156 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [January-March, 
Art. 2. Provides for the importation into any region of Greece (whether 
phylloxerated or not), from any foreign country, of: 
(a) Raisins, grape juice, musts, and wines. 
(6) Any dry seeds (grains), such as wheat and other cereals, as well as 
leguminous and other similar seeds. 
(C) Fresh fruits, such as apples, pears, oranges, lemons, bananas, etc., with- 
out twigs or leaves. These fruits do not include grapes, the importation of 
which is prohibited into nonphylloxerated or suspected regions if they are from 
foreign countries, or from phylloxerated or suspected regions of Greece. (For 
citrus fruits see decree of Feb. 27, 1931.) 
(d) Dried fruits, such as walnuts, Indian walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, chest- 
nuts, figs, prunes, dates, pistachios, pine cones, beans, etc., if free from earth ; 
also dried truffles, mushrooms, and peanuts, likewise free from earth. 
(e) Dried medicinal plants. 
(f) Dried plants, whether powdered or not, for tanning, such as pine, oak, 
and acacia. 
{g) Dried gallnuts in general, acorns and dried Leaves for tanning, from 
sumac, rushes, etc. 
( h ) Dried straw and hay as stock feed, dried industrial grasses in general, 
whether manufactured or not, such as straw, rushes, esparto grass, broomcorn, 
and other similar materials, as well as dried leaves and flowers. 
(i) Lumber in general, and dried woods, with or without bark. 
(;') Agricultural and industrial products and by-products, such as preserved 
fruits, pressed oil-bearing seeds, olive pits, and the like, with the exception of 
pressed grape hulls. 
(k) Dried and green sea plants, not mixed with earth or other plants; clean 
sand for any purpose, porcelain earth, soap earth, or any earth for industrial 
or metallurgical purposes. 
Art. 3. Provides for the introduction of garden vegetables, bulbs, potatoes, 
cuttings without roots (except grapevine cuttings) from Egypt, Cyprus, Eng- 
land, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, or the Grand 
Duchy of Luxembourg, when accompanied by a certificate of origin issued by 
competent authority of the country of origin, the certificate to be authenticated 
by the Greek consular official at the place of purchase or at the port of em- 
barkation. The certificate shall enumerate the kinds of products included in 
the shipment, their weight, their origin (country), and the fact that they are 
not from greenhouses or farms where grapevines have been cultivated. Cut- 
tings must be packed without soil. Certificates from foreign countries must be 
prepared in French or be officially translated into French or Greek. 
Art. 4. Provides, exceptionally, for the importation from foreign countries 
into nonphylloxerated or suspected regions of Greece, of cuttings and unrooted 
grafts free from soil, after request by the importer to the Ministry of Agri- 
culture, under the following conditions : 
(a) By special order from the Ministry of Agriculture, in each case, to the 
domestic customs and postal authorities. 
(o) Subject to previous disinfection at any of the customs or post offices 
authorized in article 7, in the manner prescribed in article 6, at the expense 
of the importer. 
Art. 5. Provides for the importation from any foreign country or from any 
region of Greece (whether phylloxerated or not) of any of the articles men- 
tioned in article 1 through the port of Piraeus, for the special scientific institu- 
tions of the States, subject to the following conditions : 
(a) When accompanied by the certificate of origin prescribed by article 3 
in the case of shipments from foreign countries, or by the certificate prescribed 
in article 8 if of domestic origin. Certificates from foreign countries must be 
prepared in French, or be officially translated into French or Greek. 
(b) By special order of the Ministry of Agriculture (subject to the favorable 
opinion of the phytopathological board) to the domestic customs and health 
officials, requiring disinfection or other measures deemed necessary. 
Art. G. The disinfection of the materials mentioned in article 4 shall be 
effected, after separating the materials from their packing, by immersing 
them in water at a temperature of 53° C. for 5 minutes, and afterwards for 
a few seconds in a 1 percent solution of copper sulphate, then rinsing them 
in clean water and setting them in a shady place to dry. The packing ma- 
terial will be destroyed by burning or be thrown into the sea. 
