. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/86 
20 June 2006 
 (06-2984) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hedgehogs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries recognized by the Counc il of Agriculture of Separate  Customs Territory of Taiwan 
Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu as fr ee from foot and mouth disease  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "Quarantine 
Requirements for the Importation of Hedgehogs" (Draft, available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:   
(1) Hedgehogs are allowed to import only from countries or zones recognized by the 
central competent authority of this country as free from foot and mouth disease.  
(2) The farms of origin shall be free from specific diseases.  
(3) The hedgehogs shall receive pre-export qua rantine in a mosquito-proof quarantine 
premises under the supervisi on of the animal quarantine authority of the exporting 
country for 14 days prior to export. The hedgehogs shall be treated for internal and external parasites twice.  
(4) The hedgehogs shall be inspected and fo und free from clinical evidence of any 
communicable disease or external parasites pr ior to shipment by the animal quarantine 
authority of the exporting country.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/TPKM/86 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 July 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  31 July 2006  
12. Final date for comments:  25 July 2006  
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