110 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
Akticle S. The description of the method of coloring the above-mentioned 
seeds (art. 7) will be published in the Monitor Polski. 
Article 8 has been supplemented by the notice of December 11, 1933, as 
follows : 
Seeds of clover, alfalfa, sand clover, sweetclover, birdsfoot trefoil, and tim- 
othy, on clearance through customs offices authorized for the entry of these goods, 
are subject to compulsory coloring by means of a solution of eos-in. The color- 
ing is effected by injecting into the interior of each sack of seeds a 0.9 percent 
solution of eosin in denatured alcohol in the proportion of 160 cm of solution 
per 100 kg of seed. The cost of coloring is borne by the importer 
INSPECTION CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS REQUIRED WITH IMPORTED 
BEANS 
Article 9. Beans, except those prohibited by section 16, may be imported into 
the customs territory on the basis of the certificate in accordance with model 16 
and a certificate of fitness issued by the foreign official authorities or agricul- 
tural associations of a public-service character. The certificates of fitness must 
furnish the botanical names of the beans and affirm that they contain no 
poisonous substances. 
In the absence of a certificate of fitness, a certificate issued by a Polish 
governmental food-testing station can be substituted, the certificate, of course, 
being issued after testing a sample sent to the station by the customs, under 
official seal. 
The transmittal and testing of samples are at the expense of the interested 
person. 
certificates for food in transit 
Article 10. In connection with the transit of the potatoes, plants, seeds, and 
fruits named in articles 1 and 2, the certificates prescribed therein are necessary. 
This requirement is not applicable when the goods are forwarded in closed 
sealed cars without transshipment or in tight uninjured containers. 
LANGUAGE OF CERTIFICATES 
Article 11. The certificates mentioned in articles 1, 2, 3, and 5 must be issued 
either in the Polish language or in that of the exporting country. The customs 
office has the right to require a translation into Polish of a certificate in a 
foreign language. 
Article 12. The lists of customs offices authorized for the entry of the goods 
named in articles 1, 2, 3, and 5 will be published in the Monitor Polski 
(appendix B). 
INSPECTION MAY BE REQUIRED AT PORT OF ENTRY 
Article 13. The sanitary condition of the goods named in articles 1 and 2 
may be confirmed at customs offices by experts authorized by the Minister of 
Finance in cooperation with the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform 
for that purpose. In case diseases and pests are found in the said merchandise, 
it may not enter into free traffic. 
Article 14. The plants and plant products named in articles 1 and 2 which 
are not provided with the certificates of the official phytosanitary service or 
plant-protection service of the exporting country, may enter into free traffic if 
the interested person produces the certificate of a Polish plant-protection 
service, according to which the shipment in question is free from injurious plant 
diseases and pests. 
Article 15. Seeds of clover, alfalfa, sand clover, sweetclover, birdsfoot trefoil, 
and timothy which are not provided with a certificate (model 4) of a foreign 
seed-testing station, may be released into free traffic on the basis of a certificate 
issued by one of the authorized Polish seed-control stations. The contents of 
the certificate must correspond to model 4. 
Article 16. Shipments of seeds of clover, alfalfa, sand clover, sweetclover, 
birds loot trefoil, and timothy which are provided with a certificate (model 4) 
issued by a foreign seed-testing station, may be inspected again at a customs 
office in Poland. If this inspection shows the seed to be contaminated with 
dodder (Cuscuta) it may not be released into free traffic. 
