The obtainment of occupational qualification of customs officers of customs affairs category shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules:
一、Superintendent Administrative:
（一）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of Rank Promotion Examination for Senior Rank Superintendent Administrative or the equivalent examination category of Grade A Special Examination before the promulgation of amendments to Civil Service Examination Act.
（二）The customs officers who have served at Grade 1 of Assistant Customs Superintendent for more than three years, and have given an A rating for performance evaluation for three years in a raw and a B or over rating for one year; meanwhile, the customs officers receive a salary at Basic Pay Level 5 for Grade 1 of Assistant Customs Superintendent, and possess one of the qualifications stated in Sections 1 – 5, Paragraph 2, Article 17 of Civil Service Employment Act.
二、Assistant Customs Superintendent:
（一）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of the equivalent examination category of Grade A of Senior Civil Service Examination or Grade A Special Examination for Customs affairs category of Customs officer.
（二）The customs officers who have served as a High-Level Officer of Customs Administrative for more than five years, and have received a salary at Basic Pay Level 5 of Grade 2 with outstanding performances; meanwhile, the customs officers have received an A rating for performance evaluation for three years in the past five years and a B or over rating for two years, and possess the qualification of promotion screening for Assistant Customs Superintendent.
三、High-Level Officer of Customs Administrative
（一）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of Grade B or Grade C of Senior Civil Service Examination, or the equivalent examination category of Grade A or Grade B of Senior Civil Service Examination before the promulgation of amendments to Civil Service Examination Act.
（二）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of Grade B or Grade C Special Examination for Customs affair category of Customs officer, or the equivalent examination category of other Grade B Special Examination before the promulgation of amendments to Civil Service Examination Act.
（三）Those who have successfully passed the rank promotion examination for High-Level Officer of Customs Administrative.
（四）The customs officers who receive a salary at the highest pay rate level for Grade 1 of Officer of Customs Administrative, and have given an A rating for performance evaluation for two years in the past three years and a B or over rating for one year; meanwhile, the customs officers have obtained the qualification of Training for Promotion from Elementary Rank to Junior Rank, and one of the qualifications stated in Sections 1 and 2, Paragraph 3, Article 17 of Civil Service Employment Act. However, except for those who have obtained the qualifications of passing examinations stated in Sections 1, 2 and 4, Paragraph 2, Article 17 of Civil Service Employment Act, others are limited to serve at Grade 2 or under of High-Level Officer of Customs Administrative.
四、Officer of Customs Administrative:
（一）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification in the equivalent examination category of Junior Civil Service Examination.
（二）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of Grade D Special Examination for Customs affair category of Customs officer or the equivalent examination category of other Grade C Special Examination before the promulgation of amendments to Civil Service Examination Act.
（三）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of the promotion screening of Customs officer.
五、Assistant Customs Officer:
（一）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of the equivalent examination category of primary examination.
（二）Those who have successfully obtained the qualification of Grade E Special Examination for Customs affair category of Customs officer or the equivalent examination category of other Grade D Special Examination before the promulgation of amendments to Civil Service Examination Act.
The regulations concerning rank promotion examination and promotion screening shall be formulated by the Examination Yuan and the Executive Yuan.

The rank promotion of customs officers may be conducted in accordance with Promotion by Performance Rating related regulations of Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act.

The probation term of newly recruited customs officers is 1 year in accordance with Sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Act; anyone who is qualified upon the expiration of the probation term may take the post; anyone whose performance is outstanding, the probation term thereof shall be shortened to be six months. On the contrary, a maximum extended probation term of six month may be reported to civil service related organizations depending on situations if not qualified; however, further disqualification shall result in the discontinuation of probation term and the cancelation of position.

The obtainment of occupational qualification and the probation period of technical customs officers may be conducted in accordance with the rules governing officers of customs affairs category.

The customs officers may reciprocally transfer equivalent positions with the qualified personnel who are eligible for transfer from the Customs affairs of the Ministry of Finance; the regulations concerning transfer shall be formulated by the Ministry of Civil Service and the Ministry of Finance.

The appointment of personnel affairs staff, accounting staff, statistics staff , and government ethics staff of Directorate General of Customs and its subordinate organizations shall be enforced in accordance with relevant applicable laws and regulations respectively.

The incumbent certified staff of Directorate General of Customs and its subordinate organizations who have been recruited before the promulgation of the Act shall be reassigned, and the pay rate thereof shall be switched pursuant to the incumbent positions if possessing the statutory appointment qualifications stated in Articles 5 and 8 of the Act; the Examination Yuan shall hold examinations within a limited time period for those who don’t have the statutory appointment qualifications; the regulations governing the examination shall be enacted by the Examination Yuan. Those who have not been verified the qualification of employment may remain in the current position until they leave the organization.
The regulations governing the reassignment and the switch of pay rate shall be formulated by the Examination Yuan along with the Executive Yuan.

The severance of customs officers shall be conducted in accordance with severance related regulations of Civil Service Employment Act.

The job transfer, job rotation or job mobility of customs officers can be implemented in the induction phrase; the relevant regulations shall be formulated by the Ministry of Finance.