G/SPS/N/TPKM/437  
 
14 June 2017  
(17-3166) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Eng lish 
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS  TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,  PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Department of Animal Industry, Council of Agricultur e 
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): Imported Feed or Feed Additives  
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 Regulations for "Import Inspection of Feed and 
Additives".  Language(s): English . Number of pages: 14 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/TPKM/17_2682_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This set of Regulations is for mulated according to 
Article  22-2.3 of the Feed Control  Act. Main points of the draft include:  
1. The definition of terms used in the Regulations.  
2. Import inspection protocols (including procedure, check items, methods, and 
quantity), return and destruction of goods, documents to be presented, and other 
instructio ns. 
3. Circumstances under which  the applicant may file an application for approval along 
with an affidavit stating his/her consent to move the product to a place of 
temporary custody pending sampling by the inspection authority.  
4. Circumstances under which the inspection will render a non -compliant result.  
5. For a  product in the container that appears to be rotten or decomposed during 
on-site verification, products in all containers of the same batch will be deemed 
non-compliant. The applicant may apply for a bat ched inspection for a second 
round of on -site verification and sampling analysis to render a new ruling.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protec t territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal H ealth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/TPKM/437  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If n o, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
http://gazette.nat.gov.tw/egFront/detail.do?metaid=90676&log=detailLog  (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 f orce: [  ] 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): 13 August 2017  
Agency or au thority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Department of Animal Industry, Council of Agriculture  
No.37, Nanhai Rd., Zhangzhen g Dist., Taipei City, 10014, Taiwan.  
Tel: +(886) 2 2381 2991  
Fax: +(886) 2 2381 7566  
Email: hcchen@mail.coa.gov.tw  
13. Text(s)  available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if avai lable) of other body:   
Department of Animal Industry, Council of Agriculture  
No.37, Nanhai Rd., Zhangzheng Dist., Taipei City, 10014, Taiwan.  
Tel: +(886) 2 2381 2991  
Fax: +(886) 2 2381 7566  
Email: hcchen@mail.coa.gov.tw