G/SPS/N/TPKM/575  
 
7 October 2021  
(21-7573) 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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable ): Animals and animal products  
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 for the Importation of 
Objects Subject to Animal Quarantine . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  205 
https://www.baphiq.gov.tw/en/files/baphiq/web_structure/21445/A01_1.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft of the regulations includes related quarantine 
requirements relating to foreign animal quarantine objects imported from trading partners, 
and so forth. There are 23 articles, which are amended and adjusted in accordance with 
the "Quarantine Requ irements for the Importation of Animals and Animal Products", 
stating the reasons for drafting the regulations that are to define importing animals and 
their products subject to animal quarantine, clarify the quarantine requirements prior to 
export, elabor ate application procedures on arrival, including veterinary certificates and 
other relevant documents required for the application, and quarantine measures of 
post-entry based on risk assessments. In addition, 53 draft amendments of quarantine 
requirements  are attached to the articles, which elaborate on the details regarding the 
diseases status, diagnostic tests of certain animal infectious diseases, criteria of processing 
procedures, content of veterinary certificates, etc., required by the central compet ent 
authority and import/export animal quarantine authority prior to export.  
Accordingly, the body of the drafted regulation is similar to the "Quarantine Requirements 
for the Importation of Animals and Animal Products", and the order of its attachments ha s 
been rearranged without significant amendments of substantive contents or new 
requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory  from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/TPKM/575  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Related chapters of Section s 1, 2, 4 -15 
in the Terrestrial and Section s 1, 2, 4 -5, 9-11 in the Aquatic Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant P rotection 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:  
The Draft of the Regulation of the Importation of Objects Subject to Animal Quarantine 
(Council of Agriculture Announcement, Nong Fang Zi No. 1101481293 dated 26 May 2021) 
can be found at: https://www.coa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=publication&id=5340  
(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) : 6 December 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] 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, 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) (2) 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) (2) 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps @mail.baphiq.gov.tw  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] 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, 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) (2) 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) (2) 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw