204 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
blight of apple and pear (Bacillus amylovoruB (Burr.) DeToni), chestnut blight 
{Endothia parasitica (Miirr.) And. and And.), black knot (Plowrightia morbosa 
(Schw.) Sacc), white peach scale ({Diaspis) AulacaspU pentagona Targ.), San 
Jose scale (Aspidiotus pcrniciosus Comst.), pink holhvorm ((Platycdra) Pec- 
tinophora gossypiella Saund.), boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boh.), and the 
Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newm.). 
Arts. 5, 6, 7, and S relate to entry procedure. 
SHIPMENTS MUST BE FREE FROM EARTH. STRAW. OK HAY 
Art. 9. Imported shipments must be quite free from earth, straw, and hay 
which are in a condition to convey diseases and insect pests. 
Art. 10. The inspection of imported shipments is made without charge, but 
the expenses incidental to inspection are charged to the importer. 
TRANSIT OF PLANTS UNRESTRICTED 
Art. 11. The transit of living plants, parts thereof, etc., mentioned in article 
1, through Bulgaria is unrestricted. However, shipments must be tightly packed, 
the cars sealed, and the containers so isolated that an introduction of diseases 
and pests into the country is precluded; in the lack of these precautions the 
shipment will be inspected at the proposal of the customs officials. 
Importation of Damaged Fruits and Vegetables Prohibited 
[Decree No. 8 of Jan. 21, 1931 ; Derzbaven Vestnik No. 269 of Mar. 5, 1931] 
Article 23. The importation, production, and holding for sale are prohibited 
of fruits and vegetables, and products thereof, that are spoiled, wormy, dirty, 
gnawed by insects or other animals, those which have undergone any other 
change, and those which do not possess their characteristic taste or odor, or 
which contain metallic compounds injurious to health. 
The importation, storage, and sale of sprouted potatoes also is prohibited. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Seeds 
[Decree No. 2 published in Derzhaven Vestnik No. 34, Feb. 14, 1936] 
basis of the decree 
Article 1. This decree on the supervision of the quality of seeds for propaga- 
tion, imported and introduced into the interior, was promulgated on the basis 
of article 229 of the law on the improvement of agricultural production and the 
maintenance of agricultural property, and of article 1 of the decree law on the 
Agricultural Sampling and Control Institute. 
importation of inferior seeds prohibited 
Art. 2. The importation and the sale of agricultural seeds of poor quality is 
prohibited (art. 5 of the law on the improvement of agricultural production, 
etc.). 
Arts. 3 to 12 relate to domestic procedure. 
Art. 13. Procedure if imported shipments of seeds are not accompanied by a 
seed-control certificate issued in the country of export. 
Art. 14. If analysis of imported seeds establishes that they are not of good 
quality, the holder is required to reexport them within 10 days. 
If exportation is not effected within that time, the seed will be rendered useless 
for sowing, or destroyed. 
Arts. 15 to 19. Administrative procedure. 
entry of small quanttttes of seeds unrestricted 
Art. 20. Flower, vegetable, forest, and agricultural seeds in small quantities, 
and vegetable and flower seeds up to 100 grams of each species, in packets not 
exceeding 10 grams, and other seeds up to 500 grams of each species, imported 
from abroad, are free from control. Such seeds must not be contained in sealed 
and tagged receptacles and need not be accompanied by certificates of origin, 
purity, and health. The quality of such seeds, however, may be subject to test. 
