Import editing timecode to create multiple clips automatically

We have a long video of a a couple of hours. The content owner would provide a list of time codes with in and out points of the part he needs.
Is it possible to import the text file and have Premiere automatically create multipel clips based on the in and out points? If there is scripting approach, that would be fine too. If Premiere Pro does not have this functionality, what program has this feature?
for example
name,in,out
topic 1,00:12:01,00:12:59
topic 2,00:25:12,00:28:11
it will create multiple subclips in the bin based on the name and time codes for ins and outs.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Thank you all for the recommendation. I will check it out. In terms of volume, I think it may be 20 or so hours of videos with probably ~ 100 clips.
On the format of the batch list, the link has it: When you import a batch list, the order of fields in the list must be as follows: tape name, In point, Out point, clip name, and comment.
What is a tape name? I only have MP4 or MTS from digital camcorder. How does it link to the media? I got a list of multiple edits without link to any video.
e.g.
tape name,00;00;01;00,00;00;04;13,Clip 1,comment placeholder
tape name,00;00;05;00,00;00;09;13,Clip 2,comment placeholder
tape name,00;00;00;00,00;00;12;13,Clip 3,comment placeholder

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