1934] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
Authorizing Law 
Law of July 2, 1924, concerning the protection of plant production. 
Concise Summary 
importation prohibited 
Clover : Refuse, chaff, etc., of all species. 
Potatoes : Parts and refuse thereof, if infected or suspected of being infected 
with wart disease ; also potatoes originating in countries contaminated by wart 
disease. 
Grapevines and parts thereof, compost, used props and supports, live 
phylloxera and eggs, merchandise packed or enclosed in grape leaves or which 
contains parts of grapevines, as a precaution against the introduction of 
phylloxera. 
Living plants, living parts, and fresh refuse thereof, and containers thereof 
from America, Africa, Australia, Austria, China, Hawaii, Hungary, Japan, and 
New Zealand as a precaution against the introduction of San Jose scale. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Red clover and alfalfa seed: Importation and exportation subject to control 
by the seed control station, including the withdrawal and testing of samples. 
Potatoes may be imported from countries where potato wart does not occur 
if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate in prescribed form in the official 
language of Czechoslovakia and in the language of the exporting country, 
and subject to inspection on arrival. 
Living plants (except grapevines) and parts thereof must be accompanied by 
a shipper's declaration and by a phylloxera certificate by competent authority 
if from a country where phylloxera is known to exist. 
Fresh fruits : Importation from countries infested with San Jose scale per- 
mitted on condition that inspection on arrival does not reveal San Jose scale 
on the fruit or the containers. 
IMPORTATION UNRESTRICTED 
Cut flowers, seeds, bulbs, and tubers free from soil, grape seeds, and vege- 
tables. 
Regulations under Decree No. 168, of December 13, 1927 
The plant quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of Czechoslovakia 
are assembled in part 2, section 4, governmental decree no. 168 of December 13, 
1927, on the administration of the tariff law. 
The regulations apply to all methods of forwarding plants, not only by public 
transportation organizations (mail, railroad, ship, airplane, etc.) and by road 
by means of vehicles, but also to that affected by persons crossing the customs 
frontier, and are grouped as follows : 
A. Seeds. 
B. Potatoes. 
C. Other plants, their fruits and parts. 
1. Precautionns against phylloxera. 
2. Precautions against San Jose scale. 
A. SEEDS 
Exported and imported red clover and alfalfa seed subject to control 
Article 1. Exported and imported red clover and alfalfa seed is subject 
to control by the seed control station of the land cultivation council of Bohemia, 
Prag ; the Moravian Agricultural Land Research Institute, Brunn ; and the 
Government Agricultural Institute, Bratislava and Kosice. The exported seed 
must be sealed or marked. 
