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1. The containers must be conspicuously and clearly narked with, an 
indication of their contents. 
2. The consignment must be accompanied by an official statement of 
a competent authority of the country of origin stating: 
(a) That within a distance of 500 meters of the place where the 
potatoes were grown potato wart disease caused by Synchytrium 
endobioticum (Schilb) Percival did not occur at any time, 
(b) That the potatoes in the consignment are free from wart 
disease, 
(c) The quantity and kind of potatoes, 
(d) The nature of the packing and marks thereon. 
3. The consignment must have been inspected by the Plant Patholo- 
gical Service of the Netherlands and found free from wart 
disease. 
The foregoing does not apply to consignments of potatoes (a) of 
other origin but transported through Great Britain, Germany and 
Poland provided transit took place without reloading in these 
countries; (b) if to the satisfaction of the Customs or Plant 
Pathological Service sufficient proof is available that the potatoes 
are of sources outside the three countries mentioned; (c) which are 
destined for export from the Netherlands without reloading and 
transport in the original vehicle, or which are reloaded under 
supervision of the Customs or Plant Pathological Service into a 
vehicle in which they are directly re-exported. (The import and 
transit restrictions on potatoes as presented in PQCA 303, Supple- 
ment No. 1, February 19, 1934, are not now in force.) 
CHERRIES 
According to the Act of the 6th December 1928 (State Gazette 
No. 439) for the control of the Cherry Fruit Fly, the importation 
into and transit through the Netherlands of cherries from sources 
to be indicated by the Minister of Agriculture is prohibited unless 
consignments are accompanied by statements issued by the competent 
pathological authorities in the country of origin, declaring that 
the cherries in the consignment are not affected by the cherry fruit 
fly and originate from a district where that pest does not exist. 
WOODY PLANTS AND PARTS THEREOF 
Provisions are being drafted in order to prevent the introduction 
of the San Jose Scale. 
