1938] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 9 
Name of vessel or particulars of route 
Date of shipment 
Port or place of entry 
Additional certificate (s) attached 
(Give here details of any special certificate or certificates issued in respect 
of imports specifically scheduled by the importing country.) 
Note. — Strike out the alternative words that are not applicable. 
B. E. P. Q. 403, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 
March 8, 1938. 
importation of seeds of conifers not prohibited 
According to the order of the direction-general of customs, No. 2505 2/2, of 
April 23, 1936, the Minister of Agriculture, in response to an inquiry concerning 
the applicability of the provisions of the decree of November 26, 1930 (p. 12, 
B. E. P. Q. 403) to seeds of conifers, decided that although the expression 
"parts of plants"' of itself includes seeds, the seeds of the conifers in question 
remain exempt from phytosanitary inspection on importation, if the shipment 
is clean and the seeds have been sifted in such a manner that no foreign matter, 
particularly needles of conifers, are contained therein. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 421, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF BULGARIA 
March 8, 1938. 
importation of citrus fruits placed under control 
Article 4 of the decree of September 29, 1932 (B. E. P. Q. 421, p. 4) has been 
supplemented by decree No. 40 (Derzhaven Yestnik No. 232, October 20, 1937) by 
the addition of the following paragraph : 
"All shipments containing oranges (Citrus aurantium = C. sinensis), mandarins 
(C. nobilis=C. nobilis var. delieiosa) . lemons (C. medica var. linionum=C. 
Umonia), grapefruit (C. decumana=G. paradisi), bananas (Musa spp.), dates 
(Phoenix dactylifera), carobs or St. John's-bread (Ceratonia siliqua), pome- 
granates [Punica granatum) and other southern fruits, are permitted entry 
when the importer presents a certificate of health and of origin and when 
all the requirements of the regulation have been complied with." 
Lie A. Strong. 
Chief. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 426, Supplement No. 3. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA 
January IS, 1938. 
Paso de los Lebres an Additional Pout of Entry 
Decree No. 116897 of October 20. 1987, designates Paso de los Libres as an 
additional port of entry for the Introduction of plants in general, subject to the 
provisions of decree No. S3732 of June ::. L936, with the exception of sugarcane 
(art. 35, p. 10, B. E. P. Q. 426), cottonseed (art. 41, p. 13), potatoes (art. 59, 
p. 22), and grapevines (art. 60, p. 23). 
Fresh fruits may enter that port only in transit to the Federal capital. Buenos 
Aires, where they will he entered ;it the Federico Lacroze station subject to the 
regulations governing the importation of those products (see art. 37. p. L2). 
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