Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases｜第 33 條｜動植物防檢疫｜Act｜In Force
第 四 章｜農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2019-12-13
To ensure the health of animals and humans, the central competent authority shall announce the overseas disease status of infectious animal diseases and implement the following quarantine measures for quarantine objects as deemed necessary: 1. Prohibition of import, transit, or transshipment; 2. Before importing quarantine objects, the importers or their agents shall apply for the issuance of import quarantine permits and apply for the quarantine inspection upon arrival; 3. Submit the animal quarantine certificate or other documents according to quarantine requirements for implementing inspection; and 4. Post-entry quarantine. For quarantine objects that the quarantine requirements are not prescribed by the central competent authority, the importer shall apply for the issuance of individual quarantine requirements from the central competent authority before importation, and apply for quarantine inspection with the import/export animal quarantine authorities accordingly. Regulations for prohibiting importation, transit or transshipment specified in Paragraph 1, application for import quarantine permits, quarantine requirements, submission of animal quarantine certificates or other documents for inspection, post-entry quarantine, application procedures specified in the preceding Paragraph, and other regulations of compliance are prescribed by the central competent authority. In response to an international epidemic emergency, the central competent authority may announce quarantine diseases and quarantine measures related to quarantine objects. Objects that have not been announced by the central competent authority as quarantine objects in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 5, but determined by the import/export animal quarantine authorities as potentially capable of spreading infectious animal diseases, may be forced to be quarantine. If the risk of transmission of infectious animal diseases is identified, the importation, transit, transshipment of the objects may be prohibited, or other necessary measures of the objects may be implemented.