PLANT-QUAEMTINE IMPORT RESTRICTICKS 
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IPJffl (PERSIA) 
Decision of the Council of Ministers, No. 7876, January 1-2, 193 6. 
Import Permit Required for Plant Material 
Article 1. The importation of any kind of plants, shrubs, seeds, 
fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cattings, tubers, branches, fruits, or 
other pa.rts of plants may be effected only with the previous permission 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
NOTE: The Department of Agriculture is authorized at any time, 
and for an unlimited period, to prohibit the importation of any kind of 
plants, seeds, fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cuttings, tubers, branchei 
fraits, and other parts of plants from any country deemed advisable. 
Phytosanitary Certificate Required 
Art. 2, The permission to import may be granted on condition that 
the exporting country possesses an authoritative organization for combat- 
ting plant diseases and that the official plant protection service of that 
country has issued a phytosanitary certificate. 
Frontier Ports of Entry 
Art. 3. The frontier offices at which the above-mentioned plant 
material VTill be inspected and through which it may bo imported will be 
designated by the Department of Agriculture. 
Importation of Potatoes and Cottonseed Prohibited 
Art. 4. The importation of potatoes and cottonseed intended for 
private persons and firms, for any purposes, is prohibited. Only the 
Department of Agriculture can undertake the importation of the necessary 
quantity for seed requirements with due regard to technical consideratioj 
