G/SPS/N/TPKM/386  
 
25 February 2016  
(16-1124)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Poultry, birds, and hatching eggs 
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: "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of 
Poultry and Birds", "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Day-old Poultry and 
Birds and Hatching Eggs", "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Poultry and 
Birds from the United States" and "Import Health Requirements of Taiwan for Day-old Birds and Hatching Eggs from the United States"  Language(s): English  Number of 
pages: 38 
http://www.baphiq.gov.tw/view.php?catid=14674  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/TPKM/16_0742_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/TPKM/16_0742_01_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/TPKM/16_0742_02_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/TPKM/16_0742_03_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The requirements regulate the importation of poultry, birds, 
and their hatching eggs. The main points of the amendments are: 1. The inclusion of hemorrhagic nephritis enteritis of geese (HNEG) as designated 
quarantine inspection disease of susceptib le waterfowls in order to prevent the 
introduction of the disease. HNEG is an emerging disease and has caused high mortalities in goose farms in some European countries; 
2. The inclusion of testing requirement of Newcastle disease (ND), or the United States 
of America shall be recognized as a country free from ND in the "Import Health Requirements of Taiwan for Day-old Birds and Hatching Eggs from the United 
States". 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/TPKM/386 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
Chapter 2.1  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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: 
http://www.baphiq.gov.tw/view.php?catid=14674  (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) : 25 April 2016 
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:  
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 2343 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.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:   
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 2343 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw