G/TBT/N/TPKM/365  
 
1 March 2019  
(19-1191) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS  TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Agriculture and Food Agency  
Council of Agriculture  
8, Kuang -Hua Road, Chung -Hsing New Village  
Nantou 54044, Taiwan  
TEL: (886 -49) 2332 -380 ext 2429  
FAX: (886 -49) 234 -1092  
E-mail: hsiuhui@mail.afa.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Organic 
agricultural products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Regulatio ns Governing the Approval and Management of Accreditation Bodies for Organic 
Agricultural Products (11 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: The Organic Agriculture Prom otion Act was promulgated on 
30 May 2018 and will enter into effect on 30 M ay 2019. In accordance with Paragraph 5 
of Article 11 of the Act, the "Regulations Governing the Approval and Management of 
Accreditation Bodies for Organic Agricultural Products " was drafted to stipulate provisions 
for the approval and supervision of accr editation bodies, information to be listed in the 
approval document, etc. The proposed text took into account current experiences of 
implementing production and certification of organic agricultural products as well as 
practices adopted in developed countr ies. The draft contains 19 Articles, which are 
summarized as follows:  
1. Description of Terms. (Article 2)  
2. Qualification of accreditation bodies, application procedures for approval and 
documents to be submitted. (Articles 3 and 4)  
3. Information to be listed in  the approval document, procedures for making changes 
to and extending the validity period of the approval document, as well as the 
obligations for reporting changes made to internal documents submitted along 
with the approval application. (Articles 5 to 7 ) G/TBT/N/TPKM/365  
 
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  4. Information to be listed in the accreditation certificates, the validity period of 
accreditation certificates and management/supervision of accredited certification 
bodies. (Articles 8 to 11)  
5. Requirements for adding or reducing accreditation scope and withdrawal of 
accreditation status for accredited certification bodies. (Articles 12 to 14)  
6. Retention period of documents relating to accreditation activities (Article 15).  
7. Submission of annual reports by accreditation bodies, disclosure of accreditation 
activities and management/supervision of accreditation bodies as well as 
accredited certification bodies. (Articles 16 -18) 
8. Date of entry into force: 30 March 2019. (Article 19)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Organic Agriculture Promotion Act   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 May 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 2) 2343 -1813 
Fax: +(886 2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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