G/SPS/N/TPKM/352  
 
9 April 2015  
(15-1916)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plants or plant 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: Summary amendment of the "Quarantine 
Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products"  Language(s): English   
Number of pages: 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHT/15_1548_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Summary of the revised Part A of the "Quarantine 
Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products": 
(1) Amended "Japan (Okinawa Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Satsunan Islands, 
Ogasawara Islands)" as the infested area of Euscepes postfasciatus . 
(2) Anacardium occidentale  (without cashew apple), Castanea mollissima , Corylus 
avellana , Fagus grandifolia , and Quercus alba  were removed from the host of 
Ceratitis capitata . 
(3) Anacardium occidentale  (without cashew apple) was removed from the host list of 
Bactrocera tryoni , Bactrocera zonata , Bactrocera correcta , Bactrocera carambolae , 
Bactrocera papayae , Bactrocera kandiensis , Anastrepha ludens , and Anastrepha 
obliqua (= A. mombinpraeoptans ). 
(4) The fruits of 76 plants were added as the hosts of Bactrocera tryoni , and the fruits 
of 44 plants were added as the hosts of Bactrocera zonata . 
Summary of the revised Part B of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of 
Plants or Plant Products": 
(1) The quarantine requirement which is for the host plants or plant products of 
Pseudomonas syringae  pv. syringae  from infested areas was added and requires a 
statement of field inspection or pre-ex port laboratory testing to confirm the 
disease-free status of this bacteria on the phytosanitary certificate. The consignments which fail to meet the above-mentioned condition shall be reshipped 
or destroyed. G/SPS/N/TPKM/352 
 
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   (2) The description regarding the importation of lily bulbs from the Netherlands and 
Chile should follow the specific requirements which were added for the consistency of the contents of the "Quarantine Requir ements for the Importation of Plants or 
Plant Products". 
(3) 19 weeds, 2 insects, 2 fungi and 1 bacterium were added to the regulated pest list, 
and the scientific names of 3 pests were corrected.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM No. 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: 
The draft amendment of the "Quarantine Requir ements for the Importation of Plants or 
Plant Products" (Council of Agriculture Announcement, Nong Fang Zi No. 1041493065 
dated on 27 March, 2015) can be found at: http://www.coa.gov.tw/  (available in 
Chinese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
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) : 8 June 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 
9F, No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist. 
Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091 
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw G/SPS/N/TPKM/352 
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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  
9F, No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist. 
Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091 
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw