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 Enforcement Rules of Statute for Prevention and Control of 
Infectious Animal Diseases 
 
(In case of any discrepancy between the Chinese text and the English 
translation thereof, the Chinese text shall govern.)  
Adopted on 11 February 1972 – denominated “Enforcement Rules of Statute for 
Prevention and Control of Infectious Domestic Disease”, enactment of the rules with 
55 articles 
Amended on: 14 April 1997 – re-denominated “Enforcement Rules of Statute for 
Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases” enactment of the rules with 44 
articles 
Amended on February 29, 2000 – Article 9, 42 and 43  
Amended on May 23, 2001 – Article 19 
Amended and promulgated on July 31, 2002- enactment of the rules with 34 articles 
Amended on December 23, 2009 – Article 9, 18, 20, 21 and 22 
Amended on May 23, 2022 – Article 14, 14-1, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 
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Chapter  1  General 
 
Article 1 
These Rules are enacted pursuant to Article 47 of the Statute on Prevention and Control 
of Infectious Animal Diseases (hereinafter referred to as “the Statute”) 
Article 2  
The term “other commodities which are likely to spread pathogens of infectious animal 
diseases” as used in Article 5 of the Statute refers to commodities including bees, fodder, 
feed, pathogens, vaccines, blood serum, biological preparations, animal diseased 
specimens, left-over food from aircraft and vessels on international routes, animal 
excretions, as well as packing materials and utensils of  quarantine objects. 
Article 3 
The number of animal disease control personnel, as specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 
8 of the Statute, are determined by every level of the competent authority taking into 
consideration the number of livestock raised in the jurisdiction and the local 
environment. 
Article 4  
“The person concerned” as used in Article 9 of the Statute refers to the keeper, feeding 
manager, trustee of the place where animals are kept, or the captain of a shipping vessel, 
airplane or the master (or those acting on their behalf) of a transporting vehicle and any 2 
 other person who actually takes care of animals. 
Article 5 
“The authorities concerned” as used in Article 10 of the Statute refers to authorities for 
the management of animal raising, transportation, health, customs, environmental 
protection and policing. 
Article 6 
In the performance of duty, animal disease control personnel shall display their 
identification documents, which are prepared and issued by the respective authorities 
concerned at different government levels.  
In conducting quarantine examination at a seaport, airport or train station, the 
import/export animal quarantine personnel shall wear uniforms. The style of the 
uniform, hat, and badge shall be specified by the central competent authority. 
 
Chapter 2  Prevention 
Article 7 
Following the performance of autopsy and instructions as specified in Paragraph 1of 
Article 12 of the Statute, animal inspection authorities shall prepare an inspection 
record. 
Article 8 
The various methods of inspection regarding ante-mortem inspection of animals as 
prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the Statute are to be promulgated by the 
central competent authority. 
Article 9 
(Deleted) 
Article 10 
The methods of disinfecting as prescribed in the Statute shall be subject to the 
environment and characteristics of the pathogens to be eliminated and promulgated by 
the central competent authority. 
 
Chapter 3  Disease Control 3 
 Article 11 
The burning or burial of the remains of animals or commodities subject to such 
disposition under the Statute shall be carried out in an incinerator; its operations and 
exhaust system shall conform to stipulations under the environmental protection laws 
and regulations. However, in an emergency situation, field burning may be allowed, in 
which, a pit of a size appropriate to the target object shall be dug, or constructed, and 
its surroundings properly disinfected. After burning, only the bone ashes are left and 
the ashes shall be properly buried. 
During the burning or burial of the remains of animals or commodities subject to such 
disposition under the Statute, the burial site selected shall be suitable for monitoring 
and checking. The depth of the burial pit shall allow the top of the remains or 
commodity placed therein to be more than one meter away from the surface of the 
ground. Before the remains or commodities are placed in the pit, the bottom of the pit 
shall be layered with lime. After the remains or commodities are placed within, they 
shall be covered with lime, then the pit shall be filled solidly with earth. To complete 
the task, a stone tablet or cement pillar shall be erected, stating the date of burial and 
excavation period for monitoring and checking purposes. 
The sites of burning or burial as described in the two preceding paragraphs shall be 
conducted in places far away from residences, sources of drinking water, rivers, and 
roads, and be inaccessible by animals. 
Article 12 
“Given time limit” as used in Article 24 of the Statute means a period of 3 years; 
however, it means a period of 12 years in the case where the remains or commodity 
carries or is contaminated with spores forming pathogens. 
Article 13 
When the animal inspection authority, upon executing the regulation as referred in 
Paragraph 2 of Article 26 of the Statute, charges whoever is/are responsible for the rate 
charged is to be set by the municipal or county (city) competent authority. 
 
Chapter 4  Export/Import and Quarantine 
Article 14 
When performing quarantine inspection according to Paragraph 2 of Article 32 of the 
Statute, the import/export animal quarantine authority may brand or mark the 
quarantine objects before releasing it. 4 
 Article 14-1 
The import/export animal quarantine authority may entrust relevant agencies 
(institutions), non-governmental organizations or individuals to handle the following 
matters: 
1. Inspection, review or inquiry as specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 9 of the Statute. 
2. Quarantine inspection at the place of origin as specified in Paragraph 3 of Article 32 
of the Statute. 
Article 15 
(Deleted) 
Article 16 
(Deleted) 
Article 17 
The import/export animal quarantine authority shall keep a detailed autopsy record of 
the autopsied animal under quarantine in detail, including information such as the part 
of the lesion, symptoms of the disease, name of the disease diagnosed, and the time, 
place, method of autopsy and other related matters. In addition, the importers could 
apply for a certificate of death issued by the import/export animal quarantine authority 
to certify the original nomenclature, features, origin of the animal, the diagnosed 
disease or the symptoms of the disease, and other related matters. 
Article 18 
(Deleted) 
Article 19 
(Deleted) 
Article 20  
(Deleted) 
Article 21 
(Deleted) 
Article 22 
(Deleted) 
Article 23  
To import animals subject to isolation quarantine as defined in Paragraph 1, Article 34-
1 of the Statute, importers or their agents shall apply to the import/export animal 5 
 quarantine authority for a provisional pass for quarantine objects by completing and 
submitting an application form for animal quarantine and a letter of guarantee thereof. 
This provisional pass is issued to apply to the customs for permission of landing and 
used to transport animals to the animal quarantine premise or other designated places 
for quarantine. At the end of the quarantine period, the provisional certificate shall be 
tendered against the issuance of a veterinary certificate, which then is used to close the 
case with the customs. 
The transportation of animals as mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be carried 
out as instructed by the import/export animal quarantine authorities. 
For imported quarantine objects other than live animals, which have been designated 
by the quarantine personnel to be delivered to a designated quarantine premise for 
disinfection or processing, customs clearance is applied for after the application for the 
provisional pass described in Paragraph 1. 
Article 24 
Where application for export quarantine, the application form shall be completed and 
submitted to the local import/export animal quarantine authorities. The animals may 
delivered to the designated animal quarantine premise and be detained there if 
necessary. Once the quarantine period is completed, an export veterinary certificate is 
issued by the local import/export animal quarantine authorities, from which the 
application process for export may be filed with customs. 
Article 25 
Each animal delivered to and isolated at an animal quarantine premise shall be 
individually assigned a serial number and undergoes the following two examinations: 
1. Health examination: Any animal which enters a quarantine premise shall receive one 
health examination with record which includes the name, purpose, origin, 
vaccination and transportation records. In addition to the checking of the breed, age, 
sex, fur color, and features, and checking of the weight, pulse, respiration, body 
temperature, nutritional check, conjunctiva, oral cavity, appearance, manure/urine, 
and parasites are to be completed and recorded in a chart according to the results 
thereof. 
2. Routine checking: During the isolation quarantine period, the temperature, pulse, 
and respiration of the animal shall be taken at fixed time each day, and the change, 
if any, of its appetite, mental state, skin, oral cavity, conjunctiva, and manure/urine 
are observed. Findings thereof are documented in the recording chart for animals 
placed in isolation quarantine. 6 
 For quarantine objects such as chicks and bees that are not suitable for individual 
numbering for examination, the quarantine personnel may prepare the aforesaid record 
chart based on facts found on the particulars set forth in either of the items of the 
