1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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WHITE- FRINGED BEETLE 
Art. 13. To prohibit the importation of the following products, when coming 
from the regulated areas 1 of the United States of North America, because of the 
white-fringed beetle (Pantomorus leucoloma and Pantomorus peregrinus), except 
when accompanied by a certificate of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture stating that they have complied with all the requirements for interstate 
movement: Potatoes, sweetpotatoes, and other tubers, fresh peas, and peanuts 
in the shell, seed cotton, raw cotton, cottonseed, and sod. At all events said 
products, upon their arrival in Cuba, shall be subject to inspection by the Bureau 
of Plant Quarantine of the Department of Agriculture. 
If upon inspection these products are found to be infested they shall be destroyed 
immediately; if no infestation is detected, but they are not accompanied by a 
certificate, the material shall be destroyed unless reshipped within the time 
allowed by the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
ports of entry 
Art. 14. To order that the importation of fruits and vegetables, plants, and 
other agricultural products, other than those enumerated in this decree from (i) 
to (m), inclusive, shall take place only through the ports of Havana, Cienfuegos, 
and Santiago de Cuba, unless otherwise specifically disposed. 
inspectors' authority 
Art. 15. Authority is hereby conferred on the inspectors of the Division of 
Plant Sanitation to the effect that, in cooperation with the Customs Inspectors, 
they may inspect the baggage and possessions of passengers and crews of ships or 
other vehicles of transportation, as well as any imported cargo, when their inspec- 
tion is deemed necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this decree. 
Said inspectors shall prevent the landing of all articles capable of introducing 
injurious agricultural pests, when not imported under the provisions of this decree; 
or shall place them, if already landed, at the disposition of the Chief of Plant 
Sanitation, to whom they shall report with all speed, in either case. 
If the introduction into the country has already taken place, or any other 
provision of this decree has been violated, whether by a civilian or by a public 
official, a report shall be made to the Court in accordance with the provisions of 
section 20, Article 578, of the Code for Social Defense, without damage to the 
administrative authority when a public official or employee is involved. 
fruit in ship's stores 
Art. 16. The storerooms or ice boxes of ships containing fresh fruits and 
coming from Bermuda, Jamaica, Mexico, Central America, South America, 
Trinidad, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Philippine Islands, Portugal, Spain, 
France, and Italy shall be sealed while they remain in Cuban ports, this function 
to be performed by the corresponding Customs inspector in those ports where no 
inspectors of the plant Sanitation service are located. 
reshipped fruits and other agricultural products 
Art. 17. Fruits and other agricultural products whose brands, labels, or other 
marks denote that they came from countries from which a certificate of origin is 
required, must be accompanied by said certificate, even when shipped from a 
different country. 
CONSULAR VISA 
Art. 18. All certificates required from foreign countries in accordance with 
this decree must be visaed by the Cuban consul, unless there is no consul in the 
country issuing it. 
BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND FUNGI 
Art. 19. In the case of the importation of insects and fungi beneficial to agri- 
culture, the importer must apply for permission from the Chief of Plant Sanitation, 
which shall be given only after receiving a favorable report from the Plant 
Quarantine Board. 
' The States quarantined by the white-fringed beetle quarantine (Quarantine No. 72) eoni prise Alabama, 
Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. 
