1936 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 139 
Arrangements that may be made in conformity with article 4 3 of the In- 
ternational Phylloxera Convention concerning the importation of vintage grapes, 
grape marc, vegetable molds, and used props and supports are reserved. 
Furthermore, the Federal Division of Agriculture may, exceptionally, grant 
authorizations derogating in part the prohibition mentioned in the first para- 
graph of the present article, when it is shown that such action will result in 
no risk. 
PRODUCTS FROM NONADIIERING COUNTRIES RESTRICTED 
Art. 58. Table and vintage grapes, grape marc, fruit trees, stocks, and 
shrubs proceeding from countries that do not adhere to the International 
Phylloxera Convention may be imported only with the permission of the 
Division of Agriculture of the Swiss Department of Public Economy. 4 
GRAPES MUST BE FREE FROM LEAVES AND STEMS • 
Art. 59. Table grapes may be admitted at the Swiss frontier only when they 
include no grapevine leaves or stems and are packed in well-closed boxes, 
cases, or baskets, which nevertheless are easy to inspect. The weight of a 
full case, box, or basket shall not exceed 10 kg. 
Customs offices are authorized, exceptionally, to allow an additional weight 
of 2 kg. 5 
Vintage grapes may be imported only compressed in well-closed casks (bar- 
rels) of at least 5 hectoliters capacity, or in sealed tank cars; the latter must 
be so cleaned that they carry no earth or fragments of grapevines. Exceptions 
to these provisions may not be permitted unless the cantonal authority con- 
sents and engages to have the compressing supervised. 
Grape marc may be imported only in well-closed cases or casks. 
IMPORTATION UNRESTRICTED 
Art. 60. Wine, dried grapes, grape seeds, cut flowers, kitchen-garden prod- 
ucts 6 (vegetables, truck crops), seeds, and fruits, may be imported into 
Switzerland without restriction. (See the order of Apr. 20, 1928, concerning 
fruits from the United States.) 
AUTHORIZED CUSTOMS PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 61. Stocks, shrubs, fruit trees, and all plants except grapevines, proceed- 
ing from nurseries, gardens, or greenhouses, may be imported only through 
designated ports. 
shipper's declaration and phylloxera certificate required 
Art. 62. These products shall be securely packed, but in such a way as to 
permit the necessary verifications, and they must be accompanied by a shipper's 
declaration and an attestation of the authority of the locality of origin. 
The attestation of the authority is unnecessary for shipments of plants from 
establishments borne on the lists published in conformity with article 9 (6) of 
the International Phylloxera Convention. 7 
3 Art. 4 of the International Phylloxera Convention of Nov. 3, 1881, reads: "Contiguous 
States will arrange for the admittance into the frontier zones of wine grapes, grape marc, 
composts, vegetable molds, and previously used props and supports on condition that those 
articles do not proceed from a phylloxera infested district." 
1 Since t lie Government of the United States does not adhere to the International Phyl- 
loxera Convention, art. 58 is applicable to the plants and products mentioned therein 
which originate in that country. , 
5 A general authorization of Aug. 16, 1925, permits the importation of table grapes packed 
in boxes, cases, or baskets exceeding 10 kg from countries adhering to the International 
Phylloxera Convention, valid for all Swiss Cantons except Valais, into which table grapes 
may not be imported. 
Rooted vegetables, such as edible bulbs, salads, etc., from countries that do not adhere 
to the International Phylloxera Convention may be imported into Switzerland only when 
accompanied 'by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the authorities of the country of 
origin. In the absence of such a certificate the products may be imported only under a 
special authorization of the Swiss Division of Agriculture. 
7 Art. IX. The contracting States, in order to facilitate community of action, engage to 
transmit regularly, with authorization to make use of them, publications which they make 
and exchange: (6) Lists, prepared and kept up to date, of horticultural or botanical estab- 
lishments, schools, and gardens, which are subject to regular inspection, at suitable times, 
and officially declared to be in due form with the exigencies of the present convention. 
