E2 /Venezuela 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington 25, D. C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q. 497, 2d Revision January 2, 1951 
 
 Supplement No. 1 
 
 PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA 
 
 RULES FOR TBE IMPORTATION OF SEED POTATOES 
 
 The following information, taken from Despatch No. 959, November 17, 
 1950, from the Agricultural Attache in Caracas, necessitates the 
 deletion of the words "and potatoes for seed" in Art. 9 on page 2 of 
 B. E. P. Q. 1+97, 2d Revision. 
 
 The Ministry of Agriculture by means of Resolution No. 6 of the 
 quarantine Division published in Gaceta Oficial No. 23,360 
 October 23, 1950 established certain rules for the importation of 
 seed potatoes. These read as follows: 
 
 Article 1 . The importation of certified seed potatoes will be made 
 directly by the Ministry of Agriculture or through the Banco Agricola 
 y Pecuario. 
 
 Article 2 . Seed potato imports must comply with the following 
 conditions : 
 
 (a) Each shipment must be accompanied by a certificate of origin 
 and port of embarkation and be free of the following dieeaoes : 
 Potato wart, Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) (Perc), 
 Bacterial ring -rot, Phytomonae sepedonica Syn. Corynebacterium 
 sepedonicum; virus diseases in general and the Colorado potato 
 beetle, Leptinotarsa decern! ineata (Say). 
 
 (b) The potatoes must be packed in crates with a division in the 
 center, having attached to each one a label of certification 
 issued by the official service from the place of origin aivi 
 with the information on this label that the potatoes are 
 certified, giving the name of the producer and the place of 
 origin. 
 
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 (c) The weight of each potato must be from kO to 100 grama with a 
 5 per cent tolerance for the light weight potatoes. 
 
 Article 3 . For the superficial diseases such as common scat 
 Actinomyces scabies (Thax) or physiological diseases a five per 
 cent tolerance will be admitted for infected potatoes. For 
 virus diseases no tolerance will be allowed, a provision that applies 
 also to any insects not found in Venezuela. 
 
 Article h . All seed potato shipments that prove to have diseases 
 beyond the tolerances granted in Article 3 will be rejected and 
 cannot be landed in Venezuela even for consumption. 
 
 Article 5 . Certified seed potatoes may only enter the country 
 through the ports of La Guaira and Puerto Cabello. 
 
 Article 6 . Seed potatoes may only be used as seed when they are ac- 
 companied by certificates required by the present resolution. 
 
 Article It 8, and 9 are domestic regulations. 
 
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 Chief, Bureau of Entomology ana Plant Quarantine