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The Department of Economy is authorized to extend the same regulation 
continuously or for certain periods of the year, also to the importation of 
tomatoes, eggplants, fresh vegetables of all kinds, and to packing materials. 
Art. 4. The Department of Economy will designate the countries to which 
articles 1 to 3 are applicable. 
It is also empowered to prohibit or to apply restrictive regulations to the 
importation of potatoes and other products named in article 3 from countries 
that are infested or infected by Colorado potato beetle or potato wart. 
It will absolutely prohibit all importations from countries that have not 
taken steps to combat efficaciously these two potato enemies. 
The Department of Economy can, in particular, order the following measures: 
(a) Make importation conditional upon special permits. 
(b) Require the accompaniment of phytosanitary certificates issued by official 
plant protection stations and the sealing of the shipment by those stations. 
(c) Promulgate provisions on packing and transport material and on their 
disinfection. 
(d) Restrict importation through designated customs offices and prescribe 
technical inspection of the shipment at the frontier. 
Art. 5. Potato and produce shipments that do not comply with the provisions 
of this order or with the administrative provisions of the Department of 
Economy or of the Division of Agriculture, or in which potato wart or Colorado 
potato beetle has been determined are at once to be reported to the Division 
of Agriculture. The latter will decide on further procedure and, finally, on 
the disposal of the shipment. Precautions will be taken to prevent any dis- 
tribution of these pests. 
Art. G. The Division of Agriculture may permit exceptions to the provisions 
of articles 1 to 5 when risk to Swiss potato culture is precluded. 
traffic in seed potatoes 
Art. 13. The Department of Public Economy is authorized to make special 
provisions for the importation of and traffic in seed potatoes and to entrust 
that importation to purchasing cooperatives. 
COUNTRIES FROM WHICH CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN ARE REQUIRED 
[Resolution of May 18, 1938] 
Article 1. The certificate of origin prescribed by article 1 of the Federal 
resolution of April 14, 1938, is required : 
(a) In connection with Colorado potato beetle, for all shipments of potatoes 
from Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Netherlands, and the German Provinces 
of Baden, Bavaria (Pfalz), Prussia (Rheinland), and Saarland. 
(b) With respect to potato wart, for all shipments of potatoes from Belgium, 
Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain and Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, 
Sweden, and Czechoslovakia. 
The certifications required concerning potato wart and Colorado potato 
beetle may be prepared either separately or together. 
B. E. P. Q. 426, Supplement No. 4. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA 
November 15, 1938. 
Amended Regulations Governing Importation of Barreled Apples and 
Dried Fruits 
Decree No. 11358 of September 2, 1938, effective October 1, 1938, replaces 
regulations 38 and 39 of decree No. 83732 of Jane 3, 1936 (see pp. 12 and L3 
B. E. P. Q. 426), by the following: 
WRAPPING OP BARRELED APPLES WAIVED 
Article 38. Subject to the provisions of article 3G, paragraphs (h) and (A », 
it is established that : 
(a) The requirement of a paper wrapper for each unit is waived for barreled 
apples from North America. Apples imported in that condition must be accom- 
