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Art. 3. Importation of potatoes prohibited .- On account of the 
wide distribution in foreign countries of potato wart, potato tuber worm, 
Colorado potato beetle, and other quarantined pests and diseases not known 
to exist in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , the importation from 
abroad of potatoes for technical purposes or for food or propagation is 
prohibited except by the institutions and organizations named in article 6 
of this decree. 
Art. 4. Importation of infested live plants prohibited .- The 
importation from abroad of any kind of live plants, or parts thereof, 
infested by the injurious pests and disease named in article 1 of this 
decree is prohibited. 
Art. 5. Importation of preserved collections of pests and 
diseases permitted .- The importation of all kinds of preserved col- 
lections of the posts and diseases named in article 1 of this decree is 
allowed after quarantine inspection at points of entry. 
Art. 6. The Ail-Union Institute of Plant Industry, "Vaschnil", 
is allowed to receive for scie:. ific research specimens of potatoes 
and other plants from expeditions, foreign firms, and correspondents, 
whother by order or in exchange. However, the following conditions 
must be strictly observed: 
(a) Such specimens must be- entirely free from the foreign 
quarantined pests and diseases named in article 1 of 
this decree. This fact must be affirmed on the face 
of the certificate issued by the plant quarantine or 
plant protection service of the country of origin. 
(b) The weight of individual samples must not exceed five 
kilograms, net. 
NOTE: Other institutions and organizations may import 
potatoes from abroad for scientific research through 
the Bureau of Plant Introduction of the All-Union 
Institute of Pl?nt Industry only. 
Art. 7. Irregular shipments returned or destroyed .- Potatoes 
and other plants arriving from abroad in violation of the provisions 
of this decree are returned or destroyed on the- spot at the expense 
of the i'-porter. 
Art. 8. Authorized port of entry .- The importation of 
potatoes and other plants of the family Solanaceae indicated in 
article 6 of this decree is permitted through Leningrad customs only. 
The customs may not allow the release of such shipments without special 
certificates from the Quarant i ne Inspection Service. 
Art. B. Imported material to be quarantined .- Imported 
specimens of potato tubers and planting material of other plants of 
the family Solanaceae, after having been examined at quarantine 
laboratories and determined to be free from quarantined articles, are 
