UBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD E2/Eire 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.--U09, Revised March 20, 19^7 
 
 PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF 
 EIRE (IRISH FREE STATE) 
 
 This revision of the plant quarantine import restrictions 
 of Eire has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, 
 plant quarantine officials, and others interested in the 
 exportation of plants and plant products to that country. 
 
 It was prepared by Richara Faxon, Division of Foreign 
 Plant Quarantines, from a memorandum supplied by the American 
 Legation in Dublin. The minister received the information from 
 the Irish Government, which incorporates new amendments to the 
 regulations and sets forth the restrictions as they exist 
 at present. 
 
 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, or as a substitute 
 for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as 
 legally authoritative. The quarantines themselves should be 
 consulted for the exact texts. 
 
 P. N. Armand 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 
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PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF 
 EIRE.. (IRISH FREE STATE) 
 
 \ '_' . ' ." \ BASIC LEGISLATION 
 
 Destructive Insects, and. Pests Acts, I877 to 1929, and the 
 following Orders made thereunder:^. 
 
 (1) Destructive Insects and Pests (Ireland) Order, 1922. 
 
 (2) Potatoes Importation ( Ire lan4). Order ,. 1920. 
 
 (3) Importation of Elm Trees ( Prohibition) Order, 1929. 
 (V) Importation of Raw Apples Order, 193°- 
 
 (5) Destructive Insects and Pests (Chrysanthemum Midge) 
 
 • : (No. 2) Order, 1939. - ■ 
 
 (6) Colorado Beetle Order, 19^5. 
 
 (7) Importation of Strawberry Plants and Black Currant v 
 
 and Gooseberry Bushes Order, 19*1-6. 
 
 GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 
 1. The importation of plants, other than those grown in and 
 imported from Northern Ireland, is prohibited save under, and in 
 accordance with, a license obtained in advance* from the Department 
 of Agriculture, Dublin (Colorado Beetle Order, 1945). The Word 
 "plants" includes all trees and shrubs, raw vegetables (including 
 potatoes , potato haulms , and leaves ) , tomatoe s , grapes , cider 
 apples-, cut flowers, tubers; bulbs, rhizomes, corms, roots, layers, 
 cuttings, and other parts of 'trees, shrubs, and plants, but does not 
 include elm trees. 
 
 2. Licenses for the importation of plants are at present being 
 granted subject to the production of a certificate, signed by a duly 
 authorized official of the Phytopathological Service of the country 
 in which the plants are grown, in the following form or in a sub- 
 stantially similar form: 
 
 This is to certify that the plants included in the 
 consignment, of which particulars are given below, were 
 
 thoroughly examined on the , by , 
 
 a duly authorized official of the . ,'.. ' 
 
 and found to be 'healthy, no evidence of the presence of 
 any insect, fungus, or other pest ; destructive to agri- 
 cultural or horticultural crop's having been found in 
 them, ".''.,' 
 
 *It is further certified that the Colorado potato 
 Beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemllneata Say. ) does not -exist, 
 and has not been known to exist within a radius of at 
 least fifty kilometers of the place where the plants, 
 included . in" the. .package Lor.. cons i'griment described below, 
 were grown. 
 
 -•'i ■' :; '. :; ' Signed ' ■ . 
 
 •(6¥flcial status)- - 
 
 (Date of issue of certificate) 
 
 *This certification requirement appears to be practically an embargo 
 against the importation of "plants" from the United States. 
 
Number and description of .package s , , 
 Distinguishing mark's 
 
 Description of plants. TT . 
 Stated to be grown at 
 
 ExDorted. by *.-v-Vi> 
 Name and address of consignee 
 Name of vessel or. . aircraft , r ,„■. .' '•' 
 Date of shipment."' 
 
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 Port or place, of lan^ing^-lri Ireland • 
 
 3. fhe original of- such j certificate must be sent . direct to the 
 Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin, before the plants are 
 dispatched,, A copy must accompany the consignment in. transit, and 
 must be delivered to. an officer pf"Ciistqms 'and. Excise at the same 
 time as the entry under the Customs Acts With respect to the consign- 
 ment is delivered. • ' : 
 
 'SPECIAL 'REGULATIONS 
 
 h. Potatoes. A' special license 'must be obtained ■'■■ in advance for 
 the importation of. potatoes. Such a license would require the' pro- . 
 duction of a certificate,' in add it Ion "to" that mentioned .in- paragraph ; 
 2, to, the effect that no' case of the disease known a# wart- disease or 
 black scab' of potatoes ( S y achy tr 1 urn ' endobio^i cum ) : has occurred' on the' 
 farm., or . holding where the" potatoes includea^'in the consignment- were 
 grown , nor . vithin. $00 yard's (approximately^ l/2 kilometer-) • thereof . ; 
 Licenses are not granted except in the case of new seedlings or. '-'special 
 stocks for cultivation under supervision. (Potatoes Importation' (Ireland 
 Order, ,1^20, and. Destructive Insects and Pests (Ireland) Order, 1922). 
 
 5. Seed 3. The" general. regulations Outlined above have not beerj 
 applied to -seeds.. In' the case of onion anci leek seed's for sowing, how- 
 ever, a certificate of inspection and freedom from : insects, fungi,. or. : 
 other pests destructive to agricultural or horticultural 'crops must be 
 furnished. (A similar certificate must be furnished in the case of 
 gooseberries ) (Destructive Insects' andl Pests' (ire land} Order, 1922). 
 
 ^' Chrysanthemum Plants . A special license must be obtained in 
 advance for the importation of chrysanthemum plants-. Such a license, 
 if granted, would require the 'product ion of a certificate; -'in addition 
 to that mentioned in paragraph 2, to the effect that- the plants are 
 free from chrysanthemum midge and that the place where the plants were 
 grown is also free from. this pest .. • (Destructive- IneeSts and Pests 
 (Chrysanthemum Midge) .{No.. 2) "Order, 1939)'. ."- . - - :: 
 
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 7. Strawberry Plants and Black Vurr ant and Gooseberry Bushes . 
 A special license" must be obtained in advance for the importation of 
 strawberry plants or black currant or gooseberry bushes. Such a 
 license, if granted, would ,. in the case of strawberry plants and black 
 currant-bushes, req'iftre the. .production of a certificate, in addition 
 to that mentioned in paragraph 2y to." the effect that, the produce is true 
 to name -and free fr6m visible symptoms of virus disease. (Importation 
 of Strawberry Plants and Black Currant and Gooseberry Bushes Order, 19^6). 
 
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 ^* Raw Apples . The importation, 'between July 7th and November 15th 
 in ary year, of raw apples grown in the United States of America is pro- 
 hibited unless each consignment is accompanied by a certificate signed by 
 a duly authorized inspector of the Federal Department of Agriculture in the 
 following form: 
 
 "This is to certify that the raw apples included in the 
 package or consignment described below are one of the 
 following grades as recognized by the Department of 
 Agriculture of the United States of America: 
 
 (For Barrel Apples) (For Boxed Apples) 
 
 "U. S. Fancy" "Extra Fancy" 
 
 "U. S. (No. 1)" "Fancy" 
 
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 Official Btatus^ 
 Date 
 
 Description of Consignment 
 
 Number and nature of packages 
 
 Distinguishing marks 
 
 Variety of apples ' 
 
 Name and address of consignee 
 Name of vessel 
 Date of shipment 
 Port of shipment 
 
 This certificate should be delivered to an officer of Customs and 
 Excise at the same time as, and together with, the entry relating to 
 the consignment, (importation of Raw Apples Order, 1930). 
 
 9* Elm Trees . The importation of the elra trees is prohibited ab- 
 solutely. (Importation of Elm Trees (Prohibition) Order, 1929). 
 
 Contraventions of Orders 
 
 Any person who imports plants without a license is liable to 
 prosecution and severe penalties, and the plants so imported may be 
 destroyed at the expense of the importer. 
 
 Exporters are accordingly advised not to forward the above-mentioned 
 produce unlees they have received an assurance that the requisite import 
 license has been obtained by the consignee. 
 
 NOTE 
 
 The above particulars relate solely to phytopathological restrictions 
 on 'mportation. Some of the produce mentioned, e.g. apples and tomatoes, 
 may also be subject to quantitative restrictions as are such items as 
 cereal seeds, tobacco seeds, grass seed3, and root and vegetable seeds 
 of certain descriptions. 
 
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