1 
 Operation Directions for the Importation of Day-old 
Poultry and Fertilized Eggs from the Designated 
Establishments 
1. The Operation Directions are enacted to add, suspend and regain 
the designation of the designated establishments (hereinafter 
referred to as DE(s)) by the Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter 
referred to as the MOA), and pursuant to the Subparagraph 2 of 
Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the “Regulations for the Importation of 
Objects Subject to Animal Quarantine”. 
 
2. The government of the exporting country, the domestic 
associations or the importers apply to the MOA for adding and 
regaining the designation according to the Operation Directions. 
For the application of the DE(s) which is conducted assessment and 
approved by the MOA to ensure the DE(s) is able to prevent the 
risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (hereinafter refer to as 
HPAI) from being introduced to this country, the DE(s) will be 
listed as qualified establishments (Table.1) or observed 
establishments (Table.2) according to Article 3 of the Operation 
Directions, and will be added to the list of the DE(s) for day-old 
poultry and fertilized eggs published on the website of the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Agency (hereinafter referred to as 
APHIA). 
 
3.1 The DE(s) will be added to the list after the MOA’s review, 
which comply with all of the following requirements: 
3.1.1 No cases of HPAI have been occurred in the past 6 months 
in the DE(s). 
3.1.2 The Department of Animal Industry of the MOA assesses 
that it is required by the domestic industry. 
3.1.3 The previous qualified importing record is confirmed by 
APHIA. 2 
  
3.2 The DE(s) that have exported day-old poultry and fertilized eggs 
to this country with qualified importing records will be listed as 
qualified establishments (Table.1). The DE(s) that has no 
importing records will be listed as observed establishments 
(Table.2). 
 
4. The MOA will immediately suspend the designation of the DE(s) 
from exporting day-old poultry or fertilized eggs when one of the 
following conditions are met: 
4.1 The information from the World Animal Health Information 
System (WAHIS) of the World Organisation for Animal Health 
(WOAH), the website of the exporting country or other 
countries shows that there is an HPAI outbreak in the DE(s). 
4.2 This country received notification of HPAI outbreak in the 
DE(s) from the competent authority of the exporting country. 
4.3 Any non-compliance of the import quarantine requirements is 
found by APHIA. 
4.4 The exporting country does not cooperate in conducting the 
on-site audit for the DE(s). 
 
5. The DE(s) will be regained their designation by complying with 
one of the following requirements: 
5.1 The suspension of the DE(s) information of WAHIS, of the 
website of the exporting country, or the application of the 
exporting country has been reviewed and confirmed by APHIA 
demonstrating that after completing the culling, cleaning and 
disinfection for the last case, the DE(s) has been free from 
HPAI for at least 28 days (wild bird cases are not applicable). 
5.2 The on-site audit of the DE(s) has been completed and the 
result(s) demonstrates that the DE(s) complies with the 
relevant import quarantine requirements. 3 
  
6. This country may conduct on-site audit of the DE(s) when one of 
the following conditions are met: 
6.1 There is suspicion about the HPAI outbreak or the biosecurity 
management in the DE(s). 
6.2 Due to the HPAI outbreak in the DE(s), the DE(s) has been 
suspended for exporting day-old poultry or fertilized eggs to 
this country in accordance with Article 4 of the Operation 
Directions, but intend to apply for regaining the designation. 
6.3 The DE(s) does not meet the relevant import quarantine 
requirements and has been suspended for exporting day-old 
poultry or fertilized eggs to this country in accordance with 
Article 4 of the Operation Directions, but intend to apply for 
regaining the designation. 
6.4 The DE(s) applies for listing as qualified establishments 
(Table.1) or observed establishments (Table.2). 
 
7. During the period from the application for the quarantine 
inspection of importation of day-old poultry and fertilized eggs to 
the completion of post-entry quarantine, if HPAI outbreak is 
suspected in the DE(s), the sampling of 15 individuals for HPAI 
testing as enhanced quarantine measure shall be conducted.