Appendix  
1/4 The Principle s 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  
 
Point  1 Definition  
1.1 Zoning: According to Chapter 4.4 of the “Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code” of the World Organisation for Animal Health ( hereinafter as the 
WOAH  Code), the extent of a zone and its geographical limits should 
be established by the Veterinary Authority on the basis of natural, 
artificial or legal boundaries in order to separate animal 
subpopulations of distinct health status.   
1.2 Infectious animal dise ases: Infectious animal diseases in the Principles 
refer to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), Newcastle disease 
(ND) and foot and mouth disease (FMD) free status where vaccination 
is not practiced.  
1.3 The administrative division: The administrative di vision refers to the 
subnational entity designated by the applicant country based on its 
laws and decrees for the purpose of administration. Overseas 
territories, dependencies and autonomies are excluded.  
1.4 The control unit: Based on the Principles that the control unit of the 
applicant country must have a permanent veterinary authority 
supervised by the central competent authority (CCA) in charge of 
veterinary affairs, and the permanent veterinary authority is the 
highest administrative division that can eff ectively implement animal 
disease prevention and control measures. Second tier of the 
administrative division can be used as a control unit after being 
evaluated and approved by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Agency  (hereinafter as “ APHI A”). 
1.4.1 The control range of the affected zone shall comply with Point 3 Appendix  
2/4 of the Principles.  
1.4.2 The adjustment of the control unit shall comply with Point 5 and 
Point 6 of the Principles.  
 
Point  2 
2.1 If the applicant country complies with the criteria established in 
Chapters 10.4, 10.9 and 8.8 of the WOAH  Code and the conditions of 
zoning, the applicant country can apply for the zoning recognition of 
infectious animal disease -free status based on the “ Procedure for the 
Recognition of Infectious Animal  Disease -Free Status of a Foreign 
Country  (Zone) ” to APHI A. The recognition may be established after 
approval is granted.  
2.2 The CCA in charge of veterinary affairs of the applicant country shall 
submit the dossiers and relevant documents to APHI A for review.  
2.3 After APHI A completes the risk assessment process, one of the 
following actions will be conducted:  
2.3.1 Reject the application  with the list of the facts leading to such a 
decision;  
2.3.2 Reprocess the risk assessment after the requested 
supplementary documents are provided by the applicant 
country;  
2.3.3 Approve the recognition when the risk assessment result is 
accepted and the applicant c ountry agrees to comply with the 
requirements as stated in Point 3.  
 
Point  3 
3.1 If an outbreak of an infectious animal disease occurs within the 
control unit of the zoning -recognized country after acceptance and 
verification based on the Principles, the following measures shall be 
complied with and implemented by the CCA of the zoning -recognized 
country:  Appendix  
3/4 3.1.1 The affected premise(s) and in control unit within a 10 kilometer 
radius from the affected premise(s) are designated as the 
infected zone. Live animals a nd animal products susceptible to 
infectious animal diseases in the zones are suspended for export 
to Taiwan.  
3.1.2 The CCA in charge of veterinary affairs of the zoning -recognized 
country shall notify APHI A with an official letter as soon as 
possible, and  no la ter than  72 hours following confirmation of 
the outbreak. The letter shall include the following information 
for APHIA ’s review: etiology of the infectious animal disease 
(HPAI subtype or FMD serotype  shall be specified), outbreak 
location, date of confirmation, map of the 10 kilometer radius 
control zones around the affected premises reflecting the 
control unit, and control measures (movement control, 
stamping out or slaughtering, and other preventive  measures).  
 
Point  4 
The zoning -recognized country may submit the dossier with relevant 
documents (each control unit shall submit one application dossier  in 
principle ) for recovering the zoning recognition application based on the 
“Procedure for the Recognition of Infectious Animal  Disease -Free Status 
of a Foreign Country  (Zone) ” once termination of the outbreak has been 
confirmed and the criteria listed in the WOAH  Code has been fulfilled.  
 
Point  5 
The zoning -recognized country may submit the request to the CCA of 
Taiwan for adjusting the level of the control unit from the highest 
administrative division into a secondary division after a certain period of 
time of its implementation through bilateral consultation(s).  
 
Point  6 Appendix  
4/4 6.1 APHI A reserves the right to revoke the recognition or adjust the 
control unit to the whole country when the zoning -recognized country 
fails to notify APHIA  within 72 hours after confirmation of the  
outbreak or there is a lack of sufficient information requested in 
accordance with Point 3.  
6.2 For a country which has its recognition revoked by APHIA , APHIA  
reserves the right to deny future application for the recognition of 
infectious animal diseases -free by zoning within 5 years from the date 
of revoking.  
 
Point  7 
Applicant countries that have signed a bilateral agreement for the mutual 
recognition of the zoning principle with Taiwan are excluded from the 
Principles.  