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4 August  2020 
(20-5388) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
RECOGNITION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE -FREE STATUS  
SUBMISSION  BY THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND 
MATSU  
Corrigendum  
The following document , received on 29 July 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . 
 
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The following paragraph should be read as follows:  
 
1.3  Over the last 23 years, since the first occurrence of FMD on our customs territory in 1997, we 
have implemented a series of measures dedicated to the surveillance, control, prevention and 
eradication of this disease. The FMD programme of vaccination i n the aforementioned zone was 
discontinued from 1 July 2018,  and surveillance was then implemented in accordance with Articles 
8.8.40 to 8.8.42 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code to detect any clinical signs of FMD. 
No evidence has been found of inf ection with FMD in unvaccinated animals.  
 
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