Screening Criteria and Procedures Regarding Applications for Written Approval to Import Yellow-fin Tuna
[Translation]
Council of Agriculture, Executive
Enacted August 31, 1995
Amended February 15, 2002
(Ref. No. Nung-So-Yu-Tze-No. 0911310027)
- 1. Only two types of yellow-fin tuna may be imported upon application: fresh or chilled yellow-fin tuna (C.C.C. code 0302.32.00.00) and frozen yellow-fin tuna (C.C.C. code 0303.42.00.00).
- 2. For the importation of yellow-fin tuna, the importer must first obtain a written approval issued by the Fishery Administration of this Council prior to customs clearance.
- 3. No importer shall import yellow-fin tuna from a country which is prohibited by other countries from exporting yellow-fin tuna because of its use of fishing gears and fishing methods harmful to dolphins. To seek a written approval for the importation of yellow-fin tuna, an importer shall file a written application (in the Format as modeled in the first to fourth forms of Attachment A) supported by the following documents:
- (1) photocopies one each of the applicant's company license and business license;
- (2) the certificate of origin (in form as shown in Attachment B) issued by the government of the flag country of the fishing vessel that harvested the yellow-fin tuna in the shipment, and a photocopy of the nationality certificate of the fishing vessel and fishing vessel license of the above fishing vessel; and
- (3) the original copy and a photocopy of the foreign-issued quotation.
- 4. The written importation approval is to be in the Format as modeled in the 2 nd form located in Attachment A and is valid for three months from the date of issue and will be void after it has expired. If importation is prohibited because of changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations or the infestation status, a written approval issued shall be null and void.
- 5. Quarantine and other matters concerning the control of the importation of yellow-fin tuna shall be governed by other applicable regulations.
