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(a) Require, for the legalization of invoices, that there be presented to him 
for visa the official certificate of origin and plant health issued by the competent 
authority of the plant-protection service of the country of origin. 
(b) Require with the phytosanitary certificates the special declarations estab- 
lished by orders of the Ministry of Agriculture for the importation of certain 
species and plant products. 
CERTIFICATES NOT REQUIRED WITH PLANT PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR FOOD. MANU- 
FACTURING, AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES 
(c) Dispense with the phytosanitary certificate only when products intended 
for food, manufacturing, medicinal, and ornamental purposes are concerned, 
which in the terms of article 13 have unrestricted entry into Brazil, in virtue 
of orders of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
(d) Ascertain, in accordance with article 3. whether the products to be ex- 
ported (to Brazil) are intended for a port or frontier station at which the 
plant-protection service is established. 
(e) Determine whether or not the plants or parts of plants are included in 
prohibitions established by these regulations or by orders of the Ministry 
of Agriculture. 
(f) Grant invoices for producrs whose importation is prohibited only when 
authorized to do so by the Ministry of Agriculture, through the intermedial y of 
foreign relations. 
NOTICE OF ARRIVAL 
Art. 6. For the purposes of these regulations, the Ministry of Finance, 
through its customhouses and stations, will immediately notify the technical 
official of the plant-protection service having jurisdiction in the port or frontier 
station, of the arrival and foreign source of origin of any plants or parts of 
plants. 
Identical notification will be made by the Ministry of Supervision and Public 
Works (Ministerio da Viacao e Obras Publicas), through the Department of 
Posts and Telegraphs (Departamento dos Oorreios e Telegrafos), with respect 
to plants and parts of plants imported by mail. 
NO RELEASE OF PLANT MATERIAL WITHOUT TECHNICAL AUTHORIZATION 
Art. 7. In no case will the departments referred to in the preceding article 
permit the clearance of plants or parts of plants without the respective au- 
thorization of the technical official of the plant protection service. 
(1) That authorization will be obtained through an application by the im- 
porter or his broker, who will furnish the following to that official : 
(a) The certificate of origin and plant health of the country of origin, legal- 
ized by the Brazilian consul. 
(6) Complete information on the products to be cleared including that 
necessary to establish their identity. 
CHARACTER OF PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE * 
(2) The certificate in question must be signed by the competent authority 
of the plant-protection service of the exporting country and indicate: 
(a) Quantity and kind of containers, 
(o) Weight and marks. 
(c) Vessel and date of sailing. 
(d) Description of plants and parts of plants. 
(e) Place where grown. 
(f) Name of exporter. 
(g) Name and address of consignee. 
(h) Date of inspection. 
(/) Attestation that the products exported are deemed free from diseases 
and pests injurious to crops. 
1 The Brazilian phytosanitary certificate is identical with that approved by the Inter- 
national Convention for Plant Protection, and a certificate based upon that is acceptable 
to the Brazilian Department of Agriculture. Only certificates issued bv the United States 
Department of Agriculture are acceptable. The essential nart of the text of the certificate 
adopted by the convention as applicable to Brazil is: "The undersigned (name and offi- 
cial title) certifies, in conformity with the results of the inspection of products included 
in the shipment, that the plants or parts of plants contained in the shipment described 
below are deemed free from injurious diseases and pests." 
