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 Quarantine requirements for the importation of fresh apples 
from  Poland  (Draft)  
 
1. The importation of fresh apples ( Malus  spp.) from  Poland  to Taiwan shall be 
regulated pursuant to the “Quarantine Requirements for The Importation of Plants 
or Plant Products” along with the regulations in this requirement . 
2. These Quarantine Requirements apply to the fresh fruits of apple ( Malus  spp.) 
produced in Poland .  
3. The terms  used in this quarantine requirement are defined as follows ： 
3.1 IP: Integrated Production System . 
3.2 Supplying orchard: Production site on which apples are to be grown. 
Multiple varieties of ap ples could be grown at one site . 
3.3 Codling moth  (Cydia pomonella ): All stages of its life cycle, including eggs, 
larvae, pupae and adults . 
3.4 Lot: Set of units of packages of apples to be exported to Taiwan, or set of 
units to be exported . 
3.5 Export season: Season of the export of apples produced in Poland , from 01 
September  to 31 August  of the following year . 
4. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPLYING ORCHARDS  
4.1 The supplying orchards must be IP certified with traceable records. The 
National P lant Protection Organization of P oland (The State Plant Health 
and Seed inspection Service ，hereinafter referred to as  SPHSIS)  and 
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine  (hereinafter 
referred to as BAPHIQ ) may check the certification . 
4.2 The supplying orchards must implement one or a combination of the 
following measures to control codling moth s: 
4.2.1 Installing sex pheromone traps: Traps must be installed in the fields of 
supplying orchards before apples reach their full blossom stage. For 
supplying orchard s up to (inclu ding) 8 hectares, one trap per hectare is 
required . For supplying orchards exceeding this size, one additional 
trap must be installed for every additional 2  hectares. One inspection 
per week is required for the detection of the presence of codling moth s. 
If the population density of codling moths reaches 3 or more per trap 
per week, effective control measures  must be taken immediately. 
Pheromone lures must be replaced regularly and complete records of 
monitoring and control must be kept for audit.  
4.2.2 Mating d isruption of codling moth s: Using the mating disruption 
method, one codling moth specific sex pheromone trap with a high 2 
 concentration of pheromone shall be installed in each orchard to 
monitor the population dynamics of codling moth s. Complete records 
of monitoring and control must be kept for audit.  
4.3 Supplying orchards shall meet the aforementioned requirements and be 
registered with the SPHSIS . This registration  action shall  include the 
orchard code  and the name of the  producer , along with the identificat ion of 
the region and county  where the supplying orchard is located . 
5. REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKING  HOUSES  
5.1 Packi ng houses shall be registered with  the SPHSIS . 
5.2 Packing  houses shall be equipped with insect -proof equipment. Windows or 
air holes must be covered  with a screen of fine meshes with diameter of 1.6 
mm or less. Entrances or doors shall be equipped with air curtains  (where 
air is blown downwards) , rubber curtains, or other insect -proof equipment.  
5.3 Packing  houses sha ll be equipped with fresh fruit  sortin g apparatus and 
sufficient light ing to perform inspections.  
5.4 Packing  houses shall have at least one qualified technician, who is able to 
identify apple fruits infested by codling moth s, and is involved in the sorting 
and selection of apples for exporting to Taiwan. Pest monitoring and control in 
registered packing  house s of apples in tended for export to Taiwan must  be 
carried out under instruction s by trained technicians.  Complete train ing 
records of the technician or related information must be kept in the packing  
houses.  
5.5 Packing  houses shall provide adequate space,  apparatuses and equipment to 
facilitate plant health inspectors to perform inspections, pest identification , 
and other req uired work.  
5.6 Prior to the start of the packing process each year, appropriate pest control 
measures shall be taken to remove quarantine pests inside the packing  house. 
If necessary, sterilization measures shall be performed to ensure sanitation in 
the packi ng house.  
5.7 The packing  house shall confirm that the apples to be exported to Taiwan 
which they have packed are from supplying orchards which meet the 
above -mentioned requirements. Apples not sourced from supplying orchards 
meeting the above -mentioned requirements must not be packed and exported 
to Taiwan. If apples from supplying orchards which do not produce apples to 
be exported to Taiwan are stored inside the cold storage warehouse at the same 
time, a space that is properly separated shall be provid ed for storing apples to 
be exported to Taiwan.  
5.8 If the boxes used for packaging  of apples intended for export to Taiwan  have 3 
 air holes, these air holes shall be sealed with a screen of fine meshes having 
diameters of 1.6 mm or less, or the transport shall be conducted in completely 
sealed conditions to prevent pest infestation.  
5.9 Inspectors of the SPHSIS shall inspect the packing  houses each year prior to 
the start of the packing process and confirm that they comply with these 
Quarantine Requirements.  
5.10 Two mon ths prior to the apple export season every year, the SPHSIS shall 
provide BAPHIQ with the list and codes of the legal packing  houses that meet 
the aforementioned requirements.  
6. PRE SELECTION PROCEDURES    
6.1 Apples shall be sorted at least twice before packagin g by packing  house 
staffs under supervision of trained technician  with plant pest control 
training, in order to remove all deformed or damaged fruits. The procedures 
are as follows : 
6.1.1 First sampling (before packing process)  
6.1.1.1  For every lot of apples that comes  from supplying orchards 
producing apples to be exported to Taiwan, 600 apple samples 
shall be taken for inspection before the packing process, and at 
least 50 apples among these must be cut for inspection .  
6.1.1.2  Damaged apples which are su spected of being infe cted by  codling 
moth s shall be preferably selected as samples for inspection. If 
there is no damaged apple present, the sample will then be selected 
randomly . 
6.1.1.3  This sampling procedure must  be conducted by the packing  house 
staff under supervision of trained  technician which  is supervised 
by the SPHSIS . 
6.1.1.4  If two or more apples with codling moth damage or two or more 
dead codling moths are detected, the lot will be rejected for 
exportation to Taiwan . 
6.1.1.5  If any live codling moth is detected during this pre -inspection, the 
lot will be rejected from exportation and the supplying orchard 
which has produced this lot of apples will be withdrawn from the 
qualified list for the remainder of this export season for apple 
expo rt to Taiwan . 
6.1.1.6  All sampling and inspection records shall be properly maintained . 
6.1.2 Second sampling (on the packing line)  
6.1.2.1  Apples shall be taken from the packing line for sample  inspection 
every hour . 4 
 6.1.2.2  From each lot, at least 100 apples must be selected for insp ection . 
Damaged apples which are suspected of being infected by codling 
moth s shall be preferably selected as samples for inspection. These 
damaged apples shall all be cut and checked for live codling moth s. 
If there is no damaged apple present, the sample  will then be 
selected randomly .  
6.1.2.3  This procedure will be conducted by the packing  house staff under 
supervision of the trained technician  and supervised by the 
SPHSIS . 
6.1.2.4  If two or more apples with codling moth damage or two or more 
dead codling moths are detected, the given lot will be rejected for 
exportation to Taiwan . 
6.1.2.5  If any live codling moth is detected during this pre -inspection, the 
lot will be rejected for exportation and the supplying orchard 
which has produced this lot of apples will be withdrawn from the 
qualified list for the remainder of this export season for apple 
export to Taiwan . 
6.1.2.6  All sampling and inspection records shall be properly maintained . 
6.2 Culled apples shall be placed in containers and discarded or destroyed every 
day. All the security  measures implemented by the packing  houses in the 
packing process shall be supervised by the SPHSIS . 
6.3 Measures shall be taken to prevent pest infestation while packaged apples 
are shipped from packing  houses to airplanes, vessels or containers . 
7. EXPORT INSPECTION PROCEDURE  
7.1 Packaged apples must be inspected by the  inspectors of  the SPHSIS .  
7.2 The sampling standard is as follows : 
7.2.1 At least 2% of total number of boxes of this lot of apples must be 
sampled .  
