. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/122 
17 December 2007  
 (07-5619) 
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 He alth Inspection and Quarantine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Plants or plant products 
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 products" (available in 
English, draft, 24 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
(1) Amentments of the hosts and pest infestation countries  or districts of Radopholus similis, 
R. citrophilus, Liberibacter biberibaeter africanus, Bactrocera correcta, Phthorimaea 
operculella, Frankliniella occi dentalis, Ditylenchus dipsac i, Ditylenchus destructor, 
Phytophthora infestans  A2 Mating Type, Rhizoglyphus echinopus , and Xylella fastidiosa .
(2) Amentments of Entyloma cosmi  and E. holwayi  as quarantine pests.  Affected countries 
or districts:  Japan, Germany, Mexico and the United States. 
(3) Amendments of the hosts and pest infestation countries  or districts of Anastrepha ludens,  
Anastrepha obliqua  (= A. mombinpraeoptans ), Anastrepha fraterculus , Anastrepha 
serpentine .  Fresh host fruits of the four frui t flies would be prohibited from the 
infestation countries  or districts. 
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. 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 G/SPS/N/TPKM/122 
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  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:  12 March 2008 
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 notifica tion 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