. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/149 
6 January 2009  
 (09-0007) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live fish and their gametes and fertilized eggs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Live 
Fish and Their gametes and Fertilized Eggs" (draft)  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_4090_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
(1) The scope of the species and diseases of live fi sh and their gametes and fertilized eggs 
to which these requirements apply are listed in  the attached table of the requirements. 
(2) The aquaculture area or aquaculture estab lishment of origin shall meet one of the 
conditions, which are either the basic bio security measures being implemented for the 
previous two years, or being subject to sample collection and testing with negative 
results for diseases listed in the attached tabl e of the requirements thirty days prior to 
the shipment. 
(3) On arrival of the live fish and their gamet es and fertilized eggs, the animal quarantine 
authority of this country may collect samp les and test the samples for diseases listed 
in the attached table of these requirements.   Products are allowed to be imported only 
when negative test results are obtained othe rwise the products shall be rejected or 
destroyed. 
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.    G/SPS/N/TPKM/149 
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  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)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] 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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  1 March 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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