7.2.2 All apples of each sampled box must be inspected . 
7.2.3 For each sampled box, two apples must be taken and cut for inspection .  
7.3 If two or more apples with codling moth damage or two or more dead 
codling moths are detected, the given lot will be rejected  for exportation to 
Taiwan  
7.4 If any live codling moth or other quarantine pests are found during 
inspection, the given lot will be rejected for exportation to  Taiwan, and the 
supplying orchard which has produced this lot of apples will be withdrawn 
from the qualified list to export to  Taiwan for  the remainder of this export 
season . 5 
 7.5 If any live codling moth is found during inspection, the packing  house 
which is responsible for packing this lot of apples must  be temporally 
suspended from exporting apples to Taiwan until the SPHSIS has identified 
the cause of the event and has taken appropriate action to solve the problem. 
The relevant investigation report shall be provided to  BAPHIQ by the 
SPHSIS . 
8. EXPORT CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES  
8.1 The name or code number  of the packing  house must be marked on the 
packing box. 
8.2 The export phytosanitary certificate issued by the SPHSIS  shall accompany 
the apples that passed the inspection for exporting to Taiwan.  
8.3 The export phytosanitary certificate shall contain the following additional 
declaration: This lot of apples has been inspected and found free of Cydia 
pomonella , Frankliniella occidentalis , Erwinia amylovora  and Anarsia 
lineatella . 
8.4 If the relevant requirements established by BAPHIQ have been changed, 
the previous additional declaration shall be amended in accordance with the 
new requirements.  
8.5 The export phytosanitary certificate issued by the SPHSIS shall no t only 
contain the contents of I tem 3 of t his Article, but also contain the 
information of the packing  house (name or code), inspection date, and the 
production region.  
8.6 Fresh apples, which have passed the export inspection and for which the 
phytosanitary certificate has been issued, shall be expor ted within 14 days. 
If not, a further inspection shall be conducted and a new export 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the SPHSIS must be issued before 
export.  
9. REQUIREMENTS FOR  TRANSPORTATION  
9.1 Apples to be exported to Taiwan and transiting through third c ountries or 
districts must comply with the “Quarantine Requirements for Transhipment 
of Plants or Plant Products through Countries or Districts Where The 
Quarantine Pests are Known to Occur” of Taiwan.  
9.2 During shipping and upon arrival, the seal of the cont ainer shall not be 
broken by anyone other than the SPHSIS , the SPHSIS or BAPHIQ 
inspectors or other authorized personnel of governmental agencies.  
10. IMPORT INSPECTION  PROCEDURE  
10.1 BAPHIQ shall verify that the export phytosanitary certificate issued by the 
SPHSIS co mplies with the aforementioned Quarantine R equirements.  6 
 10.2 If the consignment is not accompanied by the export phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the SPHSIS, or the contents listed on the export 
phytosanitary certificate do not meet these Quarantine  Requirements or 
other related regulations, the correct phytosanitary certificate must be 
re-submitted; otherwise the consignment shall be returned or destroyed.  
10.3 The procedures, methods, and the sampling for import inspection shall 
comply with the “Plant P rotection and Quarantine Act” of the Republic of 
China and relevant quarantine regulations.  
10.4 If a live codling moth is found during import inspection for the first time, 
the following measures shall be applied : 
10.4.1  This lot of apples will be returned or destroy ed. 
10.4.2  BAPHIQ shall notify the SPHSIS , and provide a copy of the export 
phytosanitary certificate, a picture of the detected codling moth and 
information shown on the packing box.  
10.4.3  The SPHSIS  shall withdraw the supplying orchard which has 
produced this lot of apples and the packing  house responsible for 
packaging this lot of apples from the qualified list for this export 
season for apple export to Taiwan for the remainder of this export 
season. Apples packaged by this packing  house can still be exported 
to Taiw an if the following conditions are met : 
10.4.3.1  The date of export inspection is prior to the suspension date.  
10.4.3.2  The consignment was loaded on board for transport to Taiwan 
within 3 days since the suspension date.  
10.4.4  Additionally, the first sampling standard (before the packaging 
operation) during the pre -selection in the packing  house shall be 
raised in the following manner:  
10.4.4.1  For each lot of apples, 800 apples shall  be sampled for 
inspection.  
10.4.4.2  For each lot of apples, at least 100 apples must be cut for 
inspection.  
10.5 If a live codling moth is detected during import inspection for the second time , 
the following measures shall be applied:  
10.5.1  This lot of apples will be returned or destroyed.  
10.5.2  BAPHIQ will notify the SPHSIS , and provide a copy of the export 
phytosanitary certificat e, a picture of the detected codling moth and 
the information shown on the packing box.  
10.5.3  In addition to following the procedures of Article 11.3 and 11.4, the 
sampling standard for the export inspection shall be raised in the 7 
 following manner:  
10.5.3.1  The sampling rate shall increase to 3% of total number of boxes 
of the lot of apples for this export season.  
10.5.3.2  For each sampled box , at least 4 apples  must  be cut for 
inspection.  
10.6 If a live codling moth is detected for the third time during import inspection, 
measures shall be applied in accordance with Article 11 of these Quarantine 
Requirements.  
10.7 If any other significant quarantine plant pest occurs in Poland, and if 
BAPHIQ considers that i t poses risks to the production safety of Taiwan’s 
agricultural production, the implementation of these Quarantine 
Requirements may be suspended by BAPHIQ at any time.  
11. SYSTEM SUSPENSION AND REINSTATEMENT IN CASE OF 
CODLING MOTH DETECTION  
11.1 If a third detecti on of live codling moth occurs within the same export 
season, BAPHIQ will immediately notify the SPHSIS of the complete 
suspension of the export of apples to Taiwan.  
11.2 Consequently, the SPHSIS shall immediately suspend all apple export 
activities to Taiwan a fter being notified. Shipments of apples packaged by 
other packing  houses where no live codling moths have been detected will 
face stricter inspection but remain eligible for export to Taiwan if the 
following conditions are met:  
11.2.1  The date of export inspecti on is prior to the suspension date.  
11.2.2  The consignment was loaded on board for transport to Taiwan within 
14 days since the date of export inspection.  
11.3 The SPHSIS shall conduct investigations, prepare relevant reports , and 
establish improvement measures regarding this matter , and the SPHSIS will 
provide the reports and improvement measures to BAPHIQ for review.  
11.4 BAPHIQ will review the relevant report provided by the  SPHSIS and send 
inspector(s)  on-site to verify the impl ementation of the improvement 
measures of the system. All expenses related to the verification shall be 
borne by Poland.  
11.5 The suspension of apples export may be revoked only after BAPHIQ has 
finalized the review of the investigation report and on -site verification of 
the improvement measures of the  system has been  confirmed.  
12. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS   
12.1 Two months prior to the apple export season every year, the SPHSIS shall 
officially invite BAPHIQ to dispatch inspector(s) to Poland to perform the 8 
 on-site ins pection and verification of the operation of the system of apple 
export to Taiwan jointly with the SPHSIS along with the formal official 
invitation; the list of registered packing  houses shall also be provided.  
12.2 After the first two years of the commencement  of trade of fresh  apples from 
Poland to Taiwan, t he SPHSIS may undertake the inspection on behalf of 
BAPHIQ based on agreed criteria listed  below:  
12.2.1  All packing  houses for this coming export season were previously 
audited by BAPHIQ.  
12.2.2  There are no detection records of live codling moth during  export and 
import inspection s in the previous export season.  
12.2.3  On-site auditing was  conducted by BAPHIQ in the pre vious year.  
12.3 If the SPHSIS undertakes the on -site auditing on behalf of BAPHIQ, they 
shall provide the report to BA PHIQ within one month after inspection s. 
12.4 All expenses related to inspection and verification shall be borne by Poland.