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panied by two phytosanitary certificates (art. 9), one issued by the competent 
authority of the respective State, and the second by technical officials of the 
Federal Department of Agriculture. Both certificates, which shall bear the 
visa of the corresponding Argentine consul, shall make special mention of the 
fact that the shipment in question is free from the pests mentioned in article 
36 (d). The remainder of this paragraph deals with the inspection of apples 
on arrival in Argentina. 
(6) Provisions for the importation of apples and pears from New Zealand. 
DESICCATED AND DEIED FRUITS 
Art. 39. Desiccated and dried fruits introduced into Argentina shall be exempt 
from the presentation of the phytosanitary shipping certificate referred to in 
article 9 of these regulations and shall comply with the following requirements. 
(a) Plums, damsons, peaches, figs, apples, raisins, pears, etc., shall come in 
containers of wood or other materials except bags of any kind. These containers 
shall bear labels indicating the kind of fruit, the country of origin, the year in 
which gathered, the grade, and net weight. 
(&) Almonds, carob beans, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, pine kernels, etc., 
shall come in adequate containers of standard type with labels or inscriptions 
indicating the data mentioned in paragraph (a). 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 476, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
October 3, 1938. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Rice and Rice Plants 
Statutory rules No. 36 of March 25, 1936, amend the quarantine (plants) 
regulations (see p. 4 et seq., B. E. P. Q. 476) by adding the following as regula- 
tion 23A : 
"Reg. 23A. No person shall import rice plants (Oryza sativa) or rice seed 
or any rough or unmilled rice or rice capable of germinating, except for food pur- 
poses, for milling in preparation of food, or for other manufacturing purposes 
unless : 
"(a) An application for permission to import has been made to the Minister 
stating the nature and quantity to be imported, the country of origin, the 
reasons for the importation, and the precautions to be taken to procure plants 
or seed free from disease ; 
"(&) A permit to import is obtained from the Minister, subject to any condi- 
tions which he may think fit to impose ; 
"(c) The application is made for or on behalf of a State Department of 
Agriculture." 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 483. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, FRENCH REGENCY OF TUNISIA 
November 15, 1938. 
This summary of the phytosanitary import restrictions of the French Regency 
of Tunisia has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quaran- 
tine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that country. 
The summary was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, Foreign Service Information 
of the Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the Tunisian decrees involved 
and reviewed by the Direction des Affaires Economiques, Tunis. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of its preparation, but' it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of the decrees, and it is 
