64 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
B. E. r. Q. 401 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF SPAIN 
June 12, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine restrictions of the Republic of Spain 
has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 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 of 
foreign information service. Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from his 
translations of the original texts of the Spanish decrees and orders and reviewed 
by the Spanish National Phytopathological Service, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Industry, and Commerce (Servicio Nacional de Fitopathologia, Ministerio de 
Agricultura. Industria y Comercio). 
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 of the decrees and orders, and 
it is not be interpreted as legally authoritative. The original decrees and 
orders should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF SPAIN 
Basic Law 
(Law on the extermination of crop pests and protection against the same, May 21, 1908) 
Concise Summary 
Since the orders of April 19, 1929 (p. 4) and April 20, 1932 (p. 5), practically 
constitute an absolute embargo against the importation of plants and fresh plant 
products from the United States into Spain, reference to those orders alone is 
necessary, except with respect to the unrestricted material covered by the law 
of May 21, 1908, articles 22 and 32. ( See item under "Importation unrestricted.") 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Phylloxera vitifoliae Fitch: Introduction of viable eggs, larvae, and pupae 
into nonphylloxerated provinces of Spain prohibited unless enclosed in glass vials 
or tubes hermetically sealed (law of May 21, 1908, art. 27). 
Grapevines and dry stems : Importation into Spain and adjacent islands 
prohibited (law of May 21, 1908, art. 29). 
Trees, shrubs, and plants from countries that do not adhere to the Interna- 
tional Phylloxera Convention and are infested with phylloxera may not be 
imported into nonphylloxerated provinces (law of May 21, 1908, art. 31). 
Chestnut {Castanea spp.) and its products, from China and Japan to prevent 
the introduction of chestnut canker, Endothia parasitica (Murr.) And. and And. 
(order of Dec. 21, 1922). 
Live plants and parts thereof, including seeds, attacked by injurious parasites. 
Live insects injurious to plants, including eggs, larvae, pupae, and nymphs of 
such insects. 
Cultures of bacteria and fungi injurious to plants. 
Soils or other materials containing parasites injurious to plants, when the 
soils, etc., accompany living plants. 
Containers that have served for the transportation of the above-mentioned 
products: Importation prohibited (decree of June 20, 1924, art. 1). 
Fresh fruits, living plants, and parts thereof, including cuttings, scions, etc., of 
fruits: Importation prohibited from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, 
New Zealand, Portugal, United States, and Union of South Africa, to prevent 
the introduction of the injurious plant pests and diseases named in the order of 
April 19, 1929, as extended by the decree of August 14, 1934. (See pp. 4 and 5.) 
Cottonseed and seed cotton from Brazil. China, Egypt, India, Japan, Mexico, 
and the United States, to prevent the introduction of the boll weevil, Anthonomus 
