2.

Agency responsible: The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China

3.

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Medicinal materials

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X] All trading partners

[ ] Specific regions or countries:

5.

Title of the notified document: Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Quarantine of Medicinal Materials for Entry and Exit. Language(s): Chinese. Number of pages: 11

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHN/24_04513_00_x.pdf

6.

Description of content:

1. Stipulate the scope of varieties of medicinal materials entering and leaving the country;

2. Stipulate the registration of overseas production, processing and storage units; Increase the requirement of overseas production enterprises to meet the requirements of the standards of the exporting countries or regions;

3. Stipulate the requirements of the General Administration of Customs for product risk analysis of countries or regions that have resumed the export of medicinal materials to China for the first time or after the suspension, and add the circumstances of resumption after the suspension;

4. It is stipulated that according to the interception of the epidemic at the port or the dynamics of the epidemic situation abroad, a retrospective review may be conducted on the types of medicinal materials that have been allowed to enter the country and the corresponding countries or regions of origin.

7.

Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[X] None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[ ] Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 9 September 2024

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn

13.

Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn