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(2) The transit of shipments of the kinds indicated in articles 5, 6, and 8. 
which, when effected by rail, ship, or mail, is exempt from the special import 
restrictions when such shipments are transported in closed, undamaged contain- 
ers or wrappers, or in sealed cars on a through bill of lading from one foreign 
country to another. 
UNRESTRICTED PRODUCTS 
Art. 10. The traffic restrictions of articles 5 to 9 do not apply to cut flowers, 
fresh fruits (other than apples and pears), and other fruits, preserved fruits, 
dried fruits, vegetables, root crops, tubers (potatoes), bulbs, rhizomes, and other 
subterranean parts of plants, as well as seeds. 
Restrictions on Account of the Colorado Potato Beetle 
importation prohibited of subterranean plant parts. including potatoes, 
also of tomatoes. eggplants. and strawberries. from united states, canada, 
belgium. and continental european france 
Art. 11. The importation and transit of fresh potatoes, rooted plants (parts 
of plants) with balls of earth, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, and conns, as well as 
tomatoes, eggplants, and strawberries from certain countries, to be named 
(see art. 16), that are already invaded by the Colorado beetle or menaced by 
it, into or through the Federal territory is prohibited throughout the year. 
Art. 12. The importation and transit of other vegetables and truck crops from 
the above-named countries into or through the Federal territory is for the 
present permitted only from November 15 to March 14. 
Art. 13. The importation and transit of shipments of the kinds indicated 
in articles 11 and 12, which are only transported in transit through the coun- 
tries referred to in article 11, but which do not originate there, are permitted 
into or through the Federal territory without regard to the provisions of the 
potato wart law and the decree promulgated thereunder, for the present only 
from November 15 to March 14 and on condition that their origin is apparent 
from the freight documents or from a phytosanitary certificate of origin issued 
by the plant protection service of the country of origin or a special declaration 
of a customs authority of a railroad or port. 
PREVIOUSLY USED PACKING MATERIALS, EARTH, AND MANURE ENTRY AND TRANSIT 
PROHIBITED 
Art. 14. Wrappers and materials of any kind which have served for packing 
or storing the products, or refuse thereof, referred to in articles 11 and 12. 
leaves and other refuse (peelings), as well as earth, manure, and compost, from 
the countries named in Article 16, are excluded from entry into, and transit 
through, the Federal territory. 
DRIED OR PROCESSED PLANT PRODUCTS IMPORTATION AND TRANSIT NOT RESTRICTED 
Art. 15. The traffic restrictions of articles 11 to 13 do not apply to ship- 
ments of dried products and processed foods, such as dried potatoes, potato 
flour, canned tomatoes, and vegetables, etc. 
COUNTRIES IN WHICH COLORADO BEETLE OCCURS 
Art. 16. As countries (localities) which are now infested by the Colorado 
potato beetle (art. 11), the United States of America, Canada, Belgium, and 
continental European France are so declared. 
When necessary, the foregoing regulations may be extended to other countries 
that may become infested or menaced by that pest. 
CLEARANCE OF TRANSIT SHIPMENTS 
Art. 17. Any shipment affected by this decree, which is intended by the 
shipper for transit, may be cleared through the customs in the Federal terri- 
tory only when it is treated, in accordance with the corresponding kind of 
shipment among those mentioned in articles 5, 6, 8, 12, and 13, and the above- 
described certificate, or an import permit may be produced in particular cases 
for such a shipment. 
