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 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau of Entomology end Plant Quarantine 
 
 Washington-, D. C. 
 
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 HJiNT-QUARAlTTnJE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OP THE 
 REPUBLIC OE HAITI 
 
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PATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology arid Plant Quarantine 
 7/ashington, D. C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.--380 August 15, 1935. 
 
 PLANT-QUiiRANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF THE 
 REPUBLIC OF HAITI 
 
 This summary of the plant -quarantine import restrictions of the Re- 
 public of Haiti 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 Harry B. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector in 
 charge of Foreign Service Information of the Division of Foreign Plant Quar- 
 antines, from his translations of the texts of the Law of August 2, 1934, 
 and the Order of November 23, 1934, and reviewed by the Service National 
 de la Production Agricole et de l'Enseignement Rural of Haiti. 
 
 Trie 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, and it 
 is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. 
 
 LEE A. STRONG. 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine . 
 
PlJiNT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
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 REPUBLIC OF HAITI 
 
 BASIC LEGISLATION 
 
 The Law of August 2, 1934, empowers the President to establish 
 by Order all necessary regulations to prevent the entry into the Republic 
 of insects, pathogenic organisms, and agents that transmit plant and 
 animal diseases, and to combat diseases that may prejudice plant or animal 
 production, as well as to impose penalties for violations of the provisions 
 of such regulations. 
 
 GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 (Order of Nov. 23, 1934) 
 
 IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
 
 Article 1. The importation into Haiti is prohibited of the ex- 
 pensively cultivated plants, or parts thereof, hereafter designated, in- 
 cluding roots, stems, fruits, and seeds, namely, coffee ( Coff ea spp.), 
 cotton ( Gossypium spp.), sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) , coconut 
 palms ( Gocos nucifera L.), oil-yielding palms, citrus, banana ( Musa spp.), 
 cacao ( Vheobroma cacao L.), kapok ( Ceiba spp. ) , sisal ( Agave sisalana 
 Rcrrine) , as well as any other plant which later may be designated by the 
 National Service of Agricultural Production and Rural Education. 
 
 Nevertheless, the said Service may, exceptionally, for technical 
 or economic purposes, introduce the above-mentioned plants or parts thereof, 
 on takin • necessary precautions to protect the agriculture of Haiti against 
 the introduction of injurious insects or diseases. 
 
 CERTIFICATION OF FRESH FRITTS AGAINST MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY 
 
 Art. 2. Fresh fruits intended for consumption may be imported on 
 the express condition that they are accompanied by a certificate attest- 
 Ln • that they have been sterilized or that they proceed from a region in 
 i;l.ich the Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata T Vied.) does not exist. 
 
 :.e certificate shall be signed by a competent authority of the country of 
 origin. 
 

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 'HYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR ORNAMENTALS AND VEGETABLES 
 
 Art. 3. Ornamentals and edible vegetables (including seedlings, 
 cuttings, seeds, or any part of those plants) may not be imported into 
 Haiti unless accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate signed by a qual- 
 ified agent of the Government of the country of origin, attesting that 
 these plants or their parts are free from infectious diseases and injurious 
 insects, or that they do not proceed from fields infected by these diseases 
 or infested bv those insects. 
 
 DESTRUCTION IN ABSENCE OF CERTIFICATE 
 
 Art. 4. In default of the certificate provided for in articles 
 2 and 3, the fruits and the kinds of plants designated in article 3, or 
 their parts, may not be delivered to the consignees, but, with packing and 
 containers, will be destroyed under customs supervision. 
 
 CERTIFICATION FOR EXPORT 
 
 Art. 5. Only qualified agents of the National Service of Agricul- 
 tural Production and Rural Education (Service National de la Production 
 Agricole et de l'Enseignement Rural) may issue, on exportation, the certifi- 
 cates required by foreign countries for the importation of Haitian products, 
 
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