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 STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 imiTED STATES DEPARTMSKT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Antonio lo£;y cind plant Quarantine 
 TTashington, D.C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.— 449 May 20, 1937, 
 
 FLAKT-QUAPAKTIKE II.1P0HT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF 
 IRAK (PERSIA) 
 
iraiTED STATES DEPARTMEKT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 
 Washington, D-C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.— 449 May 20, 1937, 
 
 PLAKT-QUARAKTIKE IIvIPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
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 IRAN (PERSIA) 
 
 This abstract of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of 
 Iran has "been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant quaran- 
 tine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and 
 plant products to that country. 
 
 It T/as prepared "by Harry B. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector, in 
 Charge of Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Qaaran- 
 tines, from his translation of the German text published in Amtliche 
 Pflanzenschutzbestiramungen VIII: 3, May 1, 1936, of Decision No. 7876 
 of the Council of xMinisters of Iran, October 22, 1314 (Jan. 1-2, 1936) 
 and compared Yiith a translation of the Irardan text furnished "by the 
 American Legation in Teheran. 
 
 The information contained in this circular is believed to be 
 correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not in- 
 tended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original 
 text. 
 
 iLEE A. STRONG^, 
 Entomology and/Plant/Q.uarantine . 
 
PLANT-QUAEMTINE IMPORT RESTRICTICKS 
 • • OF 
 
 IPJffl (PERSIA) 
 
 Decision of the Council of Ministers, No. 7876, January 1-2, 193 6. 
 Import Permit Required for Plant Material 
 
 Article 1. The importation of any kind of plants, shrubs, seeds, 
 fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cattings, tubers, branches, fruits, or 
 other pa.rts of plants may be effected only with the previous permission 
 of the Department of Agriculture. 
 
 NOTE: The Department of Agriculture is authorized at any time, 
 and for an unlimited period, to prohibit the importation of any kind of 
 plants, seeds, fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cuttings, tubers, branchei 
 fraits, and other parts of plants from any country deemed advisable. 
 
 Phytosanitary Certificate Required 
 
 Art. 2, The permission to import may be granted on condition that 
 the exporting country possesses an authoritative organization for combat- 
 ting plant diseases and that the official plant protection service of that 
 country has issued a phytosanitary certificate. 
 
 Frontier Ports of Entry 
 
 Art. 3. The frontier offices at which the above-mentioned plant 
 material VTill be inspected and through which it may bo imported will be 
 designated by the Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Importation of Potatoes and Cottonseed Prohibited 
 
 Art. 4. The importation of potatoes and cottonseed intended for 
 private persons and firms, for any purposes, is prohibited. Only the 
 Department of Agriculture can undertake the importation of the necessary 
 quantity for seed requirements with due regard to technical consideratioj 
 
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 Art. 5. TJhoever imports the kinds of plants mentioned in Article 
 1, under the provisions of these regulations, in the event that a disease 
 is determined, is in duty bound to inform the Department of Agriculture 
 at once and send to it a specimen for examination and the determination 
 of the disease. 
 
 Art. 6. The headquarters for the examination and disinfection of 
 seeds will he determined hy the Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Art. 7. Relates to the domestic control of plant diseases. 
 
 Inspection on Arrival 
 
 Art. 8.- All customs officers are required, on inspecting any kind 
 of plants, seeds, fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cuttings, tubers, 
 branches, fruits, and other parts of plants that enter by mail, with trav- 
 elers, or by other means, to act as follows: 
 
 (a) If importation is permitted, the conditions prescribed 
 in the permit must be complied with. 
 
 (b) If importation was made without special authorization 
 (that is, without previous permission by the Department of 
 Agriculture) or through a port or frontier office other than 
 that desi.piated by the Department, the customs authorities 
 are in duty bound to confiscate the said plants, notify the 
 importer and, after preparing a report of the action and 
 sending a copy to the Department of Agriculture, they must 
 destroy the plants. 
 
 Arts. 9 and 10. Relate to the domestic control of plant diseases.