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pests, and authorizes the Ministry of Agriculture and Public Domains to pro- 
mulgate decrees to prevent the introduction and distribution of plant diseases 
and pests by prohibiting or restricting the importation and distribution of 
plants and plant products. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Plants and plant products, including seeds, fruits, and vegetables infected or 
infested with injurious plant diseases or insect pests which are not amenable 
to treatment (decree of Sept. 29, 1932, art. 7 (c)). 
Fruits and vegetables and products thereof, which are spoiled, dirty, wormy, 
or damaged by insects or other animals, or which have undergone undesirable 
changes or contain metallic compounds injurious to health (decree of Jan. 21, 
L931, p. 5). 
Seeds of alfalfa, clover, timothy, birdsfoot trefoil, and flax : Importation pro- 
hibited if contaminated with dodder seeds (decree no. 2, published Feb. 14, 
1936, art. 21, see p. 6). 
Sainfoin seeds that contain more than 50 seeds of small burnet per kilogram : 
Importation prohibited (decree no. 2, published Feb. 14, 1936, art. 21, see p. 6). 
Infected seeds and mixed grass seeds: Importation prohibited (decree no. 2, 
published Feb. 14, 1936, arts. 21 and 22, p. 6). 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Living plants of all kinds, and parts thereof, including scions, cuttings, buds, 
roots, bulbs, seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc. : Each shipment must be accompanied 
by a phytosanitary certificate, issued by phytopathological and entomological 
authorities of the country of origin, affirming freedom from injurious pests and 
diseases. (Decree of Sept. 29, 1932, art. 4, p. 4.) 
TRANSIT UNRESTRICTED 
Plants and plant products in tightly packed containers in sealed cars may be 
transported through Bulgaria without restriction. (Decree of Sept. 29, 1932, 
art 11, p. 4.) 
Importation and Transit of Living Plants and Parts of Plants 
[Decree of Sept. 29, 1932 ; Derzhaven Yestnik No. 168, Oct. 5, 1932] 
PURPOSE OF THE DECREE 
Article 1. This decree was promulgated on the basis of articles 2 and 32 of 
the plant protection law of April 26, 1930, and its purpose is to regulate the 
sanitary control of the importation, transit, and exportation of all living plants, 
such as trees, shrubs, roses, scions, stocks, buds, decorative and wild and culti- 
vated plants, perennial roots, bulbs, seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc. 
Art. 2. Relates to the Bulgarian plant protection service. 
ALL PLANTS AND PARTS THEREOF SUBJECT TO CONTROL 
Art. 3. A phytosanitary control applies to all living plants and parts of plants 
imported into or in transit through Bulgaria. 
PHYTOSA'MTARY C'HRTIFK 'ATE REQUIRED 
Art. 4. Each shipment from abroad must be accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by offici.-il phytopathological and entomological authorities of 
the country of origin. The certificate must affirm that the shipment carries no 
infectious diseases or injurious insect pests. If the shipment proceeds directly 
from North America, South America, Australia, China, Japan, or Hawaii, it 
must be expressly affirmed in the certificate that the shipment is free from the 
following parasites : Potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc), 
powdery scab {Spongoapora subterranea (Walk.) Lang), potato tuber worm 
({Phthorimaca) Qnorimoschema operculella Zell.), Colorado p *tato beetle {Lep- 
tiiwtarsa decemlineata Say), dry rot of corn (Diplodia zeae (Schw.) Lev.), fire 
