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SERVICE AXD REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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NOTICE OF ARRIVAL 
Art. G. For the purposes of these regulations, the Ministry of Finance, through 
its customhouses and stations, will immediately notify the technical official of 
the plant protection service having jurisdiction in the port or frontier station, 
of the arrival and foreign source of origin of any plants or parts of plants. 
Identical notification will he made by the Ministry of Supervision and Public 
Works (Ministerio da Viacao e Obras Publicas), through the Department of 
Posts and Telegraphs < Departamento dos Correios e Telegrafos). with respect 
to plants and parts of plants imported by mail. 
NO RELEASE OF PLANT MATERIAL WITHOUT TECHNICAL AUTHORIZATION 
Art. 7. In no case will the Departments referred to in the preceding article 
permit the clearance of plants or parts of plants without the respective authori- 
zation of the technical official of the Plant Protection Service. 
(1) That authorization will be obtained through an application by the im- 
porter or his broker, who will furnish the following to that official : 
(a) The certificate of origin and plant health of the country of origin, legalized 
by the Brazilian consul : 
(6) Complete information on the products to be cleared, including that neces- 
sary to establish their identity. 
CHARACTER OF PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE 3 
(2) The certificate in question must be signed by the competent authority of 
the plant protection service of the exporting country and indicate : 
(a) Quantity and kind of containers ; 
(&) Weight and marks; 
(c) Vessel and date of sailing; 
(d) Description of plants and parts of plants: 
(e) Place where grown; 
(f) Name of exporter; 
(g) Name and address of consignee; 
(h) Date of inspection; 
(i) Attestation that the products exported are deemed free from diseases and 
pests injurious to crops. 
CERTIFICATE NOT OBLIGATORY FOR SMALL MAIL OR BAGGAGE SHIPMENTS 
Art. 8. The certification requirements of the preceding article may be dis- 
pensed with for small shipments of plants and parts of plants imported by mail, 
including mail orders, registered mail, samples without value, etc.. or those 
carried in the baggage of passengers from foreign countries: meanwhile such 
products are not allowed to be disembarked without competent inspection by 
the Plant Protection Service. (Circular No. 51, of August 30, 1930, makes the 
provisions of this article applicable to shipments of plant products imported bv 
air mail.) 
(1) The Ministry of Agriculture can limit the quantity and establish condi- 
tions under which it will permit the certificate to be dispensed with under the 
terms of this article. 
PASSENGERS MUST DECLARE PLANT MATERIAL IN BAGGAGE 
(2) Passengers from foreign countries who carry plants, seeds, cuttings 
rhizomes, tubers, fruits, etc., in their baggage are required to declare them to the 
customs authorities for the purpose of a phytosanitarv inspection, holding such 
material until competent inspection and release have ben effected by technical 
officials of the Plant Protection Service 
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