Summary of the proposed revision (2019-2020 Revision) 
 
1. Proposed revision of Quarantine Pests on Annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the 
Plant Protection Act: Annex1  
(1) Nine quarantine pests will be newly added to the list. 
Copitarsia corruda 
Pammene fasciana 
Diaporthe vaccinii 
Indian peanut clump virus 
Maize chlorotic mottle virus 
Pea early-browning virus 
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus 
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus 
Zucchini green mottle mosaic virus 
 
(2) Five quarantine pests will be deleted from the list. 
Haplothrips nigricornis 
Haplothrips robustus 
Phenacoccus solenopsis 
Helix aspersa 
Grapevine vein necrosis 
 
(3) The scientific name of a quarantine pest on the list will be changed from the left to the right. 
Copitarsia turbata > Copitarsia decolora [SYN: Copitarsia turbata] 
 
2. Proposed revision of the Plants Subject to Field Inspection in Exporting Countries on Annexed Table 
1-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act: Annex2 
(1) Region/Countries of distribution of the following seven quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 2 Tuta absoluta 
Item 3 Meloidogyne chitwoodi 
Item 7 Radopholus similis 
Item 8 Meloidogyne enterolobii 
Item 17 Guignardia citricarpa 
Item 19 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens 
Item 20 Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii 
 
(2) Host plants of the following four quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 2 Tuta absoluta 
Item 7 Radopholus similis 
Item 8 Meloidogyne enterolobii 
Item 16 Eutypa lata (3) The names of two countries on the list will be changed from the left to the right. 
Swaziland > Eswatini 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia > Republic of North Macedonia 
 
3. Proposed revision of the Import Prohibited Plants on Annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance for 
Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act: Annex3 
(1) Region/Countries associated with the following three quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 2 Bactrocera dorsalis species complex  
Item 16 Erwinia amylovora  
Item 17 Candidatus Liberibacter africanus, Candidatus Liberibacter americanus, Candidatus 
Liberibacter asiaticus 
 
(2) The names of two countries on the list will be changed from the left to the right. 
Swaziland > Eswatini 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia > Republic of North Macedonia 
 
4. Proposed revision of the Plants Subject to Specific Phytosanitary Measures to be Carried Out in 
Exporting Countries on Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection 
Act and Detailed Rules for Import Plant Quarantine Enforcement Concerning Plants Subject to 
Specific Phytosanitary Measures to be Carried Out in Exporting Countries: Annex4 
 (1) The following six quarantine pests will be newly added to the list. 
Item 33 Indian peanut clump virus 
Item 34 Maize chlorotic mottle virus 
Item 35 Pea early-browning virus 
Item 36 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus 
Item 37 Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus 
Item 38 Zucchini green mottle mosaic virus 
 
(2) Region/Countries of distribution of the following seven quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 6 Bactericera cockerelli 
Item 7 Bactericera nigricornis 
Item 8 Bactericera trigonica 
Item 20 Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum 
Item 21 Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar3 
Item 23 Xylella fastidiosa 
Item 29 Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid 
 
(3) Host plants of following three quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 1 Anastrepha fraterculus 
Item 3 Anastrepha ludens 
Item 23 Xylella fastidiosa  
(4) Laboratory test on seeds (or parent plants for seeds) of tomato which is a host plant for the 
following two quarantine pests will be newly needed. 
Item 30 Pepper chat fruit viroid 
Item 31 Tomato planta macho viroid 
 
(5) The name of a country on the list will be changed from the left to the right. 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia > Republic of North Macedonia 
 
5. Proposed revision of the Non-Quarantine Pest List: Annex5 
  Five quarantine pests listed in Annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant 
Protection Act will be deleted from the table, and these five pests and sixty-one provisional 
quarantine pests will be newly designated as non-quarantine pests.