PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
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NETHERLANDS NE.v GUINEA 
BASIC LEGISLATION 
Ordinance of September 27, 1926, (Gazette No. 427) defines living plant 
materials and authorizes promulgation of regulations governing their 
importation. 
Decree No. l-Algo-53-3» effective February 1, 1953, contains regula- 
tions promulgated by the Under-Secretary, Head of the Department of 
Economic and. Technical Affairs relative to the importation of living 
plant material, and designates the Head of the Department of Agri- 
culture or his authorized inspectors in charge of the inspection of 
living plant material. 
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The regulations cover living plants and parts thereof (including mail 
shipments) , except as exempted in Paragraph 1 below, and require that 
importations be accompanied by a health certificate of the country of 
origin. Special, additional certifications are required for plants 
and parts of banana, citrus, coconut, potatoes, etc. 
GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREhENfS 
Definitions 
1. For the purposes of the Ordinance of September 27, 1926, living 
plant material will be understood to mean seeds, fresh fruits, living 
plants, and parts of living plants, but does not apply to the following: 
Importation Unrestricted 
(a) Seeds of vegetables, pot-herbs, fruits, 
longing to the following genera or species: 
and medicinal herbs be- 
Anethum 
Anthriscus 
Artemisia abrotanui^ 
Asparagus 
Capsicum 
Cichorium 
Coriandrum 
Cynara 
Foeniculum 
Fragaria 
Lactuca 
Lavandula 
Leontodon 
iJIaJorana 
Kelissa 
Mentha 
Ocimum 
Origanum 
Pastinaca 
Pimp ine 11a anisum 
Portulaca 
Rheum 
Ribes 
Ros marinus 
Rubus 
Rumex 
Salvia 
Satureja. 
Scandix 
Scorzonera 
Sixum sisarum 
Solarium 
Spinacia 
Taraxacum 
Tetragonia 
Thymus 
Valerianella 
