1934] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 87 
of which it has been published that they are under continuous official super- 
vision and meet the requirements of the convention. The shipper's declaration 
and the official certificate may be printed on the back of the bill of lading. 
Art. 4. On making entry of the shipment, the customs office will attach the 
shipper's declaration and the official certificate to the customs documents ; how- 
ever, if these are printed on the bill of lading the fact is to be noted in the 
customs report that they were presented and were observed on the bill of lading 
of the customs entry and were furnished with an imprint of the date stamp of 
the place. If the shipment is in transit, the customs office will leave the ship- 
per's declaration and the official certificate with the transportation papers. 
Art. 5. Mail shipments. — In traffic with phylloxera-infested countries the 
sender of mail shipments of plants may enclose a duplicate of the declaration 
and certificate in the shipment, whereby it may be cleared through the customs 
without delay in case the certificate may be lost in forwarding. The fact that 
the duplicate of the certificate is to be found in the shipment is to be noted on 
the postal declaration and on the wrapper. 
Art. 6. Doubtful shipments. — In the case of well-founded doubts as to the 
cleanliness of the shipment, or if the customs officials have received special 
instructions concerning merchandise from a particular source, or for a pre- 
scribed period, the customs office will, in either case, allow the shipment to 
be inspected by an expert customs official or by an official specialist ; if such 
a person is not available, the customs office will at once inform the Ministry 
of Agriculture (by telegraph if necessary) whereby it may issue instructions 
for precautionary measures. If the shipment is found in proper condition 
it will be dealt with officially by the customs office, otherwise the entire pack- 
age will be burned and a report thereon will be made to the Ministry of 
Agriculture. 
Art. 7. Transit shipments in bond. — Products of the soil whose transit is 
permitted only conditionally under the foregoing regulations, without refer- 
ence to their origin, are allowed to proceed in transit if they are forwarded 
in bond. 
Art. 8. The importation and transit of table grapes, wine grapes, and grape 
skins is permitted, through any customs port of entry authorized to admit 
them, under the following conditions : 
(a) Table grapes must be packed in well-secured boxes, cases, baskets, or 
barrels, but in such a manner as to be easy to inspect; the shipment may 
not contain grape leaves or vines. 
(&) Vinifera grapes (intended for wine making) may be entered only when 
crushed and packed in casks with a capacity of at least 5 hi ; the casks must 
be so cleaned as to carry no particles of soil or grapevine. Vinifera grapes 
packed otherwise may not be imported. 
(c) Wine-grape skins may be entered only in tightly closed cases or casks. 
Art. 9. The importation or transit of cut flowers, seeds (including bulbs 
and rooted tubers, free from soil), grape seeds, vegetables, and fruits (decidu- 
ous), except grapes, is permitted through customs ports of entry authorized 
to admit them. 
Art. 10. Hand baggage, conditions of entry. — Insofar as grapes or the products 
mentioned in article 9, potted flowers, or other plants (except the grapevine 
stocks, wood, and leaves the entry of which is not permitted by the provisions 
of article 1 (a) ) are imported or carried in transit as hand baggage, they may 
enter any customs port of entry. However, if doubt exists as to the cleanliness 
of such plants, they are to be handled as prescribed in article 2. 
Art. 11. The importation of products mentioned in article 1, and products 
infested with phylloxera, as hand baggage (art. 10) is to be effected by the 
political authorities (Government police) without prejudice to the penalties, 
in accordance with the appropriate penalty provisions. 
Art. 12. Uncertified shipments. — Shipments of the plants referred to in article 
2 are to be cleared at customs ports of entry and mail shipments at authorized 
ports of entry. Foreign plant shipments which lack the prescribed certificates 
of origin are to be returned through the customs port of entry to the foreign 
frontier offices and mail shipments to the post office for export. 
Art. 13. In all cases of the return by the customs office of a shipment sus- 
pected of phylloxera infestation, a report on the condition of the articles and 
on the reason for their return is to be made in the presence of the interested 
person or of his representative. 
