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1. Adopted and promulgated on January 30, 2003
2. Amendment to Articles 2, 3and promulgated on September 12, 2007
3. Amendment to Articles 4, 8 and promulgated on February 16, 2011
4. Amendment to Article 3 and promulgated on September 8, 2011
5. Amendment to the Annex of Article 2 and promulgated on April 8, 2015 |
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Article 1
The Regulations are pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 39 of the Statute
for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease and Article 21-1
of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act.
Article 2
Animals, plants and their products (regulated articles, hereinafter)
carried by passenger or crew of vehicles, vessels and aircrafts
(inbound/outbound personnel, hereinafter) or sent by mail, within the
specified variety and quantity of the Annex, are eligible for the
Regulations.
Regulated articles not in compliance with the preceding Paragraph are
subject to general import/export quarantine inspection process.
Article 3
Charges for quarantine inspection, attending service, overtime service,
computer processing and quarantine labeling are exempted for regulated
articles specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 2; other operational fees
and costs are collected in accordance with relevant regulations.
Article 4
Outbound personnel carrying regulated articles which quarantine
inspection is required by the importing country shall complete the
application form and apply for export quarantine inspection to the
animal and plant quarantine authority with the presence of passport,
ticket and other relevant documents.
Article 5
Quarantine tags are issued by the animal and plant quarantine authority
for outbound regulated articles after inspection with no evidence of
infection with diseases/pests. Alternatively, animal
health/phytosanitary certificates may be issued when importing country
requires one or more of the following:
(1) Animal health/Phytosanitary certificates,
(2) Additional declarations, and/or
(3) Statement of quarantine treatment.
Article 6
Inbound personnel carrying regulated articles shall complete the
application form and apply for import quarantine inspection to the
animal and plant quarantine authority with the presence of passport,
customs declaration form, original of animal health/phytosanitary
certificates and other relevant documents.
The inbound personnel or their agents shall be present
during the inspection process.
Article 7
Inbound personnel carrying animal regulated articles shall follow the
following regulations:
(1) Regulated articles from or transshipped through animal disease
infected countries/areas from where their entry is prohibited and
fail to meet the regulations shall be returned or destroyed.
(2) Animals from animal disease free countries/zones or infected
countries/areas where import is allowed under certain conditions
shall be accompanied by the letter specifying quarantine
requirements from the animal and plant quarantine authority and
the animal health certificate issued by the exporting country and
presented for inspection.
(3) If quarantine isolation is required for the imported animals, the
inbound personnel or their agents shall apply for approval to
animal and plant quarantine authority before entry. The animals
shall be escorted to the designated premises for quarantine.
Article 8
The inbound personnel carrying plant regulated articles shall follow the
following regulations:
(1) Regulated articles originated or transshipped through
countries/districts from where the regulated article is prohibited
to entry due to quarantine pests that fail to meet the regulations
shall be returned or destroyed.
(2) Regulated articles subject to conditional quarantine requirements
according to Article 16 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act,
shall be accompanied with a phytosanitary certificate issued by the
quarantine authority of the exporting country, and the inbound
personnel shall apply for import inspection.
(3) When bringing in living plants or propagating materials that are
subject to post-entry quarantine, the inbound personnel or their
agents shall apply for approval to the animal and plant quarantine
authority before entry. The living plants or propagating materials
shall be escorted or sealed and transported to the designated
nursery for post-entry quarantine after approval.
Article 9
The animal and plant quarantine authority shall issue animal
health/phytosanitary certificates for the inbound regulated articles
that meet quarantine regulations.
When treatment, post-entry quarantine, bonding at the customs for
reshipment or destruction is required, the animal and plant quarantine
authority shall issue the “Notification of Non-Compliance of Imported
Animals/Plants or Products.”
Article 10
Personnel with diplomatic privilege carrying regulated articles
(including those in their unaccompanied baggage) shall apply for
inspection in accordance with the Regulation.
Article 11
For regulated articles sent by mail, provisions of Article 3 to
Article 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 12
The Regulations should come into effect on the date of promulgation.
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