154 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [January-March, 
tural protection (Servigo de Inspecao e Fomento Agricolas) and to commercial 
linns regularly established and registered in Brazil for seed business. 
(&) 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. 
(c) The Ministry of Agriculture will publish tie 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 Servigo de Inspecao e Fomento Agricolas, 
in order to prevent the importation of inadequate 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 counsel of agricultural protection instituted by article 90 of 
the regulations approved by Decree No. 15189 of December 21, 1921. 
(a) The certificates of origin referred to in article 2 of the resolution of 
May 26, 1928, shall affirm that the tubers are from regions free from the 
parasites Chrysophlyctis endobiotica, Spongospora subterranea, and Phthor- 
imaea operculella, 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 Inspecao e Fomento 
Agricolas unfit for planting may be used for consumption, provided that the 
competent sanitary authorities are not opposed, and that the importer pays 
the imposts required by law. 
Art. 4. Tubers deemed by competent authorities unfit for planting or for 
food shall be destroyed under the supervision of the same at the expense of 
the importer. 
Art. 5. Concerns the storage of imported seed potatoes. 
Art. 6. Concerns the requirements to be met by the importer in applying 
for a permit to import seed potatoes. 
Articles 7, 8, and 9 concern importers of seed potatoes. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief of Bureau. 
B.P.Q.— 347. January 1, 1933. 
PLANT QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF GREECE 
This summary of the plant quarantine restrictions of the Republic of Greece 
has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant quarantine of- 
ficials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that country. 
The summary was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector 
of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, from his translations of the French texts 
of some of the Greek decrees, and from translations made by Paul Vogenitz, 
translator, Post Office Department, from the Greek texts of other decrees and 
laws. It was then reviewed by the chief, section of phytopathology, Direction- 
General of Agriculture, Athens, Greece. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts and decrees, and 
it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The decrees and laws 
themselves should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief of Bureau. 
Basic Laws 
Law No. 214 of April 9-22, 1914, protective measures against phylloxera. 
Law No. 217 of April 9-22, 1914, concerning the combat against plant diseases 
and the organization of the phytopathological service. 
