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QEKERAl REGULATIONS 
Article 1. The quarantine against cotton pests and diseases 
applies to the following products: 
(a) Seeds of cotton and of all' plants of the family Malvaceae-. 
(b) Raw cotton. 
(c) Cotton lint. 
(d) Sanples of cotton lint. 
(e_) Linters and all wastes fron cotton combing, textile and 
cotton factories, ■ and cottonseed oil pressing 'Ills. 
(f) Live plants of cotton and its fruiting organs. 
(g) Cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls. 
(h) TTrappers that have been used for the above- na'":ed products, 
as well as packing material r.iade of raw cotton, cotton 
lint, and 'cotton wastes of all kinds. 
(i_) Any collection of cotton ana its pests and diseases. 
(A) Soil fror, cotton areas in briquettes or otherwise. 
(k) Machinery that has been used in working or reworking 
cotton products (raw cotton,, lint, seeds, and all kinds 
of waste) . 
Art. 2. Lists of countries infested with pests and diseases 
of cotton and of the quarantined pests and diseases are compiled and 
published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines of the 
People's Commissariat of Agriculture, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
Art. 3. Technical rules and instructions on the application 
of this decree are promulgated by the same Bureau. 
Restrictions on Importation 
Art. 4. Importation prohibited .- The importation of shipments 
of the products named in article 1 of this decree, except cotton yarn 
and samples thereof, is prohibited. 
Exceptions for scientific purposes .- The importation from 
abroad of seeds of cotton and other plants of the 
family Malvaceae, any collection of species of the 
ssme as live plants, their fruiting organs, etc., for 
scientific purposes, is allowed only through the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry by permission, granted 
in each case by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Quaran- 
tines of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, Union 
of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
