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only in the presence of the official and in the place appointed by the Director of 
Agriculture. 
Art. 5. All expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing matters, in- 
cluding cost of disinfection or quarantine and cost of transport to and from the 
place of disinfection or quarantine, shall be at the charge of the importer, and in 
no case shall compensation be payable to the importer in respect to any loss or 
damage consequent on any action taken by the Director of Agriculture in accord- 
ance with the provisions of this order. 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF POTATOES 
(Order-in-Council No. 1305 of May 20, 1929) 
Only seed potatoes may be imported into Cyprus 
Article 1. Potatoes for seed purposes only may be imported into Cyprus. 
Their importation may be made through the ports of Famagusta, Larnaca, 
Limassol, or Paphos only, and in such quantities and from such countries only 
as shall be specially authorized beforehand in writing by the Director of Agricul- 
ture. The potatoes shall be imported direct from the country of origin: Provided, 
That they may be transshipped if they remain in customs charge while at the 
transshipping port. 
Art. 2. All potatoes imported for seed purposes must be the produce of crops 
inspected while growing by inspectors of the Department of Agriculture or equiva- 
lent authority of the country in which they were grown, and must have been 
found by these inspectors to be not less than 97 percent pure. 
Art. 3. No bag of potatoes imported for seed purposes shall contain more than 
one hundredweight (112 pounds). 
Shipper's declaration and inspection certificates required 
Art. 4. Every consignment of potatoes for seed purposes shall be accompanied 
by the following documents: 
(a) A shipper's declaration in the following form: 
Address: 
I, the undersigned, , member of the firm of , consignors of 
cases/bags containing a total of net weight of potatoes for seed purposes 
and marked , to be shipped per S.S. , from (port of departure) 
, to (port of arrival) , do hereby declare that: . 
(1) These potatoes were grown by , of , at . 
(2) They are of the variety . 
(3) Their size and grade is . 
(4) The number of the certificate or inspection report issued by a duly author- 
ized inspector of the Department of Agriculture or equivalent authority of the 
country in which they were grown, following the inspection of the crop during 
growth is . 
(5) These potatoes were not grown in land infested with potato tuber worm 
(Phthorimaea) Gnorimoschema operculella t Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa 
decemlineata) , or infected with wart disease (Synchytrium endobioticum) . 
(Signature) 
Declared at , this day of , 19 — , before me. 
(Name and title of officer administering oath) 
(b) A certificate from the department of Agriculture or other equivalent author- 
ity of the country from which the potatoes are imported, certifying at a date not 
more than 30 days before the time of dispatch of the consignment that the dis- 
eases referred to therein have not been known to exist, so far as it is aware, within 
5 miles of the place or places in which the potatoes are declared to have been 
grown. 
(c) A certificate from the source indicated in (b) certifying that the consign- 
ment has been inspected and found to be in good condition and free from diseases 
and insect pests. 
Inspection on arrival required 
Art. 5. Every consignment of potatoes for seed purposes shall be subject to 
inspection by the Director of Agriculture or by an inspecting officer acting in his 
behalf. 
