G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/3  
 
9 Novem ber 2018  
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO THE DECISION ON  NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
 THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU , KINMEN AND MATSU 
The following communication, dated 3 October 2018 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . 
 
 
A. Notifying Member : The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen a nd 
 Matsu  
B. Date of notification :   3 October 2018  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/ 2 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification o f all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (doc symbol)  which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restric tions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 Septem ber 
2018 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
                                                
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0106.19.40.23  
0301.99.29.48  
0301.99.29.49  
 High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Animal Protection Act 
(Amended Date: 
2000.02.25)  Council of Agriculture  
2.  Import and Export 
Prohibition   P 
P-X 0208.90.29 .20 Meat of dogs, 
fresh, chilled or 
frozen  Article XX(a) of the  
GATT Animal Protection Act  
(Amended Date: 
2011.6.29)  Council of Agriculture  
3.  Import and Export 
Prohibition   P 
P-X 0301.99.29 .51 
0302.81.00.10  
0303.81.00.10  
0304.47.00.10  
0304.59.90.20  
0304.88.00.11  
1604.19.90.71  
1604.19.90.72  
1604.19.90.79  Whale shark 
(Rhincodon typus)  
and relevant 
products.  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  
CITES  
 2007.9.5  
Notice by Fisheries 
Agency,  Council of 
Agriculture, pursuant to 
The Fisheries Act  Fisheries Agency, 
Council of Agriculture  
4.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0602.90.10 .10 
1404.90.99 .50 
 Mushroom spawn  
and products , 
containing 
narcotics  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act   Ministry of Justice  
5.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 2914.39.00.10  
 Isomers and salts 
of Phenyl -2-
propanone, P2P  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  Ministry of Justice   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(Amended Date: 
2014.12.16 ) 
6.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 2914.79.00.20  
 Isomers and salts 
of o-Chlorphenyl 
cyclopentyl 
ketone, 2 -
Chlorophenylcyclo
pentyl ketone, o -
Chlorobenzoylcycl
opentane  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2013.3.8 ) Ministry of Justice  
7.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 2926.90.90.30  
 Isomers and salts 
of alpha -
Acetylphenylaceto
nitrile, APAAN  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2014.12.16 ) Ministry of Justice  
8.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 2925.29.00.10  Hydroxylimine HCL  Article  XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2007.12.11 ) Ministry of Justice  
9.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  CP 
CP-X 
 2903.81.00.00  Certain toxic 
chemical 
substances  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Toxic Chemical 
Substances Control Act 
(Amended Date: 
2013.12.11)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
10.  Import and Export 
Prohibition  CP 
CP-X 2921.45.00.60  
2921.45.00.71  
2921.45.00.72  
2921.49.00.10  
2921.49.00.20  Certain toxic 
chemical 
substances  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
Stockholm 
Convention, OSPAR 
Convention and 
Rotterdam 
Convention  Toxic Chemical 
Substances Control Act 
(Amended Date: 
2013.12.11)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
11.  Export Prohibition  P-X 1211.90.60 .60 
1211.90.91.41  
1211.90.91.42  
1211.90.91.43  
1211.90.91.44  Chinese medicine 
and pharmacy 
containing 
Aristolochic acids  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  2003.11.14 Notice by 
Department of Health, 
pursuant to 
Pharmaceutical Affairs 
Act Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
12.  Export  Prohibition  P-X 2505.90.00.10  
2505.90.00.90  
2517.10.90.00  Sand and gravel  Article XX(g) of the  
GATT 2013.09.25  
Reviewing Directions of 
Sand and Gravel Export 
Application  Ministry of Economic 
Affairs  
13.  Export  Prohibition  CP-X 8710.00.00.10  
8710.00.00.20  
8906.10.00 .00 
9301.10.00.00  
9301.20.00.00  
9301.90.00.00    Military  weapons  Article XXI of the  
GATT 1993.11.29 Regulations 
Governing Export and 
Import Commodities  of 
Military Authority  Ministry of National 
Defense  
14.  Export  Prohibition  CP-X 9705.00.00.20  Collections and 
collectors' pieces 
of weapon  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT; 
Article XXI of the GATT  1983.06.27  
Controlling Guns, 
Ammunition and Knives 
Act Ministry of the Interior  
15.  Export Prohibition  CP-X 9705.00.00.90  
9706.00.00.90  Antiquities: any 
arts, utensils of life 
or civility, and 
books or 
documents having 
cultural 
significance and of Article XX( f) of the 
GATT   
Convention on the 
Means of Prohibiting 
and Preventing the 
Illicit Import, Export 
and Transfer of Cultural Heritage 
Preservation Act  Ministry of Culture   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
value of different 
eras and from 
different ethnic 
groups.  Ownership of Cultural 
Property 1970 . 
 
