 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/19/Rev.4 
22 November 2004 
 (04-5068) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
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 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):  Plants or plant products exported to  the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
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:   Draft amendment of the 
"Quarantine Requirements for the importation of plants or plant pr oducts" (available in 
Chinese, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  BAPHIQ revises the following qu arantine requirements for the 
importation of plants or plant products from trading partners:  (1 ) Revise the pest infestation 
countries or districts of Euscepes postfaciatus ;  (2) Amendment of Nasonovia ribisnigri  as a 
quarantine pest and it's quaran tine requirement for the importation of entire or any part of 
living Cichorium  spp., Crepis spp., Hieracium spp., Lactuca spp., Lampsana spp., 
Nicotiana  spp., Petunia spp., Ribes  spp., Scrophularia spp., Veronica spp.(excluding 
seeds). 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  None 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined G/SPS/N/TPKM/19/Rev.4 
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 12. Final date for comments:  10 January 2005 
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 notificati on 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
 
  