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 Draft of Regulations for Approving Imports of Designated Plant Regulated 
Articles  
(In case of any discrepancy between the Chinese text and the English translation 
thereof, the Chinese text shall govern.)  
Article 1  
These Regulations are established pursuant to Paragraph 3 of Article 14 of the Plant 
Protection and Quarantine Act (hereinafter called “the Act”).  
 
Article 2  
To import prohibited plant regulated articles pursuant to Subparagra ph 1 of Paragraph 
1 of Article 14 (hereafter called “designed plant regulated articles”)  of the Act , 
importers shall submit the application with the following documents  or information  to 
the central competent authority for approval:  
1. Name, quantity, source,  basic information and pest status of designed  plant 
regulated articles to be imported.  
2. Plan of use: including purpose, the way to use or related experiment, research, 
teaching, legal deposit or exhibition plan, post -use treatment and duration for the 
intended use. If the use of designed plant regulated articles  or other regulated 
article pro duces, propagates, or isolates from designed plant regulated articles 
(hereafter refer as derivatives), it must be clearly described in the plan.  
3. Post-entry quarantine management program: the address,  location  of post-entry 
quarantine site and  safety opera ting procedures to avoid the escape of designed 
plant regulated articles or their derivatives and pests shall be included;  
4. The routes and means of transportation, both domestically and internationally, 
and packing methods;  
5. Other relevant documents and information specifi ed by the central competent 
authority . 
If the req uired  documents or information  of preceding paragraph are incomplete, the 
central competent authority shall issue a notice to request a  supplement or correctio n 
after a specified time period. If such a supplement  or correction is not made or the 
submitted content remains incomplete after the deadline, the application will not be 
accepted.   2 
  
 
Article 3  
If the plant quarantine authority deems necessary, it may dispatch inspectors to 
perform on -site verification of the post -entry quarantine site as de -noted in 
Subparagraph 3 of Par agraph  1 of preceding Article to confirm that the post -entry 
quarantine site  and post -entry quarantine management program can avoid the escape 
of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives  and pests . 
If the plant quarantine authority performs on -site verification of the post -entry 
quarantine site and notifies that the improvement shall be done within a specified time 
period but is not done, the application will not be approved.  
 
Article 4  
After being reviewed and approved by the central competent authority  and the import 
permit is issued, the application item of Article 2 shall be imported in accordance with 
the permit.  
The import permit is valid within six months from the day issued.  
If the approved plan of use, post -entry quarantine management program, routes and 
means of transportation, both domestically and internationa lly, and /or packing 
methods or related document or information of the first paragraph is changed, the 
importer shall submit application with the changed document or information to the 
central competent authority  for approval.  
The approved duration of designed  plant regulated articles  or their derivatives shall 
not exceed five years. The approved duration of the intended use for legal deposit 
shall not exceed thirty years.  
The importer may apply for approval to the central competent authority to extend the 
duration thirty days prior to expiration date; every extension shall not exceed five 
years. Application for extending the duration of exhibitive use may be done three days 
prior to the expiration date; the extension shall not be longer than the exhibition plan.  
To apply for an extension under the preceding paragraph, the operation records and 
the reports of usage, reason of extension, and follow -up safety quarantine 3 
 management program shall be submitted. The plant quarantine authority may, if it 
deems neces sary, dispatch inspectors to conduct an on -site verification . 
 
Article 5  
The importers shall import designed plant regulated articles  accompanied by the 
import permit  and apply for quarantine inspections  to plant quarantine authority.  
 
Article 6  
Before sharing the designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives to users during 
approved usage period , the user shall submit the application with the following 
documents or information to the central competent authority for approval:  
1. Name  and quantity of designed plant regulated articles to be shared ; 
2. Plan of use: including purpose, the way to use or related experiment, research, 
teaching, legal deposit or exhibition plan, post -use treatment and duration for the 
intended use. If the use of designe d plant regulated articles  or their derivatives, it 
must be clearly described in the plan ; 
3. The routes and means of domestic transportation and packing methods;  
4. Post-entry quarantine management program of the duration for having the shar ed 
articles: the add ress, location, post-entry quarantine site and safety operating 
procedures to avoid the escape of designed plant regulated articles or their 
derivatives  and pests of the shall be included;  
5. Supporting document showing the importer’s agreement  to share inclu ding the 
name  and quantity of the designed plant regulated articles and the copy of the 
import permit ; 
6. Other relevant documents and information specifi ed by the central competent 
authority . 
For incomplete  documents  or information of preceding paragraph  and the approval of 
post-entry quarantine site  shall proceed according  to the Paragraph 2 of Article 2 and 
Article 3.  4 
 For the application stated in Paragraph 1, after being reviewed and approved by the 
central competent authority and the sharing permit is  issued, the application item shall 
be shared in accordance with the permit.  
The sharing permits valid within six months from the day issued.  
If the approved plan of use, post -entry quarantine management program, routes and 
means of domestic  transportation , and packing methods or related document s or 
information of the permit of the third Paragraph is changed, the user shall submit 
application with the changed document or information to the central competent  
authority for approval.  
The approved duration of the sharing designed plant regulated articles or their 
derivatives shall not exceed five years.  
The user may apply for approval to the central competent authority to extend the 
duration thirty days prior to expiration date; every extension shall not exceed  five 
years. Application for extending the duration of exhibitive use may be done three days 
prior to the expiration date; the extension shall not be longer than the exhibition plan.  
To apply for an extension under the preceding paragraph, the operation records and 
the reports of usage, reason of extension, and follow -up safety quarantine 
management program shall be submitted. The plant quarantine authority may, if it 
deems necessary, dispatch inspectors to conduct an on -site inspection.  
 
Article 7  
For re -sharing the designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives to other users 
during the duration period of sharing , the other users shall submit the application with 
the documents or information in accordance with Subparagraphs 1 to 4 and 6 of 
Paragr aph 1 of preceding article, supporting document showing the user’s agreement 
to share and the copy of sharing permit to the central competent authority for approval 
and shall proceed according to the process mentioned in Paragraph 4 to 8 of preceding 
Article.  
 
Article 8  5 
 The importer or user shall comply with the following safety control measures after the 
designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives are approved for import or 
sharing:  
1. The approved designed plant regulated articles or their de rivatives shall be sealed 
by the plant quarantine authority and then escorted by the plant quarantine 
authority or transported domestically by the importer  or user ; the importer  or user  
shall provide transportation vehicles or bear the expenses for the tra nsportation.  
2. It shall not be opened and used before being checked by the inspector dispatched 
by the central competent  authority of the location being transported to the 
post-entry quarantine site.  
3. It shall be utilized according to the intended purposes in  the post -entry quarantine 
site as approved by the central competent authority and maintenance of the 
post-entry quarantine site to avoid the escape of designed plant regulated articles  
or their derivatives  and pests  from the post -entry quarantine site in accordance 
with post -entry quarantine management program.  
4. During the duration period of intended use, designed plant regulated articles  or 
their derivatives shall be subject to supervision of their use by the plant 
quarantine authority. Evasion, hindering or denial of such supervision by 
importer or user is prohibited. During the duration period of inten ded use , the 
importer or user shall take appropriate control measures and notify the plant 
quarantine authority immediately in case any pest is found. The c osts associated 
with such measures shall be borne by importer  or user . 
5. Operation records shall be made during the duration period of the use of 
designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives except for the purpose of 
exhibition. If the duration is less than one year, importer or user shall submit 
operation records to the plant quarantine authority within thirty days after end of 
use of designed plant regulated articles or the expiration date. If the duration is 
more than one year, importer or user shall provide the operation records of the 
last year to the plant quarantine authority before March 31 each year.   
6. Containers, tools, pack age materials, cultivation media , plants or plant products 
and other articles used by or in contact with designed plan t regulated articles or 
their derivatives shall be subject to proper treatment or be destroyed after the 
usage.  6 
 7. When re -exporting designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives, it shall 
conduct jointly with the plant quarantine authority and use a  sealed or the 
package which  avoids  the escape of the pest in package during transport.  
 
Article 9  
During the use of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives, the plant 
quarantine authority shall send personnel to inspect the status of post-entry quarantine 
site, plant growth and the occurrence of pests as follows:  
1. For experiment, research, teaching or exhibition purpose: at least once every 
three months . 
2. For legal deposit purpose or other designed purpose by applying from the  
central co mpetent authority: at least once per year . 
 
Article 1 0 
Upon the expiration date, end of use of designed plant regulated articles  or their 
derivatives, or violation of the safety measures of Article 8 and correction or 
improvement not done after being noticed by the plant quarantine authority within a 
time limit,  the designed plant regulated articles  and their derivatives shall be 
re-exported or destroyed jointly with plant quarantine authority.  
Except for the application for exhibition use , importer or users  may apply to central 
competent authority to lift the re-export or destr uction  and safety measures of Article 
8 thirty days pr ior to expiration date.  
If the risk assessment conducted by central competent authority indicate invasive or 
pest risk, the application pursuant to the preceding paragraph will not be approved.  
 
Article 1 1 
After the designed plant regulated articles or the ir derivatives are approved for import 
or sharing, the reference numbers of the import permit shall be included in the 
pertinent reports  or literary work  of importer or user and be kept for more than one 
year.  7 
  
Article 1 2 
This Regulations become effective on the date of promulgation.