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1.Adopted and promulgated on August 31, 1999
2.Amendment to all Articles and promulgated on April 24, 2007
3.Amendment to Articles 4, 18 and promulgated on February 13, 2008
4.Amendment to Articles 2, 13, 18 and promulgated on September 1,
2011
5.Amendment to Articles 1, 3, 4-1, 5, 7, 8, 12 and promulgated on
February 20, 2014
6.Amendment to Articles 13, Table 1 Animal Holding Fees Schedule
and Table 3 Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard and
promulgated on February 25, 2016
7.Amendment to Articles 1, 7, 9, 12~15, Table 1 of Article 10,
Table 2 of Article 11 and promulgated on March 17, 2020
8.Amendment to Articles 12 and promulgated on June 17,2025 |
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Chapter 1 General Principles
Article 1
These regulations are pursuant to Article 10 of the
Charges And Fees Act and Article 21 of the Plant Protection and
Quarantine Act.
Article 2
The fees include quarantine fees, operation fees and handling
fees:
1. Quarantine fees: charges for inspection of animal and plant
diseases and pests.
2. Operation fees:
(1) On-site inspection fees;
(2) Animal holding fees, including facility fee and testing fee;
(3) Carcass burning fees;
(4) Extended operation fees;
(5) Quarantine treatment fees: fumigation, sterilization, sea
burial, raising, cultivation, transportation and destruction,
etc.
(6) Computer processing fees.
3. Handling fees:
(1) Quarantine label fees;
(2) Fees for splitting, reissuing, replacing and copying of the
phytosanitary/ veterinary certificates.
Article 3
The quarantine service fees shall be charged in New Taiwan Dollars
(NT$).
The quarantine service fees shall be exempted for the articles
used for aid or relief purposes and accompanied by proof from
government authorities.
Chapter 2 Quarantine fees
Article 4
Quarantine fees shall be charged for 0.1% of the Free on Board
(FOB) value of the export articles or the import duty value for
the imported articles. Quarantine fees shall be charged at the
rate of 0.05% of the import duty value of the imported articles
which are wheal, barley, corn or soy bean.
Article 4-1
For export purposes, the fee for certain animal diseases and plant
pests sampling test shall be charged as follows. The fee for specific
animal diseases test for urgent exportation shall be doubled.
1. A fee of NT$ 1,000 for the enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA).
2. A fee of NT$ 1,600 for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
3. A fee of NT$ 2,100 for Reverse Transcription PCR (RT- PCR).
4. A fee of NT$ 3,100 for Real Time RT-PCR.
5. A fee of NT$ 3,600 for virus isolation.
Article 5
Exporters, importers (hereinafter referred to as “the applicants”)
or the agents, when applying for inspection, shall submit the foreign
currency exchange documents or other sales documents in order to
calculate the quarantine fees. If such documents are not available
along with the inspection application, it is required to submit
before issuing the phytosanitary/veterinary certificates. For those
merchant groups or associations, where approval is granted by the
competent authority to calculate the fees based on uniform values,
submission of the aforementioned documents will be exempted.
Article 6
For those articles exempt from acquiring import or export permits,
quarantine fees are charged as follows:
1. Fees for the import articles are charged for the import customs
declaration form signed by the declarant, or foreign exchange
documents such as the trade invoice from overseas exporters,
submitted by the applicants or the agents while applying for
inspection.
2. Fees for the export articles are charged for the letter of credit
or export customs declaration form signed by the declarant submitted
by the applicants or the agents while applying for inspection.
However, the fees shall be charged as per local sales invoices,
commercial invoices or other sales proof documents, when application
is submitted at local manufactory.
Article 7
The quarantine fees shall be exempted for the following cases:
1. The articles are used for military purposes and accompanied
with proof from military authorities.
2. The articles of imported food are used for military or official
purposes and accompanied with proof from food administration
authorities.
3. The allowed quantity of quarantine objects or regulated articles
carried by passenger or crew serving on vehicles, vessels and
aircrafts pursuant to the Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant
Regulated Articles Carried by Passengers and Service Personnel on
Vehicles or the Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated
Articles Export and Import by Mail.
4. Unprocessed raw, cold-stored or frozen livestock or poultry meat
for export, where the meat inspection fee has been paid for at
slaughtering.
Article 8
For the export articles paid with foreign currencies, the quarantine
fees shall be charged as per the payment which should be converted
into NT$, based on the exchange rates applicable for custom declaration
as stipulated by the directorate general of customs for every ten-day
period.
Chapter 3 Operation fees
Article 9
The on-site inspection fees shall be charged for the actions which
dispatched inspectors by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health
Inspection and Quarantine, including on-site inspection, quarantine
treatments, escort, and audit of facilities or sites, etc.;
1. A fee of NT$ 500 will be charged for on-site inspection within
the territory by each inspector every time. With regard to the
inspector cannot travel to the site and back within the same day,
the fees shall be charged as per the “Regulations for Applying
the Domestic Trip Allowance;”
2. For each batch of the articles, the on-site inspection fee shall
be charged as the articles being inspected by one inspector.
