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SUMMARY OF QUARANTINE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE 
IMPORTATION INTO AND TRANSIT THROUGH THE NETHERLANDS 
OF LIVING PLANTS AND PARTS THEREOF 
There are several Acts and Orders covering the importation of 
plants and parts thereof with a view to preventing the introduction 
of diseases and pests. 
PHYLLOXERA CERTIFICATE • 
The Act of December 6, • 1883 (State Gazette. No.- 178) approves 
participation of the Netherlands in the International Convention 
concluded at Bern on November 3, 1881 for the control of phylloxera. 
In pursuance of this agreement, all consignments of living 
plants with subterranean parts for importation. into the Netherlands 
must be accompanied by a phylloxera certificate in the prescribed 
form. This certificate states that vine plants were not grown 
within a distance of at least 20 meters from the nursery whence the 
plants in the consignment originate. . 
For the importation of vine plants a special license issued by 
the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture is required, in addition to 
an inspection by an official of the Plant Pathological Service of 
the Netherlands. 
GOOSEBERRY PLANTS 
The importation of gooseberry plants and parts thereof and any 
objects used for packing of such material is prohibited. The 
Minister of Agriculture is empowered to exempt from this prohibition 
consignments of new varieties and consignments of varieties for 
research purposes, provided; 
(a) That importation takes place at ports or frontier posts 
appointed by the Minister; 
(b) That the material is subjected to an inspection by an official 
of the Plant Pathological Service of the Netherlands and is 
found to be free from infection by the American gooseberry 
mildew. 
These requirements were laid down in the Act of the 23rd September 
1912 (State Gazette. No. 304) as . amended . by the Act of the 9th July 
1915 (State Gazette No. 325) and the Act of the k th December 1920 
(State Gazette No. 846). 
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