1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 73 
CERTIFICATE REQUIRED IN GERMAN AND IN THE LANGUAGE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 
Art. 18. ( 1 ) The official certificate prescribed in this decree must be furnished 
both in the language of the country of origin and in German, or be provided 
with a certified translation in German. The date of the certificate shall not be 
more than 3 weeks prior to the date of shipment. 
DIVERSION OF SHIPMENTS TO PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF SAN JOSE SCALE AND APPLE 
FRUIT FLY 
Art. 19. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry may divert the 
entry and transit of shipments governed by the preceding regulations, if 
through them an introduction of San Jose scale or apple fruit fly is to be 
apprehended. 
Art. 20. Penalties. 
Art. 21. Revocation of earlier decrees. 
B. E. P. Q. 403 (supersedes P. Q. C. A. 301) 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 
June 13, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
France 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, 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from his 
translations of the texts of the appropriate French legislation. 
The information included 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 inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of the original laws, 
decrees, orders, and circulars, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authorita- 
tive. The original texts should be consulted. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 
Basic Legislation 
Law of December 17, 1814, article 34. San Jose scale. 
Law of July 15, 1878, and of August 2, 1879, prohibiting the importation 
of potatoes. 
Law of June 21, 1898, prohibiting the importation of certain products. 
Law of July 15, 1921, prohibiting the importation of grape seedlings. 
Law of July 13, 1922, prohibiting the importation and transit of potatoes. 
Law of July 20, 1927, requiring the coloring of foreign clover seeds. 
Law of January 11, 1932, prescribing the standards of purity and germinabil- 
ity for grass seeds. 
Summary 
The importation of living plants and parts of plants except seeds from the 
United States into France is prohibited by the decree of March 8, 1932, as 
amended ; the importation of potatoes from the same source is prohibited by 
the decree of July 13, 1922, article 1. 
The entry of fresh fruits from the United States also is governed by the 
decree of March 8, 1932, as amended. 
The importation of forage-crop seeds is restricted by the law of July 20, 
1927, the decree of November 18, 1927, and the order of July 5, 1933 ; and the 
importation of chestnut seeds is prohibited by the decree of November 2G, 1930. 
The importation of other seeds is unrestricted. 
