G/SPS/N/TPKM/337
2 December 2014 
(14-6991)  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: Ministry of Finance 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Alcohol products 
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: Amended Draft on the Regulations Governing the 
Inspection of Imported Alcohol  Language(s): Chinese (English translation available)  
Number of pages: 17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CHT/14_5254_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CHT/14_5254_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The main proposed amendments of the Regulations include: 
Imported alcohol products not for direct consumption but for further repackaging or processing shall be inspected on a lot-to-lot basis; Importers who import alcohol 
products that were found in non-compliance shall provide testing reports to ascertain the 
quality of the same but newly imported ones; Inspection fees shall be based on the testing provided during the importation for those lots that are subject to lot-to-lot 
inspection or chosen lot after lot-sampling; Six-month period of gratis testing shall be 
granted to those lots that are eligible for undergoing release-after-documentary inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/TPKM/337 
 
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  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 
Regulations Governing the Inspection of Imported Alcohol in Chinese is accessible through the following first internet website and the second for its English translation: 
http://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawA ll.aspx?PCode=G0330024+English  
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/ LawAll.aspx?PCode=G0330024 English    
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) : 1 January 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  31 January 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Finance 
3F, No.2, Aiguo West Road, Taipei, 10066 Taiwan 
Tel: +(886 2) 2397 9491, ext. 520 Fax: +(886 2) 2322 4035  E-mail: cwlin@mail.nta.gov.tw 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Finance  
3F, No.2, Aiguo West Road, Taipei, 10066 Taiwan Tel: +(886 2) 2397 9491, ext. 520  
Fax: +(886 2) 2322 4035  
E-mail: cwlin@mail.nta.gov.tw