Regulations of import risk assessment for regulated articles with capability of propagation｜第 8 條｜動植物防檢疫｜Regulation｜In Force
農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2020-04-20
If governmental agencies (institutions), public enterprises, schools, corporations or organizations registered under relevant laws pursuant submit application for the first time imported regulated articles in accordance with Article 3 and not prohibitedarticles of Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Actfor the purpose of experiment, research, teaching, legal deposit, exhibition or other designated purpose promulgated by the plant quarantine authority, the following documents or information may be provided for special import application to the plant quarantine authority before the risk assessment is finalized.(hereafter called “special import articles”) 1.Scientific name, quantity, source, basic information of the special import articles to be imported; 2.Plan of use: including purpose, the way to use or related experiment, research, teaching, legal deposit or exhibition plan, post-use treatment and duration for the intended use. If the use of special import articles or other regulated article produces, propagates, or isolates from special import articles (hereafter refer as derivatives), it must be clearly described in the plan; 3.Post-entry quarantine management program: the address, the location, safety quarantine measures and operating procedures to avoid the escape of special import articles and their derivatives of the post-entry quarantine site shall be included; 4.The routes and means of transportation, both domestically and internationally, and packing methods; 5.Other relevant documents and information required by the plant quarantine authority. If the plant quarantine authority deems necessary, it may dispatch inspectors to perform on-site verification of the post-entry quarantine site as de-noted in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding Paragraph to confirm the post-entry quarantine site and post-entryquarantine management program can avoid the escape of special import articles and their derivatives. If the plant quarantine authority reviews the application documents or information, performs on-site verification of the post-entry quarantine site and notifies the correction or improvement shall be done within a specified time period but not done, the application will not be approved. After being reviewed and approved by the plant quarantine authority and the import permit is issued, the application item of Paragraph 1 shall be imported in accordance with the permit. The import permitis valid within six months from the day issued. For importer who is incapable of completing the importation in the specified duration, the importer may apply for extension once ten days prior to the expiration of the period. The extension shall not exceed six months. If the approved plan of use, post-entry quarantine management program, routes and means of transportation, both domestically and internationally, and packing methods or related document or information of preceding Paragraph is changed, the importer shall submit application with the changed document or information to the plant quarantine authority for approval. The approved duration of special import articles shall not exceed five years. The approved duration of the intended use for legal deposit shall not exceed thirty years. The importer may apply for approval to the plant quarantine authority to extend the duration thirty days prior to expiration date; every extension shall not exceed five years. Application for extending the duration of exhibitive use may be done three days prior to the expiration date; the extension shall not be longer than the exhibition plan. To apply for an extension under the preceding paragraph, the operation records and the reports of usage, reason of extension, and follow-up safety quarantine management program shall be submitted. The plant quarantine authority may, if it deems necessary,dispatch inspectors to conduct an on-site inspection.