Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu - Health food, food supplement, dietary supplement

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Food and Drug Administration

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Please submit comments to: WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Health food, Food supplement, Dietary supplement.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Amendment of Regulations for Application of Health Food Permit (Draft); (12 page(s), in English), (10 page(s), in Chinese)

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Description of content: The Ministry of Health and Welfare proposes to revise the "Regulations for Application of Health Food Permit" in order to ensure a smooth and efficient application procedure for examination of health food registration. These revisions include:

1._    adding directions of online application for registration;

2._    revising rules of the health food permit, such as extension, changes of the registered items, transfer, replacement as well as reissuance; and

3._    integrating the existed standards of examinative registration.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Quality requirements

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Relevant documents:

Health Food Control Act

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

WTO/TBT Enquiry Point

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection

Ministry of Economic Affairs

No. 4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.

Taipei City 100, Taiwan

Tel: +(886-2) 23431916

Fax: +(886-2) 23431804

Email: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw

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