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 Draft of Regulations of import risk assessment for regulated articles with 
capability of propagation  
（In case of any discrepancy between the Chinese text and the English translation thereof, the Chinese 
text shall govern ） 
Article 1  
These regulations are established pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 14 of the Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Act (hereinafter referred  to as “the Act”).  
Article 2  
The term “regulated articles with capability of propagation ” under Paragraph 4 of Article 14 of the Act 
denotes fresh plants or plant products. Such regulated articles, however, do not include vegetables without 
fruits and their underground portion and the fruiting body of edible fungi.  
Article 3  
To apply for importation of regulated articles with capability of propagation for the first time from a 
country or district ( hereinafter referred to  as “the first time imported regulated articles” ), the exporting 
country, importer , or agent shall complete the application and submit the following information to the 
plant quarantine authority for approval:  
 
(1) The scientific name (including the name of genus and species) or cultivar name of the first time 
imported regul ated articles . 
(2) Production areas, growth properties, propagation methods, climatic conditions for growing 
regulated articles, yield, harvest season, the post -harvest process, pest list, the information of pest 
control, and the list of chemicals used for the  first time imported regulated articles.  
(3) If the exporting country is in the immediate vicinity of a quarantine pest area, as defined under 
Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Act, but there are insufficient reports or 
no report about the pest status, the plant quarantine authority of the exporting country shall provide 
the official pest survey data and monitoring data for risk assessment.  2 
 (4) Other related documents and information as required by the plant quarantine authority.  
 
If the req uired documents of the preceding paragraph  are incomplete, the plant quarantine authority  
shall issue a notice to require supplement or correction within a specified time period. If such a 
supplement or correction is not made or the submitted content remains incomplete after the deadline, 
the application will not be accepted.  
Article 4  
When applying for importation of prohibited articles of  Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of 
the Act for the first time, the applicant shall contact the plant quarantine authority of the exporting country 
to provide the documents and information requ ired for risk assessments:  
1. The application for recognizing as a pest free area or a pest free production site.  
2. Procedure of the phytosanitary treatment, standard , and experiment reports.  
3. System approach management measure s. 
 
The content of the application required for recognition as a pest free area or a pest free production site in 
the preceding paragraph is listed below : 
1. Description of the pest free area  
2. Biological study of the pest  
3. Systems and data used to establish the pest free area  
4. Quarantine measures  used to maintain the status of the pest free area  
5. Follow -up inspection and ver ification of the pest free area  
Article 5 
When conducting risk assessment for first time imported regulated articles , the plant quarantine authority 
shall refer to international standards such as the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures and 
evaluate the risk of invasion, p otential  of introducing of pests , and pest risk management measures.  3 
 Article 6 
If the risk assessment results of the preceding article indicate a risk of introducing pests and without 
having appropriate risk management measures, the application will not be approved.  
 
If the first time imported regulated article is approved for import after the pest risk assessment, the plant 
quara ntine authority  shall publish this result on its website.  
Article 7 
The plant quarantine authority will re -initiate pest risk assessment if the approved first time imported 
regulated article  of the second paragraph of the preceding article ha s any of the following  conditions : 
(1) Detection of any pest from the importing plant, plant product , or packing material that does not occur 
in Taiwan that may present a possible threat to the agricultural production safety or ecological 
environment.  
(2) Detection of regulated quarantine pests from imported plant, plant product or packing material.  
(3) A new transmission pathway of plant pests with phytosanitary risk has been found.  
(4) Plant pests that present phytosanitary risk and have already caused ec onomic or environmental impact 
in other countries or regions, but the plant quarantine authority has not yet taken any relevant 
regulation measures.  
(5) The plants or plant products have not been imported in the last 5 years.  
Article 8  
If the  first time imported regulated articles  are imported for the purpose of experiment, research, educa-
tion, legal deposit, exhibition or other designed purpose by applying for approval from the plant quar-
antine authority  by governmental agencies (institutions ), public enterprises , schools, corporations or 
organizations registered pursuant to relevant laws , the following documents shall be provided for the 
application of pest risk assessment. The said regulated articles may be imported only after approval by 
the plant quarantine authority.  4 
 (1) Program : to include the purpose, the way to use it or related experiment, research, educational or 
exhibition projects, and post -use treatment and duration for the intended use. If the use of the regu-
lated articles with capa bility of propagation  or their derivatives are needed, it must be clearly noted 
in the program ; 
(2) Name, quantity, source, and basic information of the regulated articles with capability of propaga-
tion to be imported;  
(3) Post-entry quarantine management plan: th e address, the location, and safety measures to avoid the 
escape of regulated articles with capability of propagation  and operating procedures of the isolation 
site shall be included;  
(4) Packing methods and the routes and means of transportation, both domesti cally and internationally; 
and 
(5) Other related documents and information required by the plant quarantine authority.  
 
The approved imported regulated articles  of preceding  paragraph may be shared with other users, if 
they are approved by the phytosanitary au thority  for the purpose of experiment, research, education, 
legal deposit, and exhibition.  
 
The importers shall re -export or destroy regulated articles with the capability of propagation  upon the 
expiration date jointly with the plant quarantine authority unless re ceiving  prior approval of the pest 
risk assessment by the plant quarantine authority and the permission for importation has otherwise been 
obtained.  
 
The importer and user may apply for approval by the plant quarantine authority  to extend the duration 
of the use thirty days prior to expiration date. Application for extending the duration of exhibition use 
may be done three days prior to the expiration date; the extension shall not be longer than the approved 
duration of the exhib ition program.  5 
 Article 9  
These regulations become effective on the date of promulgation.