G/SPS/N/TPKM/347
27 January 2015
(15-0595)  Page: 1/3
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): The plant regulated articles subject to post-entry 
quarantine (hereinafter referred to as "PEQ") regulated by Article 14 of the "Plant 
Protection and Quarantine Act" 
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: The draft of the "Regulations of Plant Regulated 
Articles Subject to Post-Entry Quarantine"  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 
6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHT/15_0539_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The relevant regulations (the application procedures, the 
requirements for PEQ, the procedures of PE Q...etc.) for the plant regulated articles 
subject to PEQ was drafted. The summary was listed below: 
1. The plant regulated articles subject to PEQ are the living plants or propagates 
(excluding seeds and fruits) of designated plant species. They shall be conducted 
with PEQ for a designated quarantine period requested by the BAPHIQ. Before importing the plant regulated articles subjec t to PEQ, the importer should apply for 
the import permit to the BAPHIQ; 
2. The PEQ should be conducted at certain PEQ stations designated by the BAPHIQ or 
provided by importers that have been approved by the BAPHIQ. The PEQ station 
may consist of the field site, glasshouse, or screen house and the establishment 
requirements are: 
A. For field site: 
1) It should have fences for pr oviding adequate isolation; 
2) The plants of the same Family should not be planted within 50 meters around; 
3) The entrance should be able to be kept locked, and the access of personnel and 
vehicles is controlled by the authorized persons; 
B. For glasshouse or screen house: 
1) The facilities should consist of a roof made by transparent glass or plastic and 
surrounded by glass, plastic material, or screening with openings no larger than 0.6 mm. All vents should be covered with screening with openings no larger than 
0.6 mm. The ground should be free of weeds and soil; G/SPS/N/TPKM/347 
 
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  2) The entrance should be able to be kept locked, and the access of personnel is 
controlled by the authorized persons; 
3. The plant regulated articles subject to PEQ should not be moved out from the PEQ 
station without official permission during the quarantine period. The inspectors 
would be dispatched by the BAPHIQ to audi t the growth status and the incidence of 
pests; 
4. The plant regulated articles may be released from the PEQ station only if they are 
found to be free from regulated pests. Otherwise, the plant regulated articles will be destroyed if there is no appropriate quarantine treatment; 
5. In addition, the plants or plant products infested by pests that could not be identified 
immediately at the point-of-entry, and the species of plant or propagates that could not be identified immediately at the point- of-entry may also be subjected to PEQ. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM No. 1, 
2 and 34  
[ ] 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 of the "Regulations of Plant Re gulated Articles Subject to Post-Entry 
Quarantine" (Council of Agriculture Announcement, Nong Fang Zi No. 1031493954A 
dated on 24 November 2014) 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) : 28 March 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:  
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 (R.O.C.) 
Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091 Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw G/SPS/N/TPKM/347 
 
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  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 (R.O.C.) Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091 
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200 
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw