1939] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
41 
B. E. P. Q. 484. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA 
Januaky 13, 1939. 
This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Bolivia 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, 
foreign service information, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original text of the supreme decree of May 28, 1937, creating and regulating the 
Bolivian Plant Protection Service (Servicio de Policia Sanitaria Vegetal) and 
reviewed by the Chief of that Service. 
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 text, and it is not to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA 
Basic Legislation 
[Supreme Decree of May 28, 1937, creating and regulating the Plant Protection Service 
(Servicio de Policia Sanitaria Vegetal)] 
This decree is divided into four chapters including domestic phytosanitary 
regulations (arts. 1 to 6), regulations on plant importation (arts. 7 to 12), those 
on plants for exportation (arts. 13 to 16), and general provisions (arts. 17 
to 23). Only chapter II, including articles 7 to 12, is included in this digest. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Plants and parts of plants that carry agricultural pests. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Plants and parts of plants : Every shipment must be accompanied by a phyto- 
sanitary inspection certificate issued by competent authority of the country of 
origin and is subject to inspection on arrival. 
IMPORT PERMIT REQUIRED 
Article 7. Applications for permits to introduce plants or parts thereof shall 
be made to the chief of the Plant Protection Service (Servicio de Policia Sani- 
taria Vegetal), and shall contain the following data: (a) Name and address of 
the importer; (&) name and kind of product; (c) country of origin; (d) pur- 
pose for which the product is intended (planting, sowing, or sale) ; (e) customs 
office or route through which the importation is made. 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
Art. 7 continued. For its clearance through the customhouse concerned, the 
presentation to the agents of the phytosanitary service is required of a phyto- 
sanitary certificate issued by competent authority of the country of origin. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 8. The requirements of the preceding article having been complied with, 
the agent of the Plant Protection Service will determine the good sanitary 
condition of the imported products in the frontier customhouse and will issue 
a signed certificate authorizing the continuation of transportation. 
