. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/19
16 July 2003
(03-3847)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Plants or Plant Products exported to  the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :
Trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft amendment of the
"Quarantine Requirements for the importation of plants or plant products", Nung-Shou-
Fang-Tzu-Ti 0921490142 Hao, 27 May 2003 (available in Chinese and English, 11 pages)
6. Description of content:   BAPHIQ revises the following quarantine requirements for the
importation of plants or plant products fro m trading partners: (1) Fresh fruits of Hypericum
spp., Viburnum  spp., Symphoricarpus  spp., Leycesteria  spp., and Leucadendron  spp. are
removed from the host list of Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata ); (2) Amendment of
host ranges and the pest infestation countries or districts of Bactrocera minax ,, Bactrocera
zonata , Dacus ciliatus , Bactrocera correcta , Bactrocera carombolae , Bactrocera papayae ,
Bactrocera philippinensis , Bactrocera kandiensis  and Rhagoletis pomonella ; (3) Israel,
Turkey, Uruguay and Zimbabwe are removed from the list of Quarantine requirements forthe importation of "Prohibited Plants or Plan t Products" verified and approved by BAPHIQ;
(4) Amendment of the quarantine requirements for the importation of fresh fruits from the
Netherlands.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None
10. Proposed date of adoption:   27 May 2003G/SPS/N/TPKM/19
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined
12. Final date for comments:  29 August 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: