LIBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD E2/Costa Rica 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington 25, D. C. 
 
 April 29, 1952 
 
 B. E. P. Q. 596 
 
 PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA 
 
 This revised summary of the plant quarantine import restrictions of 
 Costa Rica is presented for the information of exporters of plants 
 and plant products to that country and for plant quarantine officials. 
 
 It was prepared by R. G. Oakley, Supervisor of Export Certification, 
 Division of Plant Quarantines, from translations of Decree No. 1^ 
 as amended "by Decree No. 701 applicable to importations of plants 
 and plant products, and was reviewed by the Ministry of Agriculture 
 of Costa Rica. 
 
 The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct 
 and complete up to the time of preparation but it is not intended to 
 be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, 
 nor is it to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The original 
 Decrees should be consulted for the exact texts. 
 
 This circular supersedes that portion of B. E. P. Q. kk5 t dated 
 May 10, 1937, relating to Costa Rica, as well as supplement No. 6 
 to that circular, dated October 2k, 1950. 
 
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B. E. P. Q. 596 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington 25, D. C. 
 
 PLANT QUAPANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA 
 
 BASIC LEGISLATION 
 
 Decree No. Ik of November 8, 1929, from La Gaceta of November 9, 1929, 
 as amended by Decree No. 701 from Lb. Gaceta of September 13, 19^9. 
 
 IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
 
 1. Importation by private individuals of living plants, seeds, and other 
 vegetative parts of the following, is prohibited: 
 
 Cacao ( Theobroma spp. ) 
 Coffee ( Coffea spp. ) 
 Sugarcane ( Saccharu m spp . ) 
 
 Plants, which in the Judgment of the Department of Agriculture, 
 may be prejudicial to agriculture of Costa Rica 
 
 IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
 Import Permit and Inspection on Arrival Required 
 
 2. The importer shall apply to the Department of Agriculture for a licenst 
 to import live plants and parts thereof, such as roots, tubers, bulbs, 
 rhizomes, sprouts, etc., the seeds of forage and vegetable crops for plant' 
 ing or immediate consumption, and of ornamental plants and trees. 
 
 The Department of Agriculture will examine reproductive plants as soon as 
 they arrive in the country and if they are found in perfect sanitary con- 
 dition, it shall advise the interested partyand the Ministry of Finance 
 so that the plants may be cleared from the customhouse. 
 
 3. In case an examination should determine that the importation is the 
 carrier of pathogenic agents, it shall be destroyed with previous notifica. 
 tion to the owner who 3hall attach no liability to the Government for the 
 loss. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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 Importations Authorized for Experimental I-urposes 
 
 h. The Department of Agriculture is authorized to import any class of 
 plants, including those listed in regulation 1, for experimental pur- 
 poses without being subjected to above procedure.