G/TBT/N/TPKM/346  
 
7 January 2019  
(19-0069) 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 (AFA)  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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 of the 
Enforcement Rules for Organic Agriculture Promotion Act (3 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: With a view to implementing the Organic Agriculture Promotion 
Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), which will come into force on 30 May 2019, the 
Council of Agriculture is proposing the Draft Enforcement Rules for Organic Agriculture 
Promotion Act to provide further details in the following aspects:  
1. To provide additional definitions of terms (Articles 2 -3); 
2. To specify the ratio of basic raw material content for organic  agricultural processed 
products and agricultural products in conversion to organic farming (Article 4);  
3. To identify matters to be observed (including confidentiality) by the competent 
authority  in performing supervisory activities under the Act (Articl es 5-6); 
4. To specify methods of determining compliance of imported organic agricultural 
products  with the requirements specified in Article 17 of the Act and the review 
procedures for announcing countries or WTO Members with organic equivalency 
(Articles  7-8); 
5. To specify the unit of containers or packaging where labelling is required (Article  9); 
and 
6. To specify the types of information and records to be checked or sampled for inspection 
by the competent authority when performing their responsibilities (Article 10).  G/TBT/N/TPKM/346  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: 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) 23431813  
Fax: (886 -2) 23431804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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