1939] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 145 
The shipper's declaration shall : 
1. Certify that the contents of the shipment proceed entirely from his estab- 
lishment ; 
2. Indicate the exact receiving point and the address of the consignee ; 
3. Affirm that there are no grapevine stocks in the shipment ; 
4. State whether or not the shipment includes plants with balls of earth ; 
5. Bear the shipper's signature. 
The attestation of the authority at the place of origin shall be based on the 
declaration of an expert and certify : 
(a) That the articles proceed from ground separated from any grape stock 
by a space of at least 20 m., or by some other obstacle to the roots deemed 
sufficient by the competent authority; 
(b) That the ground itself does not contain any grape stocks; 
(c) That no storage of that plant is made there; 
(d) That if there had been phylloxerated grapevines in that ground, thorough 
extirpation, repeated toxic applications, and investigations during a period of 
three years had been carried on which insured the complete destruction of that 
insect and of the roots. 
Art. 03. The Federal Department of Public Economy is authorized: 
1. To permit exceptions to articles 59, 61, and 02, where small plants other 
than grapevines, flowering plants in pots, table grapes without leaves or stems, 
arriving with a traveler as hand baggage or registered baggage, are concerned ; 
2. To prohibit the importation of table grapes intended for viticultural regions 
of Switzerland, but not to prohibit their transit; 
3. To take restrictive measures concerning the importation of kitchen-garden 
products grown between rows of phylloxerated grapevines. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Fresh Fruits, Trees, Shrubs, Living 
Plants, and Parts of Plants 
[Order of June 5, 1937] 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
Article 1, (1) Every shipment of fresh "pip fruits" (pomaceous fruits) or 
stone fruits, 8 trees, shrubs, and other living plants, not in tubs or pots, parts of 
plants, such as scions, cuttings, layers, etc., proceeding from the countries named 
in article 3, must be accompanied by a certificate of the phytopathological 
service of the country of origin. 9 That certificate, prepared or translated into 
German, French, or Italian, shall affirm that the shipment is free from San 
Jose scale, other parasites, and diseases. 10 
FUMIGATION OF PLANTS REQUIRED 
(2) Certificates accompanying trees, shrubs, other living plants, and parts 
of plants must, furthermore, affirm that the shipment has been subjected, in 
the country of origin, to an effective disinfection with hydrocyanic acid gas 
and provided with a seal bearing an inscription, in order to preclude the 
substitution of other plants that have not been fumigated. The inscription on 
the seal shall be reproduced in the accompanying certificate. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 2. (1) For all merchandise mentioned in article 1, inspection at the 
frontier will establish whether or not the shipment is free from San .lose scale, 
other parasites, and diseases. Entry may not be authorized unless the Shipment 
is free from such pests and diseases. Infested shipments will he refused entry. 
8 The Swiss Division of Agriculture requires a certificate for each European carload of 
fruit (about 400 boxes of apples), therefore a sufficient number of copies of the certificate 
must be furnished to provide for that contingency. (See also Foreign riant Quarantines 
Memorandum No. 53. Supplement No. 1.) 
w See also art. 58 of the regulations of July 10. is;it 1 p. 1 1. which is applicable to Hh> 
United States; consequently, living plants from the United States may be imported into 
Switzerland only under a special authorization of the Swiss Division of Agriculture, not 
withstanding the order of June 5 1937. 
10 Form EQ-375, revised March l, L938, should be used for Federal certification, t > 1 1 1 
State certificates are acceptable. 
