G/SPS/N/TPKM/571  
 
26 August 2021  
(21-6458) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, 
Council of Agriculture  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable ): Plants, plant products and other regulated articles  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  The draft amendments of the "Quarantine Requirements 
for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products" and the "Quarantine Requirements for 
Wood Packaging Material used in Imported Commodity" . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/TPKM/21_5420_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. According to pest risk assessment results, the "Quarantine Requirements for the 
Importation of Plants or Plant Products" are revised as follows:  
a. Regulated plant parts or infected areas of subparagraphs 37, 38, and 39, 
paragraph 1, Part B ( Pseudomonas syringae syringae , Xylella fastidiosa , and Arabis 
mosaic virus ) are revised;  
b. The quarantine requirements for host plants or plant products of  Fig mosaic virus , 
Impatiens necrotic spot virus , Orchid fleck virus  from infected areas are listed as 
the draft amendments of subparagraphs 50 to 52;  
c. In paragraph 10,  Part B, two insects ( Contarinia  maculipennis , Pseudaulacaspis  
dendrobii ), two weeds ( Muhlenbergia capillaris , M. reverchonii ) are added, one 
virus ( Impatiens necrotic spot virus , Tospovirus) is removed and Didymella  
ligulicola  is changed to Stagonosporops is chrysanthemi  (anamorph : Didymella  
ligulicola ). 
2. Two new wood packaging material (WPM) treatment methods in accordance with 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM  15) and example of 
the specified mark of those new methods are added to the "Quarantine Requirements 
for Wood Packaging Material used in Imported Commodity".  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/TPKM/571  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM N° 2, 
11 and 15  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed re gulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The draft amendments of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or 
Plant Products" and the "Quarantine Requirements for Wood Packaging Material used in 
Imported Commodity" (Announcement of Council of Agriculture, Nong Shou Fang Zi 
No. 110149 4570A dated 6 August 2021) can be found at: 
https://www.coa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=publication&id=5526  (available in 
Chinese) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 October 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enqu iry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture  
9 F., No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(8 86) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture  
9 F., No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw