Plant Protection and Quarantine Act Article 14

The central competent authority may, based on the epidemic status and risk of harm caused by the pests, publicly notify the quarantine regulations for the importation of regulated articles and take the following quarantine measures:1. Prohibition.2. Quarantine requirements for relevant management.3. Post-entry quarantine.The contents of quarantine regulations mentioned in receding Paragraph include regulated articles, species of pests, specific countries or districts, quarantine regulations, quarantine measures, and other related matters.Governmental agencies (institutions), public enterprises, schools, juridical persons, or organizations registered under relevant laws may import and share regulated articles prohibited under Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 for purposes of experiments, research, education, legal deposit, or exhibition by applying for approval from the central competent authority; the application process of importation and sharing, the way of declaration, safety control measures, treatment method, and the production and retaining of the usage record, report or monograph as well as the regulations of other relevant matters shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.For the regulated articles with capability of propagation, if there is no import record from their export country or district, the export country or importer(s) or their agent shall submit the relevant data of pest risk assessment to the plant quarantine authority. The regulated articles must be approved by the plant quarantine authority before they may be imported. During risk assessment, the plant quarantine authority may ask the export country or importer(s) or their agent for supplementary data from the plant quarantine authority of the export country or dispatch personnel to the export country for verification and confirmation.The cost for verification shall be borne by the export country or importer(s) according to the relevant laws and regulations. The application process, the required documents, and information and the methods and procedures of implementing risk assessment shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.The application process and procedure of post-entry quarantine, the requirements for the establishment of quarantine sites, and other relevant regulations in relation to Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.
中文原文 植物防疫檢疫法第14條
中央主管機關得依據有害生物疫情及危害風險,就檢疫物之輸入,公告檢疫規定,採取下列檢疫措施:
一、禁止輸入。
二、依檢疫條件管理。
三、隔離檢疫。
前項檢疫規定包括檢疫物、有害生物種類、特定國家或地區、檢疫條件、採取之措施方式與內容及其他相關事項。
政府機關(構)、公營事業機構、學校、法人或依法設立登記之團體,為供實驗、研究、教學、依法寄存或展覽之目的,得申請中央主管機關核准後,輸入、分讓使用第一項第一款禁止輸入之檢疫物;其輸入、分讓使用之申請程序、申報、安全管制措施、處理方式、使用紀錄、報告或著作之製作與保存及其他應遵行事項之辦法,由中央主管機關定之。
具繁殖力之檢疫物未有自該輸出國家、地區輸入之紀錄者,輸出國、輸入人或其代理人應先檢附風險評估所需相關資料,經植物檢疫機關核准後,始得輸入。
風險評估期間,植物檢疫機關得要求輸出國或由輸入人或其代理人洽輸出國植物檢疫機關提供補充資料,或派員前往輸出國查證確認;查證所需費用由輸出國或輸入人負擔,並依相關法令規定辦理。
風險評估之申請方式、所需文件、資料、實施方法及程序,由中央主管機關定之。
輸入第一項第三款應施隔離檢疫之檢疫物,其隔離檢疫之申請程序、隔離作業程序、隔離圃場之設置條件及其他應遵行事項之辦法,由中央主管機關定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.