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Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture

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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): Plants or plant products

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

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Title of the notified document: Summary amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products"  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 2

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHT/15_1548_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: Summary of the revised Part A of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products":

(1)   Amended "Japan (Okinawa Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Satsunan Islands, Ogasawara Islands)" as the infested area of Euscepes postfasciatus.

(2)   Anacardium occidentale (without cashew apple), Castanea mollissima, Corylus avellana, Fagus grandifolia, and Quercus alba were removed from the host of Ceratitis capitata.

(3)   Anacardium occidentale (without cashew apple) was removed from the host list of Bactrocera tryoni, Bactrocera zonata, Bactrocera correcta, Bactrocera carambolae, Bactrocera papayae, Bactrocera kandiensis, Anastrepha ludens, and Anastrepha obliqua (= A. mombinpraeoptans).

(4)   The fruits of 76 plants were added as the hosts of Bactrocera tryoni, and the fruits of 44 plants were added as the hosts of Bactrocera zonata.

Summary of the revised Part B of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products":

(1)   The quarantine requirement which is for the host plants or plant products of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae from infested areas was added and requires a statement of field inspection or pre-export laboratory testing to confirm the disease-free status of this bacteria on the phytosanitary certificate. The consignments which fail to meet the above-mentioned condition shall be reshipped or destroyed.

(2)   The description regarding the importation of lily bulbs from the Netherlands and Chile should follow the specific requirements which were added for the consistency of the contents of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products".

(3)   19 weeds, 2 insects, 2 fungi and 1 bacterium were added to the regulated pest list, and the scientific names of 3 pests were corrected.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

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Is there a relevant international standard? 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 No. 11

[ ]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: The draft amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products" (Council of Agriculture Announcement, Nong Fang Zi No. 1041493065 dated on 27 March, 2015) can be found at: http://www.coa.gov.tw/ (available in Chinese).

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 8 June 2015

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, Council of Agriculture

9F, No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.

Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091

Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200

E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw

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Text(s) 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, Council of Agriculture

9F, No. 100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.

Taipei City, 10070, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Tel: +(886) 2 3343 2091

Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200

E-mail: wtosps@mail.baphiq.gov.tw