Regulations for Approving Imports of Designated Plant Regulated Articles｜第 8 條｜動植物防檢疫｜Regulation｜In Force
農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2024-08-26
During the approved duration of intended use, the importer or user shall comply with the following safety control measures after the designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives are approved for import or sharing: 1.The approved designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives shall be sealed by the plant quarantine authority and then escorted by the plant quarantine authority or transported domestically by the importer or user; the importer or user shall provide transportation vehicles or bear the expenses for the transportation. 2.It shall not be opened and used unless being checked by the inspector dispatched by the plant quarantine authority of the location while it is transported to the post-entry quarantine site. 3.It shall be utilized according to the intended purposes in the post-entry quarantine site as approved by the central competent authority and maintenance of the post-entry quarantine site to avoid the escape of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives and pests in accordance with post-entry quarantine management plan. 4.During the duration of the use, designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives and post-entry quarantine site shall be subject to supervision by the plant quarantine authority. Evasion, hindering or denial of such supervision by the importer or user is prohibited. During the duration, the importer or user shall take appropriate control measures and notify the plant quarantine authority immediately in case escape of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives or any pest is found. The costs associated with such measures shall be borne by importer or user. 5.Records of operations shall be made during the use of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives except for the purpose of exhibition. The description for importation, destruction, sharing or usage needs to be included in the records of operations. If the duration is less than one year, importer or user shall submit records of operations to the plant quarantine authority within thirty days after end of use of designed plant regulated articles or the expiration date. If the duration is more than one year, importer or user shall provide the operation records of the last year to the plant quarantine authority before March 31 of each year and must be kept for three years. 6.Containers, tools, package materials, cultivation media, plants or plant products and other articles used by or in contact with designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives have any risk for escape of designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives or pest shall be subject to proper treatment or be destroyed after the usage. 7.When re-exporting designed plant regulated articles or their derivatives, it shall be jointly conducted with the plant quarantine authority and use a sealed or the package which prevents the escape of the pest in the package during transport.