. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/193 
27 July 2010  
 (10-3999) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 
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):  Fresh fruits importing from Australia 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Australia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the 
Importation of Host Fruits of Mediterran ean Fruit Fly or Queensland Fruit Fly from 
Australia  Language:  Chinese  Number of pages:  3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/TPKM/10_2870_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of packing material, precooling duration, 
sampling number and the schedules of cold tr eatment for Mediterranean fruit fly and 
Queensland fruit fly were revised.  The requi rement for the label "To Taiwan" on the 
package was deleted.  The in-transit cold tr eatment shall not be completed in Australia 
before exportation.  The list of fresh fruits  that have previously been imported from 
Australia was revised. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM 14 – The 
use of integrated measures in a system s approach for pest risk management)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/TPKM/193 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Nil   
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. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  As the implementation of this quarantine requirement is trade-
facilitating, it is anticipated that the quarantin e requirement would be issued before late 
July 2010.  Chinese Taipei will still take  any comments into account and amend the 
quarantine requirement if necessary 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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 
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.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health 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