. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/125 
2 January 2008  
 (08-0016) 
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):  Frozen deer semen 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Trading 
partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "Quarantine 
Requirements for the Importation of Frozen Deer Semen" (draft, available in English, 
3 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
(1) Frozen deer semen is allowed to import  only from countries or zones recognized by 
the central competent authority as free fr om foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, 
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and c ountries where chronic wasting disease has 
not occurred. 
(2) The farms of donor deer origin sha ll be free from specific diseases.  
(3) The donor deer shall be inspected and f ound free from clinical evidence of any 
communicable disease and subject to the specific diseases tests and treatment within thirty days prior to semen collection. 
(4) The storage and shipment of frozen deer semen shall be complied with some specific 
requirements. 
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:  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code Sections 
2.2, 2.4 and 3.2 G/SPS/N/TPKM/125 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Nil   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  14 March 2008   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  14 March 2008   
12. Final date for comments:  14 February 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