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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/10
30 October 2002
(02-5990)
Committee on Sanitary and 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:  Department of Health
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):  Fishery 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:
Countries exporting the products concerned to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft amendment of the
Regulations Governing Quarantine at International Ports, 15 pages
6. Description of content:  To promote domestic academic research and development, and for
flexibility in disease control, some regulations concerning quarantine measures are being
amended.  The amended Regulations are presente d herewith.  Major areas of amendment are
as follows:
1. For the promotion of domestic academic res earch and development, fishery products for 
research purpose are added (Articles 31 and 32 are amended).
2. Regulations concerning applications for importation of fishery products for research 
purpose are added (paragraph 1 of Article  32 is added and Article 33 amended).
3. Regulations concerning the importation of fi shery products from non-cholera infected and
cholera-infected areas are amended (Articles 34, 35 and 40 are amended).
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [   ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/TPKM/10
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   "Draft amendment of
the Regulations Governing Quarantine at Interna tional Port", available in English from the
national notification authority and Department of Health.  The amendment will be published
in the Official Government Gazette when adopted.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  30 November 2002
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Center for Disease Control
Department of Health
No.6, Lin Shen S. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  886-2-23959825
Fax:  886-2-23945365E-mail:  deliver@cdc.gov.tw
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Center for Disease Control
Department of Health
No.6, Lin Shen S. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  886-2-23959825
Fax:  886-2-23945365E-mail:  deliver@cdc.gov.tw