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30 November 2022  
(22-8908) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
NEW VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE FORMATS  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF  
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
The following communication , received on 30 November  2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu .  
 
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1.  The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu would like to inform WTO 
Members that from 1 December 2022, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and 
Quarantine (BAPHIQ), Council of Agriculture (C OA) will start to use the following new veterinary and 
phytosanitary certificate formats for export from the Separate Customs Territory  of Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu:  
a. Veterinary Certificate for Export of Live Animals;  
b. Veterinary Certificate for Export of Animal Products;  
c. Phytosanitary Certificate for Export;  
d. Phytosanitary Certificate for Re -Export.  
2.  The new formats include unique Quick Response s code (QR code) on the top left side of the 
certificates, which allow the competent authorities to validate the certificates online along with the 
validation of the authenticity of certificates.  
3.  The new certificate formats are publis hed in the BAPHIQ 's official website 
(https://www.baphiq.gov.tw/ws.php?id=7357 ), which include t he technical specifications of the 
certificate papers.  
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