16.  Import Prohibition  P 0106.20.90.10  
0106.39.00.31  
0106.49.00.10  
0106.49.00.20  
0301.99.29.43  
0301.99.29.44  
0301.99.29.45  
0301.99.29.46  
0301.99.29.47  
0306.39.90.11  
0307.60.10.11  High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Wildlife Conservation 
Law (Amended Date:  
2013.01.23 ) Council of Agriculture  
17.  Import Prohibition  P 0302.89.89.50  
0303.89.89.20  
0304.49.90.40  
0304.59.90.40  
0304.89.90.50  
0304.99.10.10  
0305.39.90.30  
0305.59.90.30  
1604.19.90.31  
1604.19.90.32  Puffer fish,  and 
relevant products  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 2009.12.28  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
Fisheries 
Agency,  Council of 
Agriculture   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1604.19.90.39  
18.  Import Prohibition  P 1207.99.20.90  
3301.90.11 .00 Cannabis fructus  
and e xtracted 
oleoresins of 
opium  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  Ministry of Justice  
19.  Import Prohibition  P 2914.31.00.00  
 Phenylacetone (1 -
phenylpropan -2-
one) Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2014.12.16 ) Ministry of Justice  
20.  Import Prohibition  P 1518.00.50.00  Inedible fats or  
oils, waste in  
particular  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  2014.10.20  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act  Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
21.  Import Prohibition  CP 2852.90.00.00  
2908.11.00.00  Certain toxic 
chemical 
substances  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
Stockholm 
Convention, 
Rotterdam 
Convention  Toxic Chemical 
Substances Control Act 
(Amended Date: 
2013.12.11)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
22.  Import Prohibition  CP 2830.90.90.10  
2903.79.00.20  
2903.92.10.00  
2903.92.20.00  
2904.20.00.14  
2908.19.10.00  
2908.19.90.20  
2909.19.90.10  
2909.19.90.30  
2929.90.00.10  Certain toxic 
chemical 
substances  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT Toxic Chemical 
Substances Control Ac t 
(Amended Date: 
2013.12.11)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
3403.19.90.10  
3404.90.90.10  
8424.10.00.19  
23.  Import Prohibition  P 2903.14.00.00  
2903.19.10.10  
2903.76.00.00  
2903.77.00.10  
2903.77.00.20  
2903.77.00.30  
2903.77.00.40  
2903.77.00.51  
2903.77.00.61  
2903.77.00.62  
2903.77.00.71  
2903.77.00.72  
2903.77.00.73  
2903.77.00.74  
2903.77.00.75  
2903.77.00.76  
2903.77.00.77  
3813.00.00 .10 Ozone-depleting 
substances  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
The Vienna 
Convention for the 
protection of the 
Ozone Layer and its 
Montreal Protocol on 
substances that 
deplete the Ozone 
Layer  2007.5.4  
Regulation for 
Management of 
Controlled Chemicals 
Under the Montreal 
Protocol  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
24.  Import Prohibition  P 2710.19.51.21  
2710.91.10.00  
2710.91.20.00  hazardous 
industrial waste  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
Basel Convention  2014.12.05  Types of 
Industrial and General 
Wastes Banned from 
Importation  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
2710.91.90.00  
3824.99.23.10  
3824.99.99.11  
8548.10.10.00  Notice by Environmental 
Protection 
Administration , pursuant 
to Waste Disposal Act   
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- 9 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in  the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing  Procedures, etc.) contains 
information on a quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with  information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
3.  Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information o n a quantitative restriction?   Yes      No   
 
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2007 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/3/TPKM/9  Restriction on 
importation of 
METHYL  NAL 1. METHYL 
BROMIDE : 
 METHYL BROMIDE &   
HCFCS  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 1.METHYL BROMIDE : 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS  
 Environmental 
Protection 
Administration   
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- 10 - Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2007 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
 BROMIDE & 
HCFCS   2903.39.90.21 -5, 
3808.99.92.10 -7, 
3824.77.00.10 -4 
 
2. HCFCs:  
2903.71.00.00 -8, 
2903.73.00.00 -6, 
2903.74.00.00 -5, 
2903.72.00.00 -7, 
2903.79.00.10 -8, 
2903.75.00.00 -4   ﹙2003/05/21 
Promulgated ﹚ 
 
2. HCFCs : 
CONSUMPTION 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS  
﹙2017/12/08 
Amended ﹚  
 
5. Other notifications  
 
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No   
 
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