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1. Promulgated by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection
and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture on February 14, 2003,
notified under Document Number IQ2-0921478111.
2. Amendment to Article 4 and Article 6 is promulgated on February
27, 2019 |
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Article 1
These Regulations are in accordance with the provisions of
Paragraph 1, Article 39 of the Animal Infectious Disease
Prevention and Control Act.
Article 2
For the purposes of these Regulations, "closed container" shall
be defined as a closed container for transporting animal products,
and it must meet the following conditions:
1.It must be strong enough in structure and shall be reusable.
2.Its door must be closed thoroughly during transport.
3.It must be able to prevent any pathogen of animal infectious
diseases from leaking outward or entering into during transport.
4.It must be easy to clean and sanitize.
Article 3
Upon the arrival of animal products transported by closed container,
the importer or its agent shall apply for animal quarantine to the
animal quarantine authority at the port, station, container
collection area being supervised by the Customs or other related
places as designated by the animal quarantine authority.
Article 4
During the transport process, if the shipment of the closed
container is transported or transshipped through countries or
zones declared as animal diseases infected countries (zones) by
Taiwan’s central competent authority according to Article 33 of
the Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease,
or at their port or airport, the importation shall only be permitted
if the following conditions have been met:
1.The original seal with imprinted number shall be placed at the
opening of the closed container before leaving the exporting
country.
2.The animal health certificate or the bill of landing issued by
animal quarantine authority of the exporting country shall state
the numerical code of the closed container and its seal.
The animal quarantine inspector may checkup the integrity of the
original seal of the closed container when the importer or its
agent applies for animal quarantine. If the original seal of the
closed container is to be changed upon arrival, prior to the
application of animal quarantine, the importer or its agent must
apply to the Customs for issuing a document of "Record of Opening
of the Original Seal of Container" for verification.
Article 5
These regulations shall also be applied to the importation of
animal products by air, if animal products are packaged in
containers meeting the necessary condition of sealing tightly,
and the animal health certificate or the bill of lading which
accompanies the shipment that states the original numerical code
of the seal or marking of the security seal.
Article 6
These regulations shall be applicable from April 1, 2003.
Amendments to the regulations shall be implemented on the date
of promulgation. |