service 
of the country of origin. 
(5) Each shipment shall be accompanied by a certificate of health and origin 
in conformity with the conditions set forth in article 1 of this decree, and also 
a declaration of the firm whence the seed potatoes came, affirming, in addition 
to the identifying marks of the shipment, the variety of potatoes, and a state- 
ment that they are suitable for planting. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 4. The Minister of Agriculture reserves the right to have the potatoes 
and the products mentioned in article 2 inspected when offered for entry, by 
oflficials designated for that purpose even in cases w^here all the provisions of 
this decree have been complied with. 
If that inspection shows the potatoes to be carriers of (Dorj/phora) Lcptino- 
tarsa deccmlineata, or (Phthorimaen) Gnorimo schema opcrculcUa, or of Syn- 
chytriuni rndohioticum, those products will be reexported within 15 days at 
the expense of the importer, or subjected to disinfection, likewise at the expense 
of the importer, to the extent that such a measure is deemed sufficient, and that 
means for disinfecting are available at the port of entry ; or, finally, they will 
be destroyed, still at, the cost of the importer, without right of indemnity. 
The destruction shall take place immediately, if the detention of the potatoes 
is deemed dangerous, or after a period of 15 days. For destruction, the formali- 
ties of article 2 of law no. 217 are to be followed. 
Art. 5. The following is the model of the certificate of health and origin men- 
tioned in this decree. 
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