SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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P. Q. C. A.-2S3, Revised, Supplement No. 4 October 20, 1034. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA 
PINEAPPLE SLIPS MAY NOW BE EXPORTED FROM CUBA 
Article 1 of the law of June 20, 1928, prohibited, for a period of 10 years, 
the exportation from Cuba of pineapple leaves or slips and permanently pro- 
hibited the cutting and exporting of tender fruit that had not fully matured. 
The decree-law, No. 453, of August 28, 1934, revokes the prohibition against 
the exportation of pineapple leaves or slips and amends article 1 to read as 
follows : 
Article 1. The cutting and exporting of pineapples that are not fully 
matured are permanently prohibited. 
This decree-law also adds article 4 to the law of June 20, 1928, prescrib- 
ing that a proper authorization from the Secretary of Agriculture is necessary 
for the exportation of pineapple leaves or slips and that those products shall 
be inspected by the Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal (Office of Plant Quar- 
antine). 
S. A. RoiIWER, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. — 368. XovExMber 1, 1934. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF POLAND 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Poland has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants to that Republic. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, of this Bureau, from his translation of 
the German text of the decree of the Polish Minister of Finance of October 4, 
1933 (Dziennik Ustaw, R. P. No. 77/5o2 of Oct. 9, 1933), and the notice of 
the Minister of Finance of December 11, 1933 (Monitor Polski No. 291, Dec. 
20, 1933), and reviewed by the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian 
Reform (Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Reform Rolnych). 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently pf, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of the decrees, and it 
is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The decrees themselves 
should be consulted for the exact texts. 
S. A. Rohwer, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF POLAND 
Basic Laws 
Decree of June 11, 1920, of the Minister of Finance and of Commerce and 
Industry on Customs Tariff (Dziennik Ustaw R. P. No. 51/314). 
Law of July 31, 1924, Regulating Customs Procedure (Dziennik Ustaw R. P. 
No. 80/777). 
Concise Summary 
importation prohibited 
Beans (Phascolus hinahis), "Rangoon'', and all poisonous beans; 
Cockleberry {Anamirta (Cocculns) indicus) ; 
Potato leaves, peelings, and refuse from any source. ( Decree of Oct. 4. 1933.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Potatoes, including seed potatoes: The following documents are required; 
CI) An import authorization to be obtained by the Polish importer; 
(2) An inspection certificate according to the prescribed model affirming 
freedom from potato wart, powdery scab, Color,-' do potato beetle, potato 
tuber worm, and potato nematode. 
