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 The Draft Amendment of  the “Quarantine Regulations  for Animal  
Quarantine Objects and  Plant Regulated  Articles  Enter ing the Free 
Trade Z ones ” 
 
(In case of any discrepancy between the Chinese text and the English 
translation thereof, the Chinese text shall govern.)  
Promulgated on June 11, 2015  
Amendment to Articles 1  and 3 , promulgated on  October  22, 2018. 
Amendment to the name of reguirements  and Articles 1,  2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7,  
promulgated on  OO OO, 2020. 
 
 
Article 1  
These  quarantine regulations  are enacted pursuant to the provisions set out in Paragraph 
2 of Article 34 -3 of Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Statute ") and  Paragraph 5 of Article 17 of The Plant 
Protection and Quarantine Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act").  
Article 2  
The term “ free trade zones ” (hereinafter referred to as "the free zones")  used in these  
regulations  is the term that has been def ined in P aragraph 1 of  Article 3 of the Act for 
the Establishment and Management of Free Trade Zones.  
Article 3  
Application for f oreign animal quarantine objects  to enter  into the free zones as per 
Paragraph 2 of Article 34 -3 of the Statute , should comply  with the quarantine 
regulations  which are set according to Paragraph 3 of  Article 33  of the Statute . 
Application for  foreign regulated articles  to enter into the free zones as per P aragraph 
5 of Article 17 of the Act, should comply with  the quarantine conditions st ipulated in 
Item 2, Paragraph 1 of  Article 14 of the Act.  
Article 4  
When applying for f oreign animal quarantine objects to enter  the free zones , importers 
and their agents shall  submit  an application formed  together with documents stipulated 
in the quarantine regulations which are set according to Paragraph 3 of Article 33 of 
the Statute to the import/ export animal quarantine authority.  
When applying for foreign  regulated articles  to enter the free zones, the importer s or 2 
 their agent s shall  submit an application form ed together  with the following 
documentation s to the plant quarantine authority for inspection:  
1. Phytosanitary certificate  issued by the export ing countr y, except for regulated 
articles  that are subject to the certificate  exemption s as announced  by the plant 
quarantine authority.  
2. Bill of Lading  
3. Customs Declaration for Importation  
4. Affidavit and  a post-entry use plan  or other  proofing documentation .  
Article 5  
The documents and exporting country’s  phytosanitary certificate  mentioned in 
Paragraph  1 and  Item 1, Paragraph 2 of prece ding Article  may be issued without 
consignee detail. If the destination stated in the indicated documents  and phytosanitary 
certificate is to a third country or area, the import/ export animal quarantine authority  
and the plant quarantine authority sh all make a copy  of the certificate  after the 
inspection and return the original  certificate to the importers or their agent. If there is a 
demand for regulated articles  to be  transported to  taxation zone s, they must meet 
relevant quarantine and  customs regulations  as stipulated  in Paragraph 1 of Article 34 
of the Statute  and Paragraph 1  of Article 17 of the Act prior to enter ing the taxation 
zone s. 
Article 6  
Foreign animal quarantine objects  and foreign plant regulated articles  that have  passed 
quarantine inspection are allowed to  enter  the free zones.  Non-compliant animal 
quarantine objects  shall  comply with  the regulations  as stipulated in Article 32 -1 and  
Article 34 -2 of the Statute . Non-compliant plant regulated articles  shall comply with  
the regulations  as stipulated in Article 18, Article 18 -1 and Article 19 of the Act.  
Article 7  
Before  plant regulated articles  enter  free zones, plant quarantine authority may  conduct 
on-site inspection for each  case or documentation review based on risk levels .  
Article 8  
These regulations  become effective on the date of promulgation.  