Plant Protection and Quarantine Act｜第 17 條｜動植物防檢疫｜Act｜In Force
第 三 章｜農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2018-06-20
The importer(s) or their agent shall apply to the plant quarantine authority for quarantine of the regulated articles to be imported or transited before their arrival at the ports of entry. The said importer or agent shall not unwrap or move the said plants or plant products before the completion of quarantine inspections. Passengers or personnel of the vehicles, vessels, or aircraft carrying the regulated articles shall apply for plant quarantine upon arrival at the port of entry. The regulated articles shall not be imported through postal mail; otherwise, the regulated articles shall be reshipped or destroyed. However, the following circumstances are examped from the restriction: 1.The regulated articles that are declared by the plant quarantine authority in accordance with the provisions in Paragraph of Article 16 for the exemption of the phytosanitary certificate. 2.Recipients of the regulated articles have applied to the plant quarantine authority and received the approval of import in advance. The regulated articles that are imported through postal mail in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Paragraph shall be packaged with a legible label indicating the content. In addition, the postal authority shall cooperate with the plant quarantine authority to inform the recipient to apply for quarantine from the authority. The recipients who receive postal mails without quarantine certificates shall apply for quarantine from the plant quarantine authority immediately upon receiving them. For regulated articles that are not for importation purposes but have entered and are stored in Free Trade Zones, the procedure of applying for quarantine and the requirement of documents may be simplified, and the protocol of the said simplification are to be prescribed by the central competent authority.