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BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
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of the States concerned to the High Commissioner, who will promulgate a 
decree on the proposal of the Secretary-General of the High Commissariat upon 
the advice of the inspector-general of customs of Syria and Lebanon and of the 
president of the Consultative Epiphyte Commission. 
According to the technical means and materials that the localities in which 
the customs offices whose opening for importation is requested will provide, 
import authorizations may be extended to all the products mentioned in para- 
graphs 1 and 2 of article 1, or be limited to certain of those products and to- 
certain botanical species. 
Abt. 7. In each State, in order to facilitate for the agricultural service the 
control of the products mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 1, the customs 
service shall notify the former service without delay of the address of the de- 
pository of the import declarations pertaining to those products. 
Inspection certificate required 
Art. 8. Products offered for importation must be accompanied by a phyto- 
pathological inspection certificate adopted in the country of origin affirming that 
the products are free from any parasite known to be injurious to crops. 
This certificate, after being visaed by the customs service and registered by 
the director of agriculture of the State in which the port of entry is located,, 
will accompany the imported products to their final destination. 
Disposal of noncertified products 
Art. 9. Products unaccompanied by a phytopathological inspection certificate 
will be inspected by the local Direction of Agriculture on their arrival at the 
port of entry. 
They may be admitted if found free from parasites ; disinfected if necessary ; 
shipped to a port having facilities for disinfecting if the port of entry does not 
furnish those facilities; or returned to the country of origin or destroyed, at 
the choice of the importer, if disinfection cannot be carried out. 
Destruction will be effected by the customs service within 6 days from the 
date the importer was notified by the customs service, if he had not made his 
decision known. 
Packing 
Art. 10. Imported products must be so packed as to facilitate inspection and 
disinfection. 
Each package shall be provided with a tag attached conspicuously indicating : 
Full name and address of the exporter ; locality of origin of the products ; 
character, variety, and quantity of the products contained in the package ; and 
name and address of the importer. 
The opening of the packages, and disinfection, reshipment, or destruction of 
the products will be made at the expense and risk of the importer. 
Art. 11. The examination Of products imported without certificate will in- 
volve a report, in duplicate, which will be prepared by the agent charged with 
the inspection. 
This report, which will contain the information necessary for the identifica- 
tion of the products examined, will state the outcome of the examination and 
the resultant operations. 
Art. 12. If the entry of the inspected products is permitted, the duplicate of 
the report will accompany the products to their final destination. 
No one may transport in territory under French mandate imported plants or 
parts of plants which are not accompanied by a phytopathological certificate or 
by the inspection report mentioned in the preceding article. 
The Consultative Epiphyte Commission may satisfy itself, upon the arrival 
of the imported products at destination, that they are free from parasites. 
Arts. 13 to 19. Interstate traffic. 
Transit 
Art. 20. The transit of the plants and parts of plants mentioned in para- 
graphs 1 and 2 of article 1 through the territory of States under French mandate 
is subject to the regulations concerning the importation of those plants and 
parts thereof. 
