G/SPS/N/TPKM/537  
 
10 July 2020  
(20-4737) 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 ): Designated plant 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:  Draft of the amendment of the "Regulations for 
Approving Imports of Designated Plant Regulated Articles" . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/TPKM/20_4047_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In accordance with the amendment of the Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) which entered into force on 
20 June 2018, the name of the "Regulations for Approving Imports of Designated Plant 
Regulated Articles or Other Articles" (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) is 
amende d to "Regulations for Approving Imports of Designated Plant Regulated Articles". 
In addition, the regulations for approving imports of "designated other articles" will be 
regulated in another regulation in accordance with Paragraph 4 of Article 15 of the A ct. 
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.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, ide ntify 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 2, 
11, 20, 21  
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  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 standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The draft of the amendment of the  "Regulations for Approving Imports of Designated 
Plant Regulated Articles ", Nong Shou Fang Zi No.1091493864A, dated on  18 June 2020 
can be found at: http://www.coa.gov.tw/ (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) : 8 September 2020  
Agency or authority designated 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: +(8862) 3343 2091  
Fax: +(8862) 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 10070, Taiwan  
Tel: +(8862) 3343 2091  
Fax: +(8862) 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@m ail.baphiq.gov.tw