G/SPS/N/CHN/1244  
 
6 January 2022  
(22-0132) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration of Customs, P. R. China  
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 plants, and plant products, and other quarantine 
objects  
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:  Measures for Administration of Quarantine Access of 
Entry Animals and Plants (Draft) . Language(s):  Chinese . Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHN/22_0117_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To further clarify the procedures for quarantine access of entry 
animals and plants, based on the actual access over the years, the General Administration 
of Customs, P. R. China has institutionalized relevant works and formulated the Measures 
for Adminis tration of Quarantine Access of Entry Animals and Plants (Draft)  on the basis 
of the Administrative Provisions on Risk Analysis of Entry Animals and Animal Products  
and the Administrative Provisions on Risk Analysis of Imported Plants and Plant Products  
and in accordance with the Biosecurity Law of the People's Republic of China  dated 
15 April 2021.  
These Measures state the quarantine access of animals and plants, animal and plant 
products, and other quarantine objects that are first imported from or, after  a suspension, 
resumed for import from a country or region. Generally, the procedures for quarantine 
access include the access application, questionnaire distribution and collection, written 
assessment, field assessment, technical consultation, result noti fication, agreement 
signing (or confirmation of quarantine requirements), issuance of quarantine 
requirements, update of access list, and other links. Only animals and plants, animal and 
plant products, and other quarantine objects that have obtained quara ntine access can 
enter China.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CHN/1244  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant internat ional standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
 Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 1  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
 ISPM 2, ISPM 11  
[ ] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645 / 5795 4642  
Email: sps@customs.gov.cn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645 / 5795 4642  
Email: sps@customs.gov.cn