WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/TPKM/268 
30 August 2012  
 (12-4674) 
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 H ealth Inspection and Quarantine 
(BAPHIQ) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Flower bulbs of Dahlia  spp., Gladiolus  spp., Hippeastrum  spp., 
Hyacinthus  spp., Lilium  spp., Narcissus  spp., Ornithogalum  spp., Tulipa  spp. for plantation 
purpose 
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 of the "Quarantine Requirements for the 
Importation of Flower Bulbs"  Language(s):  Chinese  Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/TPKM/12_3443_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. Definition of the commodity covered in the draft. 
2. The plant quarantine authority of the country where flower bulb production should 
conduct field inspections during the prod uction season; or the plant quarantine 
authority of the exporting country should conduct sample testing by immunological or 
molecular biological techniques to prove that the flower bulbs are free from the listed viruses. 
3. The plant quarantine authority of the exporting country should supervise the 
application of miticide and nematocide prior to the export. 
4. The importation of flower bulbs shall be accompanied with a phytosanitary certificate 
issued by the NPPO of exporting member endorsed with the following declarations: (1) The flower bulbs have been inspected in the field during the production season; or 
the flower bulbs have undergone laboratory testing prior to the export to confirm that they are free of the viruses.  (2) The flower bulbs have been treated with miticide and nematocide under the supervision of the expor ting country's plant quarantine authority, 
and the name of the chemical treatments, their concentration dosage and application 
methods have been listed. G/SPS/N/TPKM/268 
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  5. Consignment of flower bulbs will be prohibited from entering if the following 
situations are identified:  (1) The consignm ent is not accompanied with a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the plant quarantine authority of the exporting country upon importation, or that the phytosanitary cer tificate has not attested the prescribed 
endorsements of virus inspections or testi ng and cannot be reissued with the required 
declarations.  (2) The flower bulbs are found with listed viruses during the import 
inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 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:  Nil   
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:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 
9F, 51 Chung Ching S. Rd., Sec. 2, Taipei 
100 Taiwan 
Tel:  +(886) 2 2343 2084 Fax:  +(886) 2 2343 1400 E-mail:  wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  G/SPS/N/TPKM/268 
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  13. Texts 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  
9F, 51 Chung Ching S. Rd., Sec. 2, Taipei 100 Taiwan Tel:  +(886) 2 2343 2084 
Fax:  +(886) 2 2343 1400 
E-mail:  wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw