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. • ■ INSPECTION CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFICATE OF 
FITNESS REQUIRED r .ITH IMPORTED BEANS 
Art. 9. Beans, except those prohibited by Section 16, may be im- 
ported into the customs territory on the basis of the certificate in 
accordance with model 16 (see pp. 5 and 6) and a certificate »f fitness 
issued by the foreign official authorities or agricultural associations 
of a public-service character. The certificates of fitness must furnish 
the botanical names of the beans and affirm that they contain no poison- 
ous substances. 
In the absence of a certificate of fitness, a certificate issued 
by a Polish governmental fo»d testing station can be substituted, the 
certificate, of course, being issued after testing a sample sent to the 
station by the customs, under official seal. 
The transmittal and testing of samples are at the expense of the 
interested person. 
CERTIFICATES FOR GOODS IN TRANSIT 
rt, 10. In connection with the transit of the potatoes, plants, 
seeds, and fruits named in articles 1 and 2, the certificates prescribed 
therein are necessary. This requirement is not applicable when the goods 
are forwarded in closed sealed cars without transshipment or in tight 
uninjured containers. 
LANGUAGE OF CERTIFICATES 
Art. 11. The certificates mentioned in articles 1, 2, 3, and 5 
must be issued either in the Polish language or in that of the export- 
ing country. The customs office has the right to require a translation 
into Polish of a certificate in a foreign language. 
Art. 12. The lists of customs offices authorized for the entry 
of the goods named in articles 1, 2, 3, and 5 will be published in the 
Monitor Polski (see Appendix B). 
INSPECTION MAY BE REQUIRED AT PORT OF ENTRY 
Art. 13. The sanitary condition of the ?-oods named in articles 
1 anjd 2 may be confirmed at customs offices by experts authorized by 
the Minister of Finance in cooperation with the Minister of Agriculture 
and Agrarian Reform for that purpose. In case diseases and pests are 
found in the said merchandise, it may not enter into free traffic. 
Art. 14. The plants and plant products named in articles 1 and 2 