preceding paragraph. 
Article 26 
Animals that are in isolation quarantine in accordance to the provisions specified in 
Paragraph 1 of Article 34-1 of the Statute are to be claimed by the importer at the end 
of the isolation quarantine period. Otherwise, an additional charge at 50% of the 
detention fee will be imposed for each day thereafter. If animals are not claimed 
fourteen days after the isolation quarantine period, the import/export animal quarantine 
authority may inform the agent of the importer to pay off the detention charge and the 
advanced fee, and instruct the agent to file with the customs an application for closing 
the case by presenting the relevant veterinary certificate. The isolation quarantined 
animals will then be handed to the agent on behalf of the owner. 
Article 27 
Disposition as deemed necessary as referred to in Paragraph 4 of Article 34-1 of the 
Statute indicates the following measures: 
1. Animals with possibility of spreading pathogens shall be killed and destroyed 
immediately. 
2. Carcass of the animal which is diagnosed by autopsy to be valueless for any purpose 
shall be burned immediately. 
3. When a particular abattoir is designated to slaughter; where the diseased livestock’s 
parts limbs or organs are found to be hazardous to public health, the said parts limbs 
or organs shall be abandoned by burning or disposed of by a rendering process under 
supervision. 
4. Where the diagnosis of the animal remains to be confirmed or be used for study 
purposes, the disposal may be deferred or the animal may be burned after autopsy. 
Once the decision is made of any of the foregoing measures, the importers or their agent 
shall be immediately advised. 
Article 28  
Once animal quarantine personnel boards a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft carrying 
quarantine objects to conduct the quarantine inspection pursuant to Article 35 of the 
Statute, they shall give the declaration form of animal quarantine inspection to the 
captains, or the administrators or those acting on their behalf of the vessel, vehicle, or 
aircraft to fill out the form about quarantine matters. If necessary, the quarantine 7 
 personnel may have access to the logbook or other relevant documents for completing 
an inspection record chart. 
Article 29 
If imported animals are found to have contracted infectious animal diseases during the 
aforesaid inspection, the animal quarantine personnel may order and supervise the 
captain of the vessel, aircraft or the master of a vehicle concerned or those acting on 
their behalf to abandon such animals at sea twelve nautical miles offshore, or supervise 
the said personnel to kill or burn and/or destroy such animals, and have the said vessel, 
aircraft or vehicle disinfected. 
Article 30 
The circumstance where a veterinary certificate is required by the competent authority 
of the importing country, as mentioned in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 36 of 
the Statute, means that exporters or their agents provide the documents that mention the 
requirement of veterinary certificates by the government of the importing country when 
submitting application of export quarantine. 
 
Chapter 5  Annex 
Article 31 
Compensations specified under Paragraph 1of Article 40 of the Statute are borne in the 
following manners: 
1. For the compensation specified in Item 1, the amount thereof is totally borne by the 
special municipal city, county (city) competent authorities. 
2. For the compensation specified in Items 2 to 6, one-half (1/2) of the amount thereof 
is borne by the special municipal city, county (city) competent authorities, while the 
other half (1/2) is subsidized by the central competent authority upon the application 
tendered. When there is a serious outbreaks of an infectious animal disease, the 
financial support of central competent authority may exceed the limit of one-half 
(1/2). 
Article 32 
The municipal or county (city) competent authority shall prepare a forthwith report on 
information about infectious animal diseases which have occurred and submit it to the 
central competent authority. 
Article 33 8 
 Format of forms, charts, records, certificates, and documentary proofs specified in the 
Statute and the Enforcement Rules are determined by the central competent authority 
or the import/export animal quarantine authority. 
Article 34 
These Enforcement Rules comes into effect on the date of promulgation.