TPKM/485
WTO/SPS
TW Taiwan
  • 65 - Landwirtschaft
2019-05-14
2019-03-18

Plants and plant products

Draft of the "Regulations of import risk assessment for regulated articles with capability of propagation". Language(s): English. Number of pages: 5

The "Regulations of import risk assessment for regulated articles with capability of propagation" (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) is based on Paragraph 4, Article 14 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act. The Regulations are compiled and adjusted the hierarchy of related requirements regarding import risk assessment. The main content of the Regulations are as follows:

1.    The application procedure and documents or information required for pest assessment for the first time imported regulated articles with capability of propagation;

2.    Implementation method of pest risk assessment;

3.    The basis for re-initiating the risk assessment when the quarantine pest epidemic of the approved regulated articles with capability of propagation is changed; 

4.    In order to allow certain experimenting, researching, teaching, legal depositing or exhibiting, etc., if there is a need to import the regulated articles with capability of propagation from a country or district which have no import record, the documents and materials required for application are included.