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Chapter 3 Operation fees
Article 9
The on-site inspection fees shall be charged for the actions which dispatched inspectors by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, including on-site inspection, quarantine treatments, escort, and audit of facilities or sites, etc.;
1. A fee of NT$ 500 will be charged for on-site inspection within the territory by each inspector every time. With regard to the inspector cannot travel to the site and back within the same day, the fees shall be charged as per the “Regulations for Applying the Domestic Trip Allowance;”
2. For each batch of the articles, the on-site inspection fee shall be charged as the articles being inspected by one inspector.
3. On-site inspection fee shall be charged only once for the same applicant if several batches of the articles are inspected at the same place and the same time.
If large quantities of the articles are to be inspected and one inspector cannot complete the task in one day, the on-sites inspection fees shall be charged for the number of inspectors dispatched by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine and the number of days.
No on-site inspection fee will be charged for inspection conducted at warehouses, container terminals or other locations where the offices of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine are located.
Article 10
For import or export animals to be quarantined at the facilities owned by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine or at other facilities approved by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, the animal holding fees will be charged in accordance with Table 1 Animal Holding Fees Schedule.
If the time for quarantine of an animal exceeds the time limit as per relevant regulation, the animal holding fee will include the facility fee and extended operation fee based on the extended days.
For on-site inspection of animals quarantined at other approved facilities by the inspectors dispatched by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, the on-site inspection fee shall be charged but the facility fee shall be exempt in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Article.
Article 11
If animal dies during quarantine and the carcass is treated by burning, an animal carcass burning fee shall be charged in accordance with Table 2 Fee Standard for Animal Carcass Burning.
Article 12
When applying for extended operation, the applicants or the agents shall follow the rules as described below:
1. The applicants or the agents shall apply for the extended quarantine operation and animal detained quarantine operation according to different circumstances.
2. The extended operation hours are as follows:
(1) The extended operation hours during weekdays are from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. or from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(2) The extended operation hours during weekends and national holidays are from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(3) The special extended operation hours are from 10 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the next day.
3. The extended quarantine operation fees shall be charged as follows:
(1) A fee of NT$ 200 for each batch of the articles shall be charged during weekdays.
(2) A fee of NT$ 1,000 for each batch of the articles shall be charged during weekends and national holidays.
(3) A fee of NT$ 2,000 for each batch of the articles shall be charged for the special extended operation hours.
(4) The extended operation across the aforementioned items of this subparagraph shall be charged by the maximum fee.
4. The extended animal detained quarantine operation fees shall be charged as follows:
(1) A fee of NT$ 2,000 for each time shall be charged during weekdays.
(2) A fee of NT$ 2,500 for each time shall be charged during weekends and national holidays.
(3) A fee of NT$ 3,000 for each time shall be charged for the special extended operation hours.
5. If the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine approves the withdrawal of applications for extended operation made by an applicant, the extended operation fee will be refunded, or be deducted in the next application for inspection with the deduction to be noted in the application form.
6. If an applicant applies for inspection of several batches of the articles and the inspection can be conducted at the same place and the same time, the extended quarantine operation fee shall be charged as for one batch of the articles as described in Subparagraph 3.
7. No extended quarantine operation fee is required for the allowed quantity of quarantine objects or regulated articles carried by passenger or crew serving on vehicles, vessels and aircrafts pursuant to the Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant Regulated Articles Carried by Passengers and Service Personnel on Vehicles or the Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated Articles Export and Import by Mail.
Article 13
For the import or export articles which are inspected and require further quarantine treatments, the treatment fee shall be charged as follows:
1. The fees required for fumigation and sterilization are in accordance with Table 3 Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard.
2. Sea burial, raising, cultivation, transportation and destruction: the fees will be charged depending on the actual expenses.
Every application for importing or exporting animals and/or plants and their products shall be charged a computer processing fee of NT$100. The fees are exempted if the applicants make their applications electronically either by accessing the computer at the counter or via the internet.
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