MEASURES FOR THE QUARANTINE AND ADMINISTRATION OF HEREDITARY SUBSTANCE OF ENTRY ANIMALS

Decree of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine

The Measures for the Quarantine and Administration of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals, which were examined and adopted at the administration affairs meeting of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on April 3, 2003, are hereby promulgated, and shall come into force on July 1, 2003.

Measures for the Quarantine and Administration of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals

The present Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Quarantine of Entry and Exit Animals and Plants and the Regulation for the Implementation thereof as well as other laws and regulations with a view to regulating the quarantine, supervision and administration of hereditary substance of entry animals, and protecting the production safety of the animal husbandry in China.

The present Measures shall be applicable to the quarantine, supervision and administration of hereditary substances of entry animals.

Hereditary substances of animals mentioned in the present Measures means the semen, embryos and egg cells of mammals.

The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as the SAQSIQ) shall be uniformly responsible for the quarantine, supervision and administration of hereditary substance of entry animals nationwide.

The entry and exit inspection and quarantine institutions set up by the SAQSIQ in all places (hereinafter referred to as the inspection and quarantine institutions) shall be responsible for the quarantine, supervision and administration of hereditary substance of entry animals within their respective jurisdictions.

The SAQSIQ shall apply risk analysis administration to the hereditary substance of entry animals. On the basis of the result from risk analysis, the SAQSIQ may conclude a bilateral quarantine agreement (including agreement, protocol, or memorandum, etc.) with the relevant competent institution of the government of the country or region from which the hereditary substance of animals is to be exported to China.

Whoever intends to import hereditary substance of animals must go through the formalities of quarantine approval in advance, obtain the Permit of the People Republic of China on Quarantine of Entry Animals and Plants (hereinafter referred to as the Quarantine Permit, and stipulate in the trade contract or the relevant agreement the quarantine requirements of China.

Whoever intends to apply for the examination and approval of quarantine of hereditary substance of animals shall submit the following materials to the local inspection and quarantine administration directly under the SAQSIQ:

The Application Form for the Permit of the People Republic of China on Quarantine of Entry Animals and Plants;

For hereditary substance of animals imported by agency, a photocopy of the contract or agreement with the consignor for import by agency shall be provided.

The inspection and quarantine administration directly under the SAQSIQ shall finish the preliminary examination within the time prescribed by the SAQSIQ. If the hereditary substance of animals is preliminarily examined as qualified, it shall be submitted to the SAQSIQ for verification, and the SAQSIQ shall finish the verification within the prescribed time. If it is verified as qualified, the Quarantine Permit shall be issued; if it is verified as unqualified, the Notice on Failure of the Application to be approved for the Permit of the People Republic of China on Quarantine of Entry Animals and Plants shall be issued.

Before the hereditary substance of animals is imported, the SAQSIQ may, on the basis of the needs in quarantine, send quarantine officers to go to the exporting country or region to carry out pre-inspection of the place of origin of the hereditary substance of animals.

The SAQSIQ shall apply quarantine registration to the foreign producers which export hereditary substance of animals to China, and shall send quarantine officers either regularly or irregularly to appraise the registered foreign producers.

Imported hereditary substances of animals shall enter the territory via the port designated by the Quarantine Permit.

The consignor of hereditary substance of animals or his agent shall bring the Quarantine Permit, the trade contract or agreement, the letter of credit, the invoices and other effective documents to report to the inspection and quarantine institution at the port of entry for inspection before the hereditary substance of animals enters the territory; and shall, when the hereditary substance of animals enters the territory, submit to the inspection and quarantine institution at the port of entry the original of the quarantine certificate issued by the governmental quarantine institution of the exporting country or region.

If, with respect to some certain hereditary substance of entry animals, there is no effective quarantine certificate issued by the governmental quarantine institution of the exporting country or region, or the formalities for quarantine approval have not been gone through, the inspection and quarantine institution at the port of entry may, in light of the specific situation, return or destroy the said substance.

When the imported hereditary substance of animals is carried to the port, the quarantine officers shall carry out the on-the-spot quarantine:

Inspecting whether the quarantine certificate conforms to the Quarantine Permit and the requirements in the bilateral quarantine agreement between China and the exporting country or region;

Checking whether the goods and the certificate are in conformity with each other;

If the hereditary substance of animals is quarantined on the spot as qualified, the inspection and quarantine institution at the port of entry shall issue the List for Customs Release of Entry Goods, and transfer the said substance to the place designated by the Quarantine Permit carry out quarantine.

If the hereditary substance of animals needs to be taken away from the port of entry, the consignor or his agent shall declare to the inspection and quarantine institution at the destination, and provide the photocopies of the documents prescribed in Article 12 of the present Measures and the List for Customs Release of Entry Goods?± issued by the inspection and quarantine institution at the port of entry.

The inspection and quarantine institution shall make quarantine as required by the Quarantine Permit. The hereditary substance of animals quarantined as qualified shall be under the lawful quarantine supervision and administration of the inspection and quarantine institution; while the one quarantined as unqualified shall be returned or destroyed under the supervision of the inspection and quarantine institution.

The inspection and quarantine institution shall conduct quarantine supervision and administration on the processing, deposition and use of the hereditary substance of entry animals (hereinafter uniformly referred to as use); and shall record the first generation of descendents of the hereditary substance of animals.

The entity using the hereditary substance of entry animals shall go to the inspection and quarantine administration directly under the SAQSIQ at its locality to make the record

The using entity shall fill out the Form on Record of the Entity Using Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals (Attachment 1), and provide the following statement documents:

Document stating that it has professionals familiar with the preservation, transport and use of the hereditary substance of animals;

Document stating that it has special depositary of hereditary substance of entry animals and other necessary facilities;

The relevant systems on administering the use of hereditary substance of entry animals.

The inspection and quarantine administration directly under the SAQSIQ shall report to the SAQSIQ the using entities that have made the record.

The using entity shall fill out the File on Quarantine and Supervision of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals (Attachment 2), and accept the supervision of the inspection and quarantine institution; and shall, after the end of use of each batch of hereditary substance of entry animals, submit the File on Quarantine and Supervision of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals to the inspection and quarantine institution for record.

The inspection and quarantine institution may, when necessary, monitor the health of the descendents of the hereditary substance of entry animals, and the relevant entities shall cooperate with the institution.

Whoever violates the present Measures shall be punished by the inspection and quarantine institution in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

The responsibility to interpret the present Measures shall remain with the SAQSIQ.

Applying unit
Address:
Legal representative		Legal person code
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Nature of the unit	□ State-owned enterprise □Institutional unit □Joint venture □ Foreign-invested enterprise □private enterprise □others
According to the Measures for the Quarantine and Administration of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals, our unit is here to apply to use hereditary substances of entry animals. Our unit will in strict accordance with the Law of Entry and Exit Quarantine of Animals and Plants and the Regulation for the Implementation thereof as well as other laws and regulations accept supervision and instruction of the inspection and quarantine institutions, thus performing duties as stipulated in Measures for the Quarantine and Administration of Hereditary Substance of Entry Animals. 　　 Applying unit（seal） Legal representative (signature)： Date:
Review opinions of the inspection and quarantine institutions:　　 Responsible person（signature）： Date:

Formulated under supervision of the Administration of the People’s Republic of China on Inspection and Quarantine of Entry and Exit.

Used by		Contact person and telephone
Address		Legal representative and telephone
License of inspection and quarantine	Variety of hereditary substance	Exporting country
Import quality	Entry date	Entry port
Hereditary substance logo/quality

Used by (individual)				Address
Legal representative			Legal person code (ID card)			Contact telephone
Service Condition	Hereditary substance logo	Time of use	Receptor logo	Effect of use	Birth date of descendant	Descendant logo	Descendant gender

Time	Record of supervision	Quarantine person

Laws of the People's Republic of China

MEASURES FOR THE QUARANTINE AND ADMINISTRATION OF HEREDITARY SUBSTANCE OF ENTRY ANIMALS