| Legislative： |
1.Amended by Council of Agriculture on February 6, 2002
2.Amended by Council of Agriculture on November 3, 2021 and entering
into force on December 1, 2021
3.Amended by Ministry of Agriculture on August 25, 2023 |
| Content： |
Point 1
This procedure is provided for processing the application of a
foreign country (zone) for the recognition of its status as being
free from infectious animal disease(s) by the Ministry of Agriculture
(hereinafter as the "MOA")
Point 2
2.1 For the applicant country which considers itself as complying
with the criteria established in the "Terrestrial Animal Health
Code" of the World Organisation for Animal Health (hereinafter
as the "WOAH Code") for infectious animal disease free or the
risk status, the country may apply for recognition of infectious
animal disease-free status for the entire country or a zone,
or the risk status.
2.2 Infectious animal diseases refer to one of the following:
2.2.1 foot and mouth disease
2.2.2 contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
2.2.3 peste des petits ruminants
2.2.4 African swine fever
2.2.5 classical swine fever
2.2.6 glanders
2.2.7 African horse sickness
2.2.8 highly pathogenic avian influenza
2.2.9 Newcastle disease
2.2.10 rabies
2.2.11 bovine spongiform encephalopathy
2.2.12 infectious animal diseases otherwise designated
2.3 Countries (zone) that are disease free from infectious animal
diseases mentioned in Point 2.2.1 shall comply with the criteria
for foot and mouth disease free country or zone where vaccination
is not practiced as established in the WOAH Code.
Point 3
3.1 The central competent authority of veterinary of the applicant
country shall submit the dossiers in Chinese or English for
the recognition of infectious animal disease-free status of
entire country or a zone and the risk status of BSE to the
import/export animal quarantine authority, the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Agency (hereinafter as "APHIA"), for
review based on the type of infectious animal disease respectively.
3.2 A country applying for the recognition of infectious animal
disease-free zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Newcastle disease or foot and mouth disease where vaccination
is not practiced shall comply with "The Principles for the
Recognition of Infectious Animal Disease-Free Status of a
Foreign Country by Zoning Focused on Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza (HPAI), Newcastle Disease (ND), or Foot and Mouth
Disease (FMD) Where Vaccination Is Not Practiced" (as Appendix).
Point 4
4.1 Upon receiving the application, APHIA will refer to available
international animal disease information and conduct one of
the following actions:
4.1.1 Reject the application with the list of the facts leading
to such a decision based on international animal disease
information which shows that the applicant country is affected
or not complying with the relevant requirements for free
status in the WOAH Code;
4.1.2 Reprocess the risk assessment after the requested supplementary
documents are provided by the applicant country when the
submitted information or required supplementary documents
are incomplete;
4.1.3 Reprocess the risk assessment after the detailed information
on the animal health status of the applicant country is
collected and evaluated or an on-site verification is
conducted when submitted documents are complete but fail
to clarify the animal health status of the applicant country;
or
4.1.4 Process the risk assessment after the requested documents
are complete and the animal health status is clear and comply
with the free status criteria established in the WOAH Code.
4.2 After the risk assessment process for Point 4.1.2 to Point
4.1.4, one of the following actions will be conducted:
4.2.1 Reject the application with the list of the facts leading
to such a decision;
4.2.2 Reprocess the risk assessment after the requested supplementary
documents are provided by the applicant country;
4.2.3 Reprocess the risk assessment after an on-site verification
conducted by APHIA;
4.2.4 Submit the application to the Animal Quarantine Advisory
Committee of APHIA for further scrutiny and accept possible
recommendations made by the Committee to reject, reprocess
the risk assessment or approve; or
4.2.5 Approve the recognition for application for recovery of the
applicant country's disease-free status.
Point 5
5.1 The recognition of infectious animal disease-free status for
the entire country or a zone, and the status of risk level of
BSE is established and announced by the MOA. The MOA may adjust
the risk status of BSE based on information published by the
WOAH.
5.2 The official recognition mentioned on Point 5.1 will become
invalid immediately when the country or zone(s) is/are infected
with the aforementioned disease and has (have) been removed
from the list of disease-free countries.
5.3 The country mentioned on Point 5.2 may submit an application
along with the requested information and certified document
to APHIA for the recovery recognition of its disease-free
status once the disease has been eradicated and the criteria
listed in the WOAH Code has been fulfilled. |