22 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
Exportation oif Palm Tree Shoots Prohibited 
(Law No. 1, February 11, 1935) 
Article 1. The exportation of palm tree shoots from Iraq shall be prohibited. 
Art. 2. Penalty for violation. 
B. E. P. Q. 469, Superseding P. Q. C. A. 289. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF ITALY 
February 5, 1938. 
This revised digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Kingdom 
of Italy was rendered necessary by the abrogation of older legislation and its 
supersession by more recent enactments. It was prepared for the information 
of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exporta- 
tion of plants and plant products to that country, by Harry B. Shaw, plant quar- 
antine inspector in charge foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant 
Quarantines, from the original texts of the various Italian laws and decrees 
concerned, and reviewed by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct up to the 
time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of, nor as a 
substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as legally au- 
thoritative. The said laws and decrees should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF ITALY 
Basic Legislation 
[Law No. 987 of June 18, 1931, as amended by decree law No. 913, June 23, 1932, and 
decree law No. 1530 of June 12, 1936. International Phylloxera Convention of Berne, 
November 3, 1881, and provisions adopted by the Italian Government] 
[Powers under law No. 987 of June 18, 1931] 
Art. 8. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Ministero dell'Agricoltura 
e delle foreste), with the advice of the Ministry of Corporations (Ministero delle 
corporazioni ) , can by decree: 
(a) Suspend the importation into, and transit through, the Kingdom of plants, 
parts of plants, and seeds found to be infected. 
(b) Establish frontier stations and ports through which the importation and 
transit of plants, parts of plants, and plant products may take place. 
(c) Promulgate rules and regulations to be observed for the importation of 
the products referred to in the preceding paragraph. 
Art. 9. Delegates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry assigned for 
supervisory service at frontier stations and ports, according to the rules pro- 
mulgated by the said Ministry, have the following functions : 
(a) To impose the disinfection or destruction of plants, parts of plants, and 
seeds regarded as infected, as well as of materials, packing, containers, and such 
other articles as may serve as vehicles of infection. 
(&) To prohibit the introduction into the Kingdom, and transit through it. of 
plants and seeds found infeste:! or bearing pathogenic organisms or parasites. 
The provisions of law No. 987 of June 18. 1931. as amended, are administered 
under regulations promulgated under decree law No. 913 of June 23, 1932. and 
law No. 1933 of December 22, 1932. 
StTMMARY 
1MPORTATION AND TRANSIT PROHIBITED FROM ALL COUNTRIES 
Almonds in the shell (Amygdalus communis L.). (Decree of March 3, 1927, 
art. 8 (i),p. 7.) 
Banana plants and fruits (Musa spp.). (Decree of March 3, 1927, art. 8 (g), 
p. 7.) 