3. On-site inspection fee shall be charged only once for the same
applicant if several batches of the articles are inspected at
the same place and the same time.
If large quantities of the articles are to be inspected and one
inspector cannot complete the task in one day, the on-sites inspection
fees shall be charged for the number of inspectors dispatched by
the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
and the number of days.
No on-site inspection fee will be charged for inspection conducted
at warehouses, container terminals or other locations where the
offices of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and
Quarantine are located.
Article 10
For import or export animals to be quarantined at the facilities
owned by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and
Quarantine or at other facilities approved by the Bureau of Animal
and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, the animal holding
fees will be charged in accordance with Table 1 Animal Holding
Fees Schedule.
If the time for quarantine of an animal exceeds the time limit as
per relevant regulation, the animal holding fee will include the
facility fee and extended operation fee based on the extended days.
For on-site inspection of animals quarantined at other approved
facilities by the inspectors dispatched by the Bureau of Animal
and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, the on-site inspection
fee shall be charged but the facility fee shall be exempt in accordance
with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Article.
Article 11
If animal dies during quarantine and the carcass is treated by
burning, an animal carcass burning fee shall be charged in accordance
with Table 2 Fee Standard for Animal Carcass Burning.
Article 12
When applying for extended operations, the applicants or the agents
shall comply with the rules below:
1. The applicants or the agents shall apply for extended quarantine
operations and animal detained quarantine operations classified
according to the nature of the work.
2. The extended operational hours are as follows:
(1) The extended operational hours during weekdays are from 6:00 a.m.
to 8:30 a.m., from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., or from 5:30 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m.
(2) The extended operational hours during weekends and national
holidays are from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(3) The special extended operational hours are from 10 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
of the next following day.
3. The extended quarantine operational fees shall be charged as
follows:
(1) A fee of NT$ 200 for each batch of the articles shall be
charged during weekdays.
(2) A fee of NT$ 1,000 for each batch of the articles shall be
charged during weekends and national holidays.
(3) A fee of NT$ 2,000 for each batch of the articles shall be
charged for the special extended operational hours.
(4) If quarantine operations are carried out across different time
periods as specified in the preceding subparagraph, only the
higher extended operational fee will be charged.
4. The extended animal detained quarantine operational fees shall
be charged as follows:
(1) A fee of NT$ 2,000 for each batch shall be charged during
weekdays.
(2) A fee of NT$ 2,500 for each batch shall be charged during
weekends and national holidays.
(3) A fee of NT$ 3,000 for each batch shall be charged for the
special extended operational hours.
5. If the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHIA) approves
the withdrawal of applications for extended operations made by
an applicant, the extended operational fee will be refunded or
be deducted in the next application for inspection with the
deduction to be noted in the application form.
6. If an applicant applies for inspection of several batches of
the articles and the inspection can be conducted at the same
place and the same time, the extended quarantine operational
fee and the extended animal detained quarantine operational fee
shall be charged as a single batch of the articles as described
in Subparagraph 3 and 4.
7. No extended quarantine operational fee is required for the
quantity allowed of quarantine objects or regulated articles
carried by passenger or crew serving on vehicles, vessels, and
aircrafts pursuant to the Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant
Regulated Articles Carried by Passengers and Service Personnel
on Vehicles or the Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated
Articles Export and Import by Mail.
Article 13
For the import or export articles which are inspected and require
further quarantine treatments, the treatment fee shall be charged
as follows:
1. The fees required for fumigation and sterilization are in accordance
with Table 3 Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard.
2. Sea burial, raising, cultivation, transportation and destruction:
the fees will be charged depending on the actual expenses.
Every application for importing or exporting animals and/or plants
and their products shall be charged a computer processing fee of
NT$100. The fees are exempted if the applicants make their applications
electronically either by accessing the computer at the counter or
via the internet.
Chapter 4 Handling fees
Article 14
The handling fees for quarantine label used on export articles
shall be charged as follows:
1. Quarantine label for general use: one label for one package,
NT$1 for one label.
2. Quarantine label for one container: one label for one container,
NT$80 for one container.
No handling fee for quarantine label is required for the allowed
quantity of quarantine objects or regulated articles carried by
passenger or crew serving on vehicles, vessels and aircrafts
pursuant to the Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant Regulated
Articles Carried by Passengers and Service Personnel on Vehicles
or the Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated Articles
Export and Import by Mail.
Article 15
For separation, reissuance, replacement or copy of the veterinary/
phytosanitary certificate, a fee of NT$120 shall be charged for
each new certificate.
Article 16
Charge of the fees as scheduled in these regulations shall follow
budget procedures.
Chapter 5 Supplementary Provisions
Article 17
The holding fee for the animal which was arranged to be quarantined
at the facility before revision of these regulations shall be
charged as per the existing regulations before revision.
Article 18
The regulation came into force on May 1, 2007.
The amendment of regulation shall come into force from the date
of promulgation. |