142 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec 
they should import ; (6) it would do away with just about all the controversial 
features of the quarantine, and finally, it would do more than anything yet done 
to prevent the introduction into this country of pests carried by plants and 
nursery stock. It is encouraging to know that certain members of Congress 
now have under way steps to bring this about. 
B. E. P. Q. 413, revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF SWITZERLAND 
November 15, 1938. 
This revision of the digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the 
Republic of Switzerland, which was rendered necessary by the promulgation of 
more recent regulations, has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, 
plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and 
plant products to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge of 
Foreign Service Information, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
French and German texts of the corresponding Swiss laws and regulations, and 
reviewed by the Division of Agriculture, Federal Department of Public Economy 
of the Republic of Switzerland. 
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 independ- 
ently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted 
as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF SWITZERLAND 
Basic Legislation 
[Federal law of December 22. 1893, art. 12, as amended by those of October 5, 1929, and 
April 7, 1930, concerning the improvement of agriculture by the Federation] 
"The Federal Council is authorized to order an efficacious supervision of 
vineyards and to take necessary preventive measures against the spread of 
phylloxera and other parasites, to prohibit the importation, traffic in, and ex- 
portation of plants, materials, and products that could serve as carriers of 
phylloxera or any other parasite menacing agriculture, and to enact penal provi- 
sions against violators, prescribing fines up to 1,000 francs." 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Grapevine stocks, shoots, stems, leaves, refuse, unpressed vintage grapes, used 
props and supports, composts, and vegetable molds : Importation from any source 
prohibited, as a precaution against the introducetion of Phylloxera vitifoliae 
Fitch. (Art. 57, regulations of July 10, 1894. See p. 4.) 2 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Table and vintage grapes, grape marc, fruit trees, stocks, and shrubs proceed- 
ing from countries that do not adhere to the International Phylloxera Conven- 
tion of Berne, November 3, 1881 : May be imported only with the permission of 
the Division of Agriculture of the Swiss Federal Department of Public Economy. 
(Art. 58 of the regulations of July 10, 1894. See also the order of June 5, 1937, 
concerning fruits originating in the United States, p. 4.) 2 
Stocks, shrubs, fruit trees, and all plants except grapevines from countries 
that adhere to the International Phylloxera Convention of Berne: May be im- 
ported through designated ports, but must be accompanied by a shipper's decla- 
ration of origin and a phylloxera certificate. (Arts. 61 and 62, regulations of 
July 10, 1894, see p. 6.) Those grown in countries that do not adhere to that 
convention, including the United States, may be imported only under a special 
2 Applies to the "United States. 
