G/SPS/N/TPKM/471  
 
1 October 2018  
(18-6044) Page: 1/2 
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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Plants,  plant products and any other regulated articles  
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 draft amendment of the "Enforcement Rules 
of Plant Protection and Quarantine Act" . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2 018/SPS/TPKM/18_5128_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
The "Enforcement Rules of Plant Protection and Quarantine Act" (hereinafter referred to 
as the Enforcement Rules) is authorized by Article 27 of the Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act). In accordance with the amendment 
of the Act on 20  June 2018, nine articles are revised or removed.  
The contents of the revised or removed articles are as follows:  
1. In accordance with amendment of Article 19 of the Act, we amended the 
authorization basis of Article 5 of the Enforcement Rules.  
2. Articles 10 to 13 were deleted since they had been included in other regulations 
authorized by paragraph 4 of Article 14 of the Act. In addition, Articles 14 and 20 
were also deleted since they had been moved to the Act.  
3. In order to enhance the pers onnel safety during border inspection, we amended 
Article 15 and the inspection shall be conducted in centralized inspection areas, 
warehouse, or other safe areas recognized by the plant quarantine authority.  
4. Article 17 was amended and border quarantine in spection can be done using sample 
batch inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
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  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 Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal He alth Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 ISPM N° 20  
[ ] 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 "Enforcement Rules of Plant Protection and Quarantine Act", Nong 
Fang Zi No.  1071494092A dated on 7 September 2018 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) : 30 November 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle 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, Tai wan 
Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  
13. Text(s) 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, Council of Agriculture  
9F, No.100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw