222 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
ARTICLE 3 
The importation of potatoes intended for planting is permitted, whatever their 
origin, under the following conditions: 
(1) A permit must have been obtained in advance from the Ministry of 
Agriculture. 
1 1' i The potatoes shall be in containers. 
(3) The containers shall he absolutely new. 
(4) Each container shall be sealed by the official plant protection service 
of the country of origin. 
(5) Each shipment shall be accompanied by a certificate of health and 
origin in conformity with the conditions set forth in article 1 of this decree. 
and also a declaration of the firm whence the seed potatoes came, affirming, 
in addition to the identifying marks of the shipment, the variety of potatoes. 
and a statement that they are suitable for planting. 
ARTICLE 4 
The Minister of Agriculture reserves the right to have the potatoes and the 
products mentioned in article 2 inspected when offered for entry, by officials 
designated for that purpose, even in cases where all the provisions of this 
decree have been complied with. 
If that inspection shows the potatoes to be carriers of Doryphora decern! ine- 
ata, or Phthorimaea operculdla or of Synchytrium endobioticum, those prod- 
ucts will be reexported within 15 days at the expense of the importer, or sub- 
jected to disinfection, likewise at the expense of the importer, to the extent 
that such a measure is deemed sufficient, and that means for disinfecting are 
available at the port of entry ; or, finally, they will be destroyed, still at the cost 
of the importer, without right of indemnity. 
The destruction shall take place immediately, if the detention of the potatoes 
is deemed dangerous or after a perior of 15 days. For destruction, the formali- 
ties of article 2 of law No. 217 are to be followed. 
ARTICLE 5 
The model of the certificate of health and origin mentioned in this decree 
Mill be the following (see model appended). 
The present decree becomes effective one month after date of publication in 
the Official Journal (No. 81 of Mar. 29, 1933). 
MODEL OF CERTIFICATE OF HEALTH AND ORIGIN 
MODELE DU CERTIFICAT SANITAIRE ET D'ORIGINE 
Indication of Country 
Indication du pays 
Official Plant Protection Service 
Service Officiel de Protection des VegStaux 
Order No. 
No. d'ordre 
I. the undersigned (full name, address, and official title of agent authorized 
to issue the certificate) certify, in conformity with the results of the super- 
vision of the cultures of origin and inspection of the products in the shipment, 
that the plants or parts of plants contained in the shipment described below 
are judged free from injurious diseases and insect pests, and especially from 
those hereafter named : 
Le soussigne (nom, prenom. et qualite officielle et adresse de l'agent autorise 
a la delivrance des certificats) eertifie, conformement aux resultats de la sur- 
veillance des cultures d'origine, et de l'inspection des produits contenus dans 
l'expedition, que les vegetaux ou parties des vegetaux contenus dans l'envoi 
demerit ci-dessous sont juges indemnes de maladies et ennemies dangereux, et 
notamment de ceux enumeres ci-apres: 
