Page 135 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan 2 FEB 。 Announced amendments to Paragraph 13 and its supplementary, “Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Table Potatoes,” under Part B of “Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products into the Republic of China,” which took effect on March 20. Announced the abolition of the “Inspection Measures of Edible Eggs Transportation from Poultry Farms.” Sent staff to Lima, Peru, to participate in the “6th Meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization” (SPRFMO) and meetings of related sub-committees. The COA announced the “Taiwan Good Agricultural Practice for Wood and Bamboo of Forest Products.” Announced amendments of partial provisions of the “Commodities Subject to Import Plant Quarantine,” which took effect on February 3. Announced, together with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, that there would be a halt to irrigation in the Mingde Reservoir irrigation area in Miaoli County for the rst crop season of 2018. Announced the “Operation Directions for the Identification of the Actual Cultivator Engaged in Agricultural Production,” which took effect on February 21. Announced adjustment of the standards for subsidies for greenhouses, and made it compulsory for those who receive subsidies in order to build “structurally reinforced greenhouses” to enroll in “agricultural facilities insurance” for at least three years. Announced amendments to the “Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan Operation Directions on Approval for the Departments of the Pesticides Field Trials.” Issued an order to implement the “assistance measures by agricultural financial institutions for existing Policy-Oriented Special Agricultural Loan to households damaged in the February 6 Hualien earthquake disaster area.” 133 January ●●●●●●