These Regulations are determined pursuant to Article 42 of the Waste Disposal Act (herein referred to as the Act).

The term “public or private waste clearance and disposal organizations” used in these Regulations refers to the following two types of public or private organizations that engage in waste clearance and disposal:
I. Waste clearance organizations (hereinafter referred to as clearance organizations) are organizations that clear waste under commission for disposal overseas or at disposal sites and plants designated by the said commissioning party.
II. Waste disposal organizations (hereinafter referred to as disposal organizations) are organizations that dispose of waste under commission.
The term waste clearance and disposal technicians (hereinafter referred to as clearance and disposal technicians) used in these Regulations refers to professional technical personnel who have obtained a clearance and disposal technician qualification certificate, are placed at clearance, disposal organizations, and engage in waste clearance and disposal operations.
The term issuing authority used in these Regulations refers to the special municipality, county or city competent authority or an agency commissioned by the central competent authority that issues permits to public and private waste clearance and disposal organizations in Article 41, Paragraph 1 of the Act.

Clearance organizations that have obtained a waste clearance permit (hereinafter referred to as clearance permit) from the issuing authority may begin to clear waste under commission.
Disposal organizations that have obtained a waste disposal permit (hereinafter referred to as disposal permit) from the issuing authority may begin to dispose of waste under commission.
Before establishing a waste disposal site or plant, disposal permit applicants shall apply through the approval documents for the establishment of such sites or plants (herein referred to as establishment approval documents) from the issuing authority.But existing plants or waste disposal facilities may apply for disposal permits afterconducting trial operation.
Besides those that do not need to apply for factory establishment registration according to law, the existing plants mentioned in the preceding paragraph means before applying for disposal permits, they must have already obtained factory registration in accordance with relevant provisions, and have the same products, and also have a factory that is in actual operation.