G/SPS/N/TPKM/561/Add.1  
 
12 May 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 May 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . 
 
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The amendment emergency measures for Solanum spp. and Capsicum spp. seeds.  
The emergency phytosanitary measures for the importation of Solanum  spp. and Capsicum  spp. 
seeds, previously notified in G/SPS/N/TPKM/561 dated 9 February 2021, was amended on 6 May 
2021 to mitigate the biosecurity risk posed by three viruses and six viroi ds: Tomato yellow leaf curl 
virus (TYLCV), Tomato mottle mosaic virus  (ToMMV), Pepino mosaic virus  (PepMV), Columnea latent 
viroid  (CLVd), Potato spindle tuber viroid  (PSTVd), Tomato apical stunt viroid  (TASVd), Tomato 
chlorotic dwarf viroid  (TCDVd), Tomato planta macho viroid  (TPMVd) and Pepper chat fruit viroid  
(PCFVd).  
The emergency measures to manage the related viruses and viroids on Solanum  spp. and Capsicum  
spp. seeds are as follows:  
The above -mentioned viruses and viroids are included as quaran tine pests in the specific requirements 
for Solanum  spp. and Capsicum  spp. seeds. The importation of the seeds shall be accompanied by 
the phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant quarantine authority of the exporting country, stating 
that the seeds h ave been laboratory tested and found free from Tomato yellow leaf curl virus  (TYLCV), 
Tomato mottle mosaic virus  (ToMMV), Pepino mosaic virus  (PepMV), Columnea latent viroid  (CLVd), 
Potato spindle tuber viroid  (PSTVd), Tomato apical stunt viroid  (TASVd), Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid  
(TCDVd), Tomato planta macho viroid  (TPMVd) and Pepper chat fruit viroid  (PCFVd) before export; 
otherwise, the seeds will be destroyed or reshipped.  
The quarantine requirements of  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  was adopted and  notified in 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/560/Add.1.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Modification of content and/or sco pe of previously notified regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of  regulation  
[ ] Change in period of application of m easure  
[ ] Other:  
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: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  G/SPS/N/TPKM/561/Add.1  
 
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  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: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  
 
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