1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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COLONIES CONCERNED 
Art. 6. The provisions of this order are applicable to banana plants for impor- 
tation into and transit through the following French colonies : Cameroons, Equa- 
torial Africa, Guadeloupe, Guiana, Indo-China, Madagascar, Martinique, New 
Caledonia, Oceania (Settlements of), Togolaud, and West Africa. 
INFECTED COUNTRIES 
The provisions of article 1 are applicable to the designated products proceeding 
from the American Continent, Canary Islands, French Guiana, Gold Coast, Guade- 
loupe, Martinique, and Sierra Leone. 
Cocoa Plants {Theohroma cacao L.) 
[Order of December 3, 1929, as amended by that of February 13, 1932] 
IMPOBfTATION FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES PROHIBITED ON ACCOUNT OF WITCHES' -BROOM 
Article 1. The importation into, distribution and storage in, and transit 
through the French colonies named in article 7 of cacao plants {Theohroma 
cacao L.) proceeding from a country in which the presence of witches' -broom 
{Marasmius perniciosus Stahel) has been determined or from any country into 
which the importation of the said plants is neither prohibited nor subjected to 
phytosanitary control, are prohibited. 
importation from other SOURCES RESTRICTED 
Art. 2. The importation, distribution, storage, and transit in the French colo- 
nies named in article 7, paragraph 1, of cacao plants from any source other than 
those named in article 7, paragraph 2, may be authorized, but only on presenta- 
tion of a certificate issued by competent authority of the country of origin that 
the said plants have neither been collected in a region in which the disease called 
"witches'-broom" has been determined, nor in a country into which the importa- 
tion of the said plants has not been prohibited or subjected to phytosanitary con- 
trol. The certificate is not valid unless visaed by the consuls, vice-consuls, or 
consular agents of the French Republic in foreign countries. 
IBREKULAR SHIPMENTS DENIED ENTRY 
Art. 3. Any cacao plants offered for importation into the French colonies named 
in article 7 of the present order that do not meet the provisions of articles 1 and 2 
will be reladen immediately or seized and destroyed by fire at the expense of the 
holder. 
The same applies if the importer fails to furnish a valid certificate. 
IMPORTATION PERMiriED THBOUGH DESIGNATED PORTS ONLY 
Art. 4. Authorization for the importation, distribution, storage, and transit in 
the French colonies named in article 7 can be granted only for cacao plants 
accompanied by the certificate prescribed in article 2 of the present order and 
through a customs oflice designated by an order of the local administration ; the 
authorization will not be definitely granted until an inspection by the designated 
authority shows the products to be apparently healthy and free from the parasite 
mentioned. 
Any suspected lot will be reladen immediately at the expense of the holder, or 
seized and destroyed by fire. 
IMPORTATION FROM CONTAMINATED COUNTRIES EXCEPTIONALLY PERMITTED 
Art. 5. For the introduction into French colonies of cacao plants originating 
in one of the contaminated countries named in article 7 or in a region into 
which the importation of the said plants is not prohibited or subjected to 
phytosanitary control, derogations may be exceptionally granted by decision 
of the Minister of Colonies establishing therein the conditions under which 
the importation may be effected and indicating the quantities and varieties of 
plants whose importation is authorized. 
