The Obligatory Inspection Applicant or Representative shall file an application for inspection to the inspection authority at the port of entry within fifteen (15) days prior to the entry date.
If the application be filed by representative, an identification document for the representative shall be provided. If the representative is an individual, he/she shall submit his/her certificate of identification. If any entity, who undertakes application and declaration agent as business, shall submit its broker license, business license and identification documents to the inspection authority for future reference.

Obligatory Inspection Applicants shall submit the following documents and papers to the inspection authority for inspection:
1. An application form for inspection.
2. A declaration form of product information.
3. A photocopy of application for import declaration.
4. Necessary documents and papers required by the Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (hereinafter as “TFDA”).
In accordance with Article 32 of the Act, the inspection authority may require Obligatory Inspection Applicants to provide other necessary documents and papers. The Obligatory Inspection Applicants shall not evade, obstruct or refuse.
The forms of inspection in Paragraph 1 may be by electronic files or any other manner required by TFDA.

(Discard)

Products for inspection application in the same shipment shall have the same import declaration、CCC code、product name、ingredients、brand、producer and country of origin.
If the import products were live, fresh or chilled fish, prawn, crab, shellfish, or belong to the same class from four classes of mollusk, the inspection authority may permit the applicant to apply different products in one inspection application.

For any Obligatory Inspection Applicant belong to one of the following situations, the competent authority shall dismiss his/her application for inspection:
1.Applicants fail to apply an inspection application pursuant to Article 4 or the preceding article of this regulation.
2.Incomplete inspection application form, product information declaration form or other related form, and fail to make correction within a limited period.
3.Repeated application for inspection for products mentioned in the previous article that have already been selected for batch inspection in accordance with Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 8.