1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 221 
B.P.Q.— 347, Supplement No. 1. 
September 30, 1933. 
PLANT QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF GREECE 
Restrictions on the Importation and Transit of Potatoes 
(Decree of Mar. 29, 19.".:;) 
AKTICI.K i 
(1) The importation into, ;in<l transit through Greece, of potatoes and parts 
thereof, as well as of sacks and other containers, which may have served for 
their transportation and storage, from countries infested by the coleopteron, 
Doryphora decemlineata, or the fungus, Synchytrium endobiotwum, are pro- 
hibited. 
(2) The importation into, and transit through Greece, of potatoes from 
countries other than those which are affected by the prohibition of the preceding- 
paragraph, are authorized under the following conditions: 
CM When potatoes are offered for entry in containers, the containers (sacks, 
baskets, cases, etc.) must be new and never have served for the transportation 
of potatoes, and must be sealed by tbe plant protection service of the country 
of origin. 
If the potatoes are transported by rail, the cars must be closed find sealed 
as above. 
(&) Each shipment of potatoes must be accompanied by two copies of certifi- 
cates of health and origin prepared according to the model under article 5, in 
the language of the country of origin and in French, or officially translated into 
Greek. One copy will remain in the customhouse at which consumption or in 
transit entry is made, and the other will accompany tbe shipment. 
The date of the certificates shall not precede the date of shipment by more 
than 20 days. 
The foreign authority issuing the certificate must at once mail the original 
to the phytopatbologicaj section, Ministry of Agriculture, Athens, Greece. 
For importations of potatoes by rail the two copies of the certificate of health 
and origin must be attached to the waybill. 
If a shipment includes several cars, each car must be accompanied by two 
copies of a certificate issued for each car separately. 
(3) The importation of potatoes from countries that are free from Doryphora 
and Synchytrium, but which have traversed countries in which that insect and 
that fungus exist, is authorized on condition that the potatoes are well packed 
and are sealed by the official service of plant, protection of the country of 
origin. 
If the potatoes are transported by rail, the formalities required by the 
preceding paragraph are to be applied. 
(4) The frontier customte offices, in the case of transportation by rail, or 
the ports, in the case of ocean transportation, will prohibit the entry and 
transit of potatoes, parts thereof, their containers, etc., if the shipments do not 
absolutely comply with the conditions provided by the present decree. 
(5) The entry into, and transit through Greece, of potatoes, must be effected 
only through the customhouse of Eidomeni, and through the ports of Piraeus, 
Saloniki, and Patras. 
(6) For the present, the countries considered as attacked by Doryphora are 
France (except its colonies and Corsica), the United States, and Canada. 
(7) The following countries are attacked by frynchytriiim: Austria, Belgium, 
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, 
Netherlands, Norway. Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. 
ARTICLE 2 
The entry of living plants, and living parts thereof, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers 
(other than potatoes), insofar as they do not fall under the prohibitions pre- 
scribed by measures in force against Phylloxera, is authorized only when each 
shipment of the said products is accompanied by an official certificate of the 
country of origin, affirming that the products shipped are free from Doryphora 
and that that insect does not exist where the products were grown, nor within 
a distance of 100 kilometers therefrom. 
