G/SPS/N/TPKM/543/Rev.1  
 
9 September 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 ): Animals and Animal Products (HS codes: 01, 02, 0401, 0402, 0407, 
0408, 0410, 0502, 0504, 0505, 0506, 0507, 0510, 0511, 1214, 1502, 1506, 1601, 1602, 
1902, 1904, 1905, 2104, 2301, 2308, 2309, 3001, 3002, 3101, 3105, 3502, 4101, 4102, 
4103, 4205, 4301, 46 01, 5101, 5102, 5103, and 6701)  
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 amendment of the "Procedure for the 
Recognition of Infectious Animal Disease -Free Status of a Foreign Country" . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/TPKM/20_5303_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This procedure is provided for handling the application of a 
foreign country for the recognition of its status of freedom from infectious animal 
disease(s) by the Council of Agriculture. A country which considers itself as complying 
with the criteria esta blished in the "Terrestrial Animal Health Code" of the World 
Organisation for Animal Health for infectious animal disease free listed in Point 2 of the 
Procedure or risk status may apply for the recognition of infectious animal disease -free 
status of a zon e or entire country, and the risk status of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other dama ge from pests.   G/SPS/N/TPKM/543/Rev.1  
 
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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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestri al or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
Chapters 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 8.8, 8.14, 8.16, 10.4, 10.9, 11.4, 
11.5, 12.1, 12.10, 14.7, 15.1 and 15.2.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standa rd:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
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) : 8 November 2020  
Agency or authority desig nated to handle comments: [  ] 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, 10070 Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 233 432 091  
Fax: +(886) 223 322 200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notificati on 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, 10070 Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 233 432 091  
Fax: +(886) 223 322 200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw