G/SPS/N/TPKM/466/Rev.1  
 
18 October 2019  
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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  
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 amendments to "Quarantine Requirements for 
the Importation of Frozen/Chilled Uneviscerated Fish Products" . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/TPKM/19_5754_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Requirements regulate the importation of the frozen/chilled 
uneviscerated fish products. The main points of the amendments include the following:  
1. The Requirements are amended to be consistent with the relevant standards of the 
OIE Aquatic Animal Healt h Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals ; 
2. The original draft amendments to the Requirements were notified as 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/466 on 2 August 2018 which replaced five fish species (using common 
names) with fifty -five fish species (using scient ific names) from the designated 
quarantine items in order to conform to the latest version of the OIE Aquatic Animal 
Health Code and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals ; 
3. The revised draft amendments to the Requirements only amend the fish sp ecies of 
attached table from fifty -five species into sixteen species after considering the 
commentaries from the industry. Other contents are the same as the version notified 
on 2 August 2018.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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) :  G/SPS/N/TPKM/466/Rev.1  
 
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  [X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 
Chapters 10.1 to  10.10 and Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals 2.3.0 
to 2.3.12  
[ ] 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 standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.baphiq.gov.tw/files/web_articles_files/baphiq/19536/24739.pdf  (available 
in Chinese)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determine d. 
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) : 17 December 2019  
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  
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: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw