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Quarantines, of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics, in its import permit issued to the purchasing 
organizations;' or certify to the effect that the material originated in 
regions free from the quarantined pests named. 
Art. 6. Plant material in baggage subject to inspection .- Un- 
licensed lots of material and products mentioned in article 2 also are 
subject to quarantine inspection and examination on importation from 
abroad, regardless of the means of entry, namely: 
(a) Those included in general and hand baggage of passengers 
arriving from abroad as unlicensed and duty-free goods 
for personal use in accordance with the customs regula- 
tions; 
(b) Those in postal shipments, not intended for commercial 
purposes; namely, in parcels not exceeding 10 kilograms 
gross weight, allowed by the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics without licenses and delivered to addresses in 
accordance with the order of the People's Commissariat 
of Communications Eo. 775, June 23, 1933. 
Art. 7. Notice of arrival required .- Administrations of customs 
ports and airports, and shipping and express organizations at whose 
controlled areas of customs and ports shipments arrive, must immediately 
notify the Quarantine Inspection Service of each arrival of quarantined 
material, regardless of quantity or ultimate use, and safeguard the^ 
same in isolated places in a manner that will insure their segregation 
until a quarantine certificate is received, reporting their freedom 
from communicable pests, regardless of the presence of the appropriate 
foreign phytosanitary certificate. 
Art. 8. Disposal of infected shipments.- If, during the quaran- 
tine inspection or examination (of each shipment, parcel post package, 
baggage or hand baggage of passengers arriving in the U. S. S. R. at 
various ports, customhouses and laboratories) pests and diseases named 
in the official list of insects and plant diseases subject to quaran-.^ 
tine, or new species not known to exist in the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics and not yet included in the official list, are found, the 
Quarantine Inspection Service will effect the following measures, as a 
result of the discovery of such harmful insects or diseases: 
(a) Complete embargo - return to country of origin or the 
destruction of the entire lot at the point of entry; 
(b) Removal and destruction of the affected portions of 
the material and release of the uninfected remainder 
for admission into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 
after the required disinfection prescribed by the Plant 
Quarantine Inspection Service; 
(c) Required fumigation or disinfection in the necessary 
treatment chambers; 
