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ENTRY THROUGH DKSIGNATKD POUTS — INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 4. Prescribes that the said products shall enter the respective French 
colonies only through designated ports and subject to inspection on arrival 
at those ports. 
Suspected shipments will be reladen at once, or seized and destroyed by fire 
at the expense of the holder. 
SMAI.r. 1 OTS OF COTTONSEKD EXCEPTED SUBJECT TO DISINFECTION 
Art. 5. For the introduction into the French colonies of very small lots of 
cottonseed originating- in any of the contaminated countries named in article 6 
or in a region into which the importation of cottonseed is not prohibited or 
subjected to phytosjiiiitary coiitrol, derogations may b(» granted, excei)tionally, 
by decision of the Minister oi" Colonics, indicating the (pianlities and varieties 
of seeds for which the importation is authorized. Such derogati<ms may be 
granted only for seeds whose introduction is deemed to present a real technical 
or economic interest and after a disiiifccti(m made and guaranteed by the service 
qualified for that purpos(», eitliei' in France or on arrival in the colony. Each 
such shipment nnist bo a('< (>nij)anied by a disinfection certificate expressly men- 
tioning the miiiistt rial dccisitm, the quantity of seeds disinfected, and the 
method of disinfoc rion employed. 
COLONIES CONCERNED 
Art. 6. The provisions of the present order are applicable to the products 
named in article 1 offered for importation into or transit through all French 
colonies except Equatorial Africa, Guadeloupe, Indo-Chiiia (Cambodia and Co- 
chin China only), Madagascar, New Caledonia, and New^ Hebrides. In other 
words, they are applicable to: Cameroons, Guiana, India (Settlements in), Mar- 
tinique, Oceania (Settlements in), Reunion, Somaliland, Togoland, and West 
Africa. 
COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE PROHIBITION IS APPLICABLE 
Art. (5 contd. The prohibitions of article 1 are ai)])licable to the designated 
products proceeding from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Angola. Asia (except Indo- 
China, Tonkin, and Annam), Australia, Belgian Congo, Brazil, British East 
Africa, British West Indies, Egypt, French Equatorial Africa, German East 
Africa (old colonies of). Greece, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Italian Somaliland, Lagos, 
Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Nigeria, Samoa, 
Sierra Leone, Tunisia, United States (Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas only), 
and Zanzibar. 
Sugarcane (Saccharum Okficinarum L.) 
[Order of December 3, 1929] 
IMPORTATION PROHIBlTEl> FROM ALL FRENCH COLONIES EXCEPT INDO-CHINA 
ART1CI.E 1. The imiwrtation into, distribution and storage in, and transit 
through the French colonies of plants, cuttings, or seeds of sugarcane from 
whatever source, are prohibited. This does not apply to Indo-Chiuu. 
ENTRY OF SMALL LOTS EXCEPTIONATXY PERMITTED 
Art. 2. For the introduction into the French colonies of a small number of 
plants or cuttings stripped of their leaves and leaf sheaths, as well as .seeds of 
sugarcane, originating in any country whatever, derogation may exceptionally 
be granted, by decision of the Minister of Colonies, establishing the conditions 
under which importation may be effected and indicating the quantities and vari- 
eties of plants, cuttings, and seeds of which importation is authorized. 
Derogations may be gi'anted only for plants or cuttings whose inrroduction is 
deemed of real economic or technical interest. Such plants may be shipped 
through administrative channels only and at the importer's expense. Entry may 
be made only through customs offices designated by each colony and only when 
inspection on arrival shows that the products are apparently healthy and free 
fr(»m any ])arasite. 
