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BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
[Jan -Mar. 
Disposal of infected shipments 
Art. 6. If on such inspection as in article 5 the potatoes are found to be not 
free from disease or should the inspector have reason to suspect them of being 
diseased they may at the discretion of the Director of Agriculture be ordered to be 
either: 
(1) Destroyed by the importer or his agent under the supervision of the in- 
spector; or (2) subjected to such process of disinfection or treatment as the 
inspector may prescribe, the expenses of such process being paid by the importer; 
or (3) reexported. 
Provided always that in no case shall compensation be payable to the importer 
in respect of any loss or damage consequent on any action taken by the Director 
of Agriculture or any inspecting officer in accordance with the provisions of this 
clause. 
Art. 7. If a consignment of potatoes for seed purposes does not conform to the 
conditions of articles 2 and 3, or is unaccompanied by the documents required in 
article 4 hereof, or if such documents do not conform to the shipper's declaration 
prescribed by this order, the consignment shall be dealt with as if it had been 
inspected as provided for in article 5 and found to be not free from disease. 
Art. 8. Concerns the sale of imported seed potatoes. 
Art. 9. Revokes previous potato orders. 
Art. 10. Makes the effective date of the order May 27, 1929. 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
(Order-in-Council No. 1421 of Apr. 23, 1931) 
Products and countries of origin 
Article 1. Fresh fruits and vegetables in the raw state; trees and plants, and 
living parts thereof (inlcuding seeds, save those specially excepted) ; all flowers, 
cut or otherwise; all dried plants and flowers; staves that have been used as 
grapevine props or for similar purposes; all binding that has been used for grape- 
vines or other plants; earth and gravel, leaf and garden mold; animal and 
vegetable manures, except guano, bone dust and other fossil or chemically pre- 
pared manures, may be imported from: Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Irish 
Free State, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Sweden, and any other country 
possessing a government phytopathological service, subject to prior permission 
from the Director of Agriculture. 
Art. 2. (1) The plants and plant products mentioned in article 1 may be 
imported into Cyprus from the countries named in that article under the following 
conditions: 
Inspection certificate required 
(a) Each consignment of such plants and plant products shall be accompanied 
by a certificate in the form set forth below, a copy whereof shall be delivered to 
the Director of Agriculture 7 days before the arrival of the consignment to which 
the certificate refers. A certificate in the same form shall be attached to the 
outside of any mail package of such plants and plant products. 
Prescribed inspection certificate 
This is to certify that the plants included in the consignment/package described 
below were thoroughly inspected by me, a duly authorized official of the Govern- 
ment of (name of country) on (date) , and were found or 
believed by me to be healthy and free from plant diseases and insect pests, 
especially from the following: 
Insects: (Aleurodes) Dialeurodes citri, citrus whitefly; Anthonomus grandis, boll 
weevil; Aspidiotus perniciosus, San Jose scale; Chionaspis furfura, scurfy scale; 
Chrysomphalus aonidum, Florida red scale; Conotrachelus nenuphar, plum cur- 
culio; (Cydia) Grapholitha molesta, oriental fruit moth; (Diaspis) Aulacaspis 
pentagona, white peach scale; Epochra canadensis, currant fruit fly; Eriosoma 
lanigerum, woolly apple aphid; Heliothis obsoleta, corn ear worm; Heterocordylus 
malinus; I eery a aegyptiaca; 1 I eery a purchasi, cottony-cushion scale; Iridomyrmex 
humiliSy Argentine ant; Lepidosaphes beckii, purple scale; L. gloverii, Glover's 
scale; L. ulmi, oyster-shell scale; Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Colorado potato 
beetle; Lygidea mendax, apple redbug; Malacosoma americana, eastern tent cater- 
pillar; M. disstria, forest tent caterpillar; Phylloxera {vastatrix) vitifoliae, grape 
1 Not recorded as occurring in the United States. 
