1085] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 63 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OV ENTRY 
Art. 7. The importation, under the terms of article 3 of decree no. 24114, 
of plants and parts of plants from abroad will be permitted only through the 
ports of Belem, Corumba, Manaos, Porto Alegre. Ilecife, Rio de Janeiro. Rio 
Grande, Santos, Sao Francisco, and Sao Salvador. 
Art. 8. Quarantined areas of Brazil. 
Art. 9. Approved form of certificate for plant material intended for export. 
Art. 10. Prohibiting the maintenance within economic crops of plants which 
may serve as hosts of parasites of those crops. 
BOND REQUIRED FOR PRODUCTION OF CERTIFICATES 
Art. 11. In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 
14 of decree no. 24114, a bond is established in cases of the straying of, or 
irregularities in. phytosanitary certificates required for the importation of 
plants and parts of plants, under the following conditions : 
(a) The period for the presentation of the certificate shall be 30 days for 
the preceding products proceeding from countries of the American continent 
and 60 days for other countries, counting from the date of the signature of the 
bond. 
INSPECTION on arrival 
(&) Imported products are subject, in addition to thorough inspection on 
arrival, to disinfection, fumigation, or quarantine, at the discretion of the 
plant-protection service. 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF SELECTED SEED POTATOES 
(Decree no. 21734, Aug. 16, 1932) 
Article 1. The importation of selected seed potatoes, with exemption from 
customs imports (in the terms of art. 3. no. XIII — 3, law no. 1616 of Dec. 30, 
190(5), is subject to previous authorization by the Ministry of Agriculture. 
(a) This authorization will be granted only to growers or syndicates and 
agricultural cooperatives registered in the Service of Inspection and Agricul- 
tural Protection (Service de Inspegao e Fomento Agricolas), and to commer- 
cial firms regularly established and registered in Brazil for the seed business. 
(.6) Importation shall be made only through ports or localities where there 
is a representative of the Biological Institute of Agricultural Protection (Insti- 
tuto Biologico de Defesa Agricola) authorized to carry out phytosanitary in- 
spection. (See art. 7, resolution of Nov. 19, 1934, p. 12.) 
(c) The Ministry of Agriculture will publish the names of the authorized 
ports or localities through which importation will be permitted. 
Art. 2. Seed potatoes may be imported into Brazil only from countries where 
technical experimental establishments specializing in the culture of this plant 
exist, according to the criterion of the Servioo de Inspegao e Fomento Agricolas, 
in order to prevent the importation of unfit varieties into regions for which 
the tubers are intended, and to prevent the introduction of injurious or exotic 
diseases, and the importation will be subject to all the provisions and instruc- 
tions concerning phytosanitary protection, applying to the case the judgment of 
the superior council of agricultural protection instituted by article 90 of the 
regulations approved by decree no. 15189 of December 21, 1921. 
(a) The phytosanitary certificate indicating origin referred to in article 
2 of the resolution of May 26, 1928 (superseded by art. 3 of the resolution 
of Nov. 19. 1934), shall affirm that the tubers proceed from regions free from 
the parasites Synch 'itrium endobioticinn (Schilb.) Perc, Spongospora si(d- 
tcrrancv, (Wahr.) Johnson, and (Plithorimaca) Gnorimoschcma operculclla 
Zell., and Leptinotarsa dccemlineata Say, and that the imported tubers are 
free from those and other parasites. 
(b) In addition to this certificate, each shipment must be accompanied by 
a statement of the Minister of Agriculture of the producing country affirming 
that selected seed potatoes are concerned. 
(c) If, upon inspection on arrival, the tubers indicate need of disinfection 
by immersion in insecticidal and fungicidal solutions, this precaution will be 
required at the expense of the importer. 
Art. 3. Tubers which may be deemed by the Servigo de Inspegao e Fomento 
Agricolas unfit for planting may be used for consumption, provided that the 
