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Notifying
Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture
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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): Live shrimp
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Proposed
Repeal of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Regulated
Objects Related to Decapod Iridescent Virus 1".
Language(s): English.
Number of pages: 2
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Description
of content: As the measures in
"Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Regulated Objects
Related to Decapod Iridescent Virus 1" have already been incorporated
into the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Live
Crustaceans and Molluscs" (_G/SPS/N/TPKM/635/Add.1),
the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Regulated Objects
Related to Decapod Iridescent Virus 1" are hereby repealed.
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Objective
and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[X] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number): Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter 9.3, Infection with decapod iridescent virus 1
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
The
"Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Live Crustaceans and
Molluscs" (Ministry of Agriculture Announcement, Nong Fang Zi No.
11131870319, dated 7 February 2025) can be found at: https://www.aphia.gov.tw/ws.php?id=9577
(in Chinese), and the notice of repeal can be found at the following website:
https://www.moa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=publication&id=8480
(in Chinese).
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10.
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 14 April 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture
9F, No.100,
Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100060, Taiwan
Tel: +(886) 2
8978 2312
Fax: +(886) 2
2332 2200
E-mail:
wtosps@aphia.gov.tw
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture
9F, No.100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City,
100060, Taiwan
Tel: +(886) 2 8978 2312
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200
E-mail: wtosps@aphia.gov.tw
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