. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/105 
31 May 2007  
 (07-2233) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants or plant products exported to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft amendment of the 
"Quarantine Requirements for the importation of plants or plant pr oducts" (available in 
English, 8 pages) 
6. Description of content:  
 
(1) Changes of the hosts and pest in festation countries or districts of Globodera 
rostochiensis . Oxalis tuberose is removed from the host list and Oman, Turkey, 
Liechtenstein, Serbia and Montenegro, Sl ovakia and Quebec Province of Canada are 
amended as pest infestatio n countries or districts. 
(2) Changes of the pest infesta tion countries or districts of Anoplophora glabripennis . 
Regions or countries affected:  United Stat es (New York (City of New York, Nassau 
and Suffolk) and New Jersey (Middlesex and Union)) and Canada  (Ontario (Toronto 
and Vaughan)). 
(3) Changes of the pest infestat ion countries or districts of Phytophthora ramorum . Regions 
or countries affected: Cana da (British Columbia (Robe rts Creek, West Vancouver, 
North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Pitt Mead ows, Surrey and Maple Ridge)). 
(4) Amend the quarantine requirements for roots, barks, leaves and plant parts with bark 
(including stems, raw wood and fuel wood) of the host of Phytophthora ramorum . The 
importation of the above-mentioned plant pa rts shall be accompanied by phytosanitary 
certificate, issued by the plant quarantine au thority of the exporting country, stating that 
the plant parts or plant products have been heated in accordance with a specific time-temperature schedule that achieves a minimum wood core temperature of 56°C for a 
minimum of 30 minutes. 
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(5) Amend the quarantine requirements for impor tation fresh citrus fruits from Spain.  It 
shall comply with the "Quarantine Require ments for the Importation of Fresh Fruits 
from Countries or Districts where the Med iterranean Fruit Fly is  Known to Occur.” 
(6) Amend the regulated pest list. Carposina niponensis  and Poinsettia branch-inducing 
PoiBI were deleted from the pest list. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [ ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   ISPM No. 11 Pest risk analysis for quarantine 
pests including analysis of environmental risks. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  None 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  15 July 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Bureau of Animal and Plant He alth Inspection and Quarantine 
9F, 51 Chung Ching S. Rd., Sec. 2,  Taipei 100 Taiwan 
Tel:  +886 2 2343 1401 
Fax:  +886 2 2343 1400 E-mail:  wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National notification  authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Bureau of Animal and Plant He alth Inspection and Quarantine  
9F, 51 Chung Ching S. Rd., Sec. 2,  
Taipei 100 Taiwan Tel:  +886 2 2343 1401 Fax:  +886 2 2343 1400 
E-mail:  wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw