These Regulations are established in accordance with Paragraph 4, Article 4 of the Commodity Inspection Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”).

The commissioned commodity inspection operations shall mean the conformity assessment, issuance of certificates (new or replacement), surveillance for the certified commodities, sampling, sealing and examining with commodity inspection and relevant management activities for commodity certification.

The other government agency, juristic person or organization commissioned to perform commodity inspection activities shall perform these activities according to the relevant regulations and requirements of the Act.

The term “commodity certification body” (hereinafter referred to as the “certification body”) as used in these Regulations shall mean the bodies commissioned to perform commodity certification activities.
The categories and items of commissioned commodity certification activities shall be designated and made known to the public by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the BSMI) per public notice.
The term “commodity inspection body” (hereinafter referred to as the “inspection body”) as used in these Regulations shall mean the bodies commissioned to perform sampling, sealing and examining with commodity inspection.
The commodity categories, period and work content of commissioned sampling, sealing and examining with commodity inspection shall be designated and made known to the public by the BSMI per public notice.