24 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan. Mar. 
The circular was prepared by Richard Faxon, District Supervisor, Certification 
for Export, Division of Foreign Riant Quarantines, from a translation of an Ex- 
ecutive Decree of February 15, 1940, and Regulatory Decrees relating to animals 
and plants issued November IT, 1925, and January 25, 192(1, and reviewed by the 
Director General of Agriculture and Animal Industry of Ecuador. 
The information in this circular is believed to be correct and sufficiently com- 
plete for its purpose up to the time of preparation, but it is not to be interpreted 
as legally authoritative. 
P. N. Annand, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
Basic Legislation 
An Executive Decree of February 15, 1940, established general plant and animal 
health regulations, and provided for the establishment of a phytosanitary service 
charged with the inspection of plants. This service administers regulations issued 
November 17. 1925 (effective January 1, 1926), and January 25. 1926, in relation to 
importations of plants and plant products. 
Concise Summary 
importation prohibited 
Cottonseed, cotton bolls, or raw cotton from countries infested with the cotton 
boll weevil {Anthonomu* grandis Boh.). 
Plants and plant products for planting or propagation in Ecuador from infected 
regions. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Hay or straw, live plants, seeds, cuttings, sprouts, buds, grafts, etc., must be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. 
Parcel-post shipments of seeds, cuttings, etc., must be certified to be in healthy 
condition by the shipper. 
Consular visa is required with official phytosanitary certificates and will be 
supplied free of charge. 
General Regulations 
[Decrees of November 17, 1925, and January 26, 1926] 
Article 1. Relates to animal quarantines. 
Art. 2. The importation is prohibited of hay and straw, live plants, seeds, cut- 
tings, sprouts, buds, grafts, etc., which come from disease-infected places. Said 
1 hints and parts thereof, even though they may be shipped in small quantities by 
mail, must be accompanied by a certificate issued by an Official Entomologist, or 
by the phytosanitary authorities of the country of origin, in which it is stated that 
the plants or parts thereof are not infested with any insect or infected by any 
fungus disease and that they have been properly disinfected. (See also Revision 
of January 25, 1926, regarding parcel-post shipments.) 
This certificate must be certified by the Ecuadoran consul in the country of 
shipment. 
In the particular case of cottonseed, cotton bolls, and raw cotton, the certificate 
visaed by the consul must state under oath or formal declaration, that the bolls 
or seeds come from a country in which the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus 
grandis Boh.) does not exist. 
Art. 3. The consuls are required to keep close watch of all shipments covered 
by these regulations, and to report to the Ministry of Agriculture concerning the 
occurrence and disappearance of insect pests and plant diseases in the country 
in which they reside, in order to safeguard the interest of Ecuador from pests 
which might be imported with restricted material. 
Art. 4. Consular authorities, Customs inspectors, the Smuggling Patrol, and 
Postmasters are entrusted with the fulfillment of these regulations. 
Art. 5. Customs inspectors and postmasters are required to notify the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture of all importations of plants, seeds, etc., passing through their 
offices, and to send a copy of the certificate accompanying such shipments handled 
by them with each notification. 
