. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/17
4 April 2003
(03-1554)
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:   Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
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):  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 of the Quarantine
Requirements for Transshipment of Plants or Plant Products through C ountries or Districts
Where Designated Diseases or Pests are Known to Occur".
6. Description of content:   This Draft regulates that plants or plant products which are
transshipped through countries or districts infested by designated diseases or pests, their
importers or agents, while applying for quarantine inspection to the plant quarantineauthority upon arrival at the port of entry, shall also apply for permission to conduct such a
transshipment.  The plants or plant products shall meet the requirements to prevent
infestation by designated diseases or pests.
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion 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:  "Draft of the
Quarantine Requirements for Transshipment of Pl ants or Plant Products through Countries or
Districts Where Designated Diseases or Pe sts are Known to Occur".  The draft will be
published in the Official Government Gazette.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   7 November 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/TPKM/17
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12. Final date for comments:  20 May 2003
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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: