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 STATE  PLANT  BOARD 
 
 UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  (Quarantine 
 
 Washington,  D.  C. 
 
 B.  E.  P.  Q.— U09 
 
 July  20,  1936. 
 
 PLANT-qUARANTINE  IMPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OP  THE 
 
 FREE  CITY  OF  DANZIG 
 
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UNITED  STATES  DEPARTiviENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
 Washington,  D.  C. 
 
 B.  E.  P.  Q.--U09  July  20,  1936 
 
 PLANT-CJUARANTINE  IMPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 FREE  CITY  OF  DANZIG 
 
 POLISH  RESTRICTIONS  APPLIED  TO  FREE  CITY  OF  DANZIG 
 
 On  the  "basis  of  an  agreement  dated  August  6,  193^  >  "between 
 Poland  and  the  Free  City  of  Danzig,  the  plant-quarantine  restrictions 
 of  Poland,  as  promulgated  in  the  Decree  of  the  Polish  Minister  of 
 Finance  on  Customs  Procedure,  of  October  U,  1933  (Dziennik  Ustaw  R.  P, 
 No.  77/552,  Oct.  9»  1933)  t  nave  been  taken  over  "by  and  applied  to 
 Danzig,  However,  the  special  authorization  to  import  potatoes  pre- 
 scribed by  article  1  of  that  decree  is  not  required  for  the  importa- 
 tion of  potatoes  into  Danzig,  but  the  other  restrictions  on  the  entry 
 of  potatoes  remain  applicable.   (See  B.  E.  P.  $,-368). 
 
 Transit  Requirements 
 
 A  decree  of  the  Free  City  of  Danzig,  dated  July  15.  1935 » 
 relating  to  the  transit  of  potatoes,  plants,  seeds,  and  fruits  named 
 in  articles  1  and  2  of  the  Polish  decree  of  October  U,  1933  (see  PP* 
 2  and  k   of  B.  S.  P.  Q.-3&8),  through  the  Free  City  of  Danzig,  prescribes 
 that  for  such  transit  the  certificates  provided  for  in  those  articles 
 are  necessary.  However,  that  requirement  does  not  apply  if  those 
 products  are  forwarded  in  securely  closed  and  sealed  railroad  cars 
 without  unloading,  or  in  securely  closed  and  undamaged  containers, 
 and  when  the  products  mentioned  in  article  2  must  be  unladen  in  the 
 port  of  Danzig  into  closed  railroad  cars. 
 
 Coloring  of  Seeds  not  Required  for  Commercial  Samples 
 
 The  same  decree  exempts  commercial  samples  sf  seeds  not  ex- 
 ceeding 10  grams  gross  weight  from  the  requirements  of  coloring  and  cer- 
 tification of  purity  prescribed  by  articles  5  and  7  of  the  Polish  decree 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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 of  October  k,    1933  (see  pp.  7  and  8  of  B.  E.  P.  Q,.-36g).   The  same 
 exemption  is  extended  to  shipments  and  seeds  that  are  imported 
 through  scientific  institutes  and  research  stations  for  scientific 
 investigations.   These  samples  and  shipments  may  bo  imported  without 
 restriction.   The  model  certificates  are  set  forth  in  Supplement  No. 
 1  to  B.  5.  P.  0.-368. 
 
 LEE  A.  STRONG, 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine.