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It provides for the importation, transit, culture, transportation of, and traffic 
in plant parasites for scientific purposes, but only with the consent of tin- 
Ministry of Agriculture and under conditions determined by that Ministry. 
It authorizes the Council of State to decree, for a certain period or until 
further notice, that importation into, or transit through, the country of plants, 
parts of plants, products and wastes thereof, capable of spreading plant pests 
or liable to infection thereby: or the cultivation and transportation of, and 
traffic in such plants, may take place in Finland only on permission of the 
Ministry of Agriculture under conditions determined by that Ministry. 
Summary 
i m poetation pbohibited 
Seeds of timothy, Phleum pratense L., except from Estonia. 
Seeds of red clover, Trifolium pratense L., except from Estonia, Norway, 
Russia, and any place north of latitude 54°. 
Seeds of alsike clover. Trifolium hybridum L.. except from Estonia, Latvia, 
Norway, and Sweden. (Decision of Dec. 21, 1928, p. 9. ) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Plant parasites for scientific purposes: Importation, transit, and culture per- 
mitted only with the consent of the Ministry of Agriculture and under pre- 
scribed conditions. ( Law of June 5, 1925, sec. 4, see p. 2. ) 
Plants, parts of plants, and plant products : May be held for inspection on 
arrival, with action according to the findings. The destruction of shipments 
under the order of the Ministry of Agriculture shall be compensated. (Regula- 
tions of June 5, 1925, arts. 3 and 9, see pp. 4 and 5.) 
Apples : Special import license recpiired from the Minister of Agriculture, 
Helsingfors. (Decree of Sept. 18, 1934, p. 6.) 
Flower bulbs: Will be held for inspection as a precaution against the intro- 
duction of the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus (echinopus) hyacinthi Bdv.) and other 
plant pests. (Circular No. 4937,^ Sept. 15, 1925, p. 6.) 
Potatoes, Solomon tuberosum L. : Must be imported in new containers and be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate affirming freedom of tubers and 
place where grown from potato wart and Colorado potato beetle ; tubers must 
not be affected to a greater aggregate extent than 5 percent with molds, rots, 
dry rots, or bruises. (Resolution No. 282, Sept. 27, 1935, p. 6.) 
Seeds, other than timothy, red clover,, and alsike clover : Documents indicat- 
ing origin required ; samples must be taken for analysis to determine purity, 
germinability, and freedom from weed seeds. (Decisions of Mar. 9 and Apr. 
23, 1920, p. 7.) 
Clover seeds must also be stained with a solution of eosin. (Decisions of 
Mar. 9 and Apr. 23, 1920, p. 8. ) 
Grass and truck-crop seeds: Containers must be plainly marked "Utlandst 
fro" (foreign seeds). (Decisions of Mar. 9 and Apr. 23, 1920, p. 8.) 
General Regulations 
[Plant Protection Regulations of June 5, 1925] 
DEFINITIONS 
In these regulations "the section'' means the research section for plant diseases 
and pests of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
"Authorities" means plant protection authorities. 
Article 1 inn-tains to the functions of the section. 
Article 2 pertains to the enforcement of the regulations. 
GOODS SUSPECTED OF INFECTION MAY BE HELD 
Article 3. If there is reason to suspect that plant pests have been carried by 
goods, the authorities shall have the right to detain such goods for inspection 
and to prohibit their unloading, the opening of containers and packing material, 
and their transportation until it shall have been established that the goods are 
free from plant pests. 
