These Regulations are enacted pursuant to Paragraph 5, Article 63 of the Highway Act, (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

Terms herein are defined as follows:
1. Vehicle safety type approval: The examinations conducted for the safety and specifications of motor vehicles before applying for the new license.
2. Vehicle type: means the different vehicle type, expressed by sign, that declared by the vehicle manufacturer or the vehicle body manufacturer.
3. Vehicle family: Means the entire set of different vehicle variants which conform to the principles below：
(1) The same chassis brand and manufacturing country.
(2) The same complete vehicle brand and manufacturing country.
(3) The same vehicle body brand and country of manufacturer.
(4) The same vehicle category (purpose).
(5) The same type of vehicle body.
(6) The same axle set type.
(7) The same axle weight, gross vehicle weight and gross combination weight under certification.
(8) The same chassis type series declared by chassis manufacturer.
(9) The same vehicle type series declared by vehicle manufacturer.
(10) For the high-pressure gas fueled vehicle, the same brand and model of main structure, device in gas fuel system.
4. Extended vehicle variant: The new vehicle variant that the applicant plans to add to the vehicle family.
5. Safety inspection and testing: The inspection and testing of vehicle or its device according to the vehicle safety testing directions established by Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereinafter, MOTC).
6. Examination of conformity of production (COP): means review of COP plan and check of COP to ensure the mass-produced vehicle safety quality compliant with the approved vehicle under the vehicle safety type approval. The check of COP includes the checks of annual reports, on-site checks and sampling inspection and testing.
7. Technical service: Domestic or foreign institution, which obtains the approval from MOTC for safety inspection and testing of vehicles or its devices.
8. Certification institution: The domestic professional vehicle institution authorized by MOTC to process relevant affairs of vehicle safety type approval.

The vehicles manufactured, constructed or imported by domestic vehicle manufacturers, chassis manufacturers, body constructors or importers shall apply for the tests conducted by technical services or certification institution to acquire test reports according to the Vehicle Safety Testing Directions. Then proceed with the application toward certification institution and acquire the Vehicle Safety Type Approval Certificate and then apply for registration, inspection and get the new license plate from the motor vehicle authorities.

In order to manage the safety type approval of motor vehicles, MOTC may authorize the professional vehicle institution with certification ability to be the certification institution, to manage the inspection and testing, on-site checking, examination, examination of COP, making and issuing the safety type approval certificate, document examination and on-site audit of technical services, making and issuing of technical service approval certificate, supervision and assessment of technical services and their witnessed-laboratory.
The above-authorized issues and the relevant regulations shall be published on government gazettes or newspaper by MOTC.