Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated Articles Export and Import by Mail Article 4

For importing plant regulated articles by mail in accordance with the proviso of the subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph of Article 17 of the Act, the recipient shall complete an application form and submit the application for approval of import with the plant quarantine authority with jurisdiction over the recipient's location.If the information in the application form of the preceding paragraph is incomplete, the plant quarantine authority with jurisdiction over the recipient's location shall notify the recipient to make supplemental submission before the deadline. If the supplemental submission is not made before the deadline, or if the information remains incomplete after supplemental submission, the application will not be processed.Only after the plant quarantine authority with jurisdiction over the recipient's location reviews, approves, and issues an import permit for the plant regulated articles mentioned in the first paragraph to be imported may the recipient import or notify the sender to export the plant regulated articles by mail in accordance with the approval details.Within the validity period of one year of the import permit from the date of issuance, the recipient may import or notify the sender to export the plant regulated articles by mail in accordance with the approval details multiple times during the validity period. After the validity period expires, the recipient shall file a new application in accordance with the first paragraph.