G/SPS/N/TPKM/485  
 
15 March 2019  
(19-1617) 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): Plants and plant 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: Draft of the "Regulations of import risk assessment for 
regulated articles with capability of propagation" . Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages: 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/TPKM/19_1530_ 00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The "Regulations of import risk assessment for regulated 
articles with capability of propagation" (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) is 
based on Paragraph 4, Article 14 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine A ct. 
The Regulations are compiled and adjusted the hierarchy of related requirements 
regarding import risk assessment. The main content of the Regulations are as follows:  
1. The application procedure and documents or information required for pest assessment 
for the first time imported regulated articles with capability of propagation;  
2. Implementation method of pest risk assessment;  
3. The basis for re -initiating the risk assessment when the quarantine pest epidemic of 
the approved regulated articles with capabili ty of propagation is changed;  
4. In order to allow certain experimenting, researching, teaching, legal depositing or 
exhibiting, etc., if there is a need to import the regulated articles with capability of 
propagation from a country or district which have no import record, the documents 
and materials required for application are included.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
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) :  
[ ] World Organization for A nimal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/TPKM/485  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 2 
and 4  
[ ] 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 import risk assessment for regulated art icles with 
capability of propagation", Nong Fang Zi No. 1081492927A  dated  20 February 2019, can 
be found at: http://www.coa.gov.tw/  (available in Chinese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be d etermined.  
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) : 14 May 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avai lable) 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  
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, Counc il of Agriculture  
9F, No.100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw