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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Article 1. The importation is prohibited from any country, into any part of 
the national territory, of the following plants and parts of plants : 
(a) Cottonseed and seed cotton (Gosstypium spp.) : to prevent the introduction 
of the boll weevil. Anthmiomus grandis Boh., and other pests. 
(6) Banana (Musa spp.) seedlings and pseudo-bulbs (bits) ; to prevent the 
introduction of the Panama disease. Fusarium cubense E. F. Sm. 
(0) Coffee (Coffqa spp.) : Stocks (seedling^), berries, seeds; seedlings of 
other Rubiaceae; to prevent the introduction of the rust, Hemileia vastatrix B. 
and Br. and Hypothenemus sp., a beetle. 
(d) Stocks, fruits, and seeds of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) ; to prevent the 
introduction of witches' broom, Exoascus theobromae Ritz. Bos, and Marasmius 
pernicio8us Stahel, etc. 
(e) Seedlings, cuttings, and seeds of sugarcane (Saceharum offwinarum L.) : 
to prevent the introduction of virus diseases, the European corn borer, Pyrausta 
nubilalis Hbn., etc. 
(f) Seeds, buds, and stocks of the genera Citrus, Poncirus. FortuneUa, and 
other genera of the family Rutaceae, as well as of the genera Evodia, Melicope, 
Casimoroa, and Taddalia. also of the same family; to prevent the introduction 
of citrus canker. Bacterium citri Hasse. 
(g) Seeds and stocks of Eucalyptus produced in Argentina, Australia, New 
Zealand, and the Union of South Africa. 
PROHIBITED PLANTS MAY BE IMPORTED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
(1) The .Ministry of Agriculture reserves the right to import the plants and 
parts of plants mentioned in this article in small quantities, or to authorize 
State governments to import them for cultural experiments in their teclinico- 
experimental establishments, observing, however, protective measures prescribed 
by the Plant Protection Service (Servigo de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal). 
(2) The Ministry of Agriculture may import plant species mentioned in this 
article on the application and for the account of private persons, the importa- 
tions being subject to conditions prescribed by the Plant Protection Service. 
Such plants will be grown in quarantine in official establishments of the Min- 
istry, and only the respective progeny of the planting may be delivered to the 
interested person. 
ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEEDS MUST BE FREE FROM DODDER 
Art. 2. The importation is prohibited, under the provision of article 2 of 
Decree No. 24114, of April 12. 1934. of seeds of alfalfa (Ifcdicngo sativa L. ) 
and of other leguminous forage-crop seeds if the required phytosanitary cer- 
tificate does not include a declaration that such seeds are free from dodder 
(Cuscuta seeds). 
CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR POTATOES 
Art. 3. Under the terms of article 2 of the above-mentioned decree, importa- 
tion is prohibited of potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) that are not ac- 
companied by a phytosanitary certificate affirming that they originated in a 
locality free from the following parasites: Potato wart, Synchytrium endobio- 
ticum (Schilb.) Perc. : powdery scab, Spougospora .subtcrranca (Wahr.) John- 
son; potato tuber worm (Phthorimaea ) Gnorimoschema oprrculcUa Zell. ; and 
the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. 
SEED POTATOES MUST BE CERTIFIED AS FREE FROM VIRUS DISEASES 
(1) Where seed potatoes are concerned, in addition to the above-mentioned 
phytosanitary certificate, they must be accompanied by a certificate issued by 
the Ministry of Agriculture of the producing country, declaring that they proceed 
from an establishment that grows seed potatoes, officially controlled (super- 
vised) against the so-called defeneration or virus diseases. (Sec Decree No. 
21734 of Aug. If). 1932, pp. 1." and !»;. , 
