58 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Article 1. Under the conditions hereinafter prescribed, the importation, com- 
merce, transit, and exportation are prohibited of: 
(a) Plants and parts of plants, such as stocks, scions, cuttings, layers, fruits, 
seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, leaves, and flowers, when they are car- 
riers of injurious diseases and pests; 
(&) Live insects, mites, nematodes, and other harmful plant parasites, in 
any stage of development; 
(c) Cultures of bacteria and fungi injurious to plants; 
(d) Cases, sacks, or other packing materials which may have served for the 
transportation of the products named in this article; 
(e) Soils, composts, or plant products that may contain cryptogams, insects, 
or other harmful plant parasites in any stage of development, whether or not 
they accompany living plants. 
PLANTS WITH SOIL TO BE DISINFECTED 
(1) Certain species of plants, according to the judgment of the plant-protec- 
tion service (Service de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal), may be admitted to impor- 
tation with soil subject to obligatory disinfection and the substitution of the 
soil on arrival. 
IMPORTATION OF PROHIBITED PLANT MATERIAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES 
(2) The Ministry of Agriculture may permit the importation of the plant 
material named in paragraphs a, 6, c, and e of this article, only for experimental 
purposes in scientific establishments of Brazil, subject to preventive measures 
which will be prescribed in each case by the National Council for Agricultural 
Protection (Conselho Nacional de Defesa Agrieola). 
USEFUL INSECTS, BACTERIA, AND FUNGI ADMITTED 
(3) The Ministry of Agriculture may permit, by order, after hearing the 
National Council for Agricultural Protection, the introduction into the country 
of species of insects, fungi, bacteria, etc., recognized as useful, to which the 
prohibitions under letters (&) and (c) of this article do not apply. 
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS OR PROHIBITIONS MAY BE ESTABLISHED 
Art. 2. Independently of the provisions of article 1, the Ministry of Agri- 
culture may prohibit, or establish special conditions for the importation of any 
plant, part thereof, or agricultural product which proceeds from any country 
suspected of being or which actually is invaded by diseases and pests whose 
introduction into the country may constitute a menace to the national cultures. 
The Ministry of Agriculture will determine, by order, which products and 
respective countries of origin are comprehended within this article. 
Importation Restricted of Plants and Parts of Plants 
authorized ports of entry 
Art. 3. The importation of plants and parts of plants will be permitted only 
through ports and frontier stations in which the plant protection service shall 
have been established. 
The Ministry of Agriculture will determine periodically, by order, which 
ports and frontier stations have been equipped for the purposes of this article. 
(See art. 7, resolution of Nov. 19, 1934.) 
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULAR VISA 
Art. 4. Brazilian consuls in foreign countries will not legalize invoices for 
plants or parts of plants unless all the requirements of Brazilian phytosanitary 
legislation have been complied with. 
Art. 5. Besides other measures that have been taken by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, consuls must observe the following: 
