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Chapter 2 Joint Marketing
Article 7
Joint marketing of agricultural products may be performed by a farmers’ organization, taking two forms as following:
1.Wholesaling, which involves supplying for the purpose of reselling or processing;
2.Retailing, which involves supplying directly to consumers.
In cases where farmers' organizations lack joint marketing arrangements for certain agricultural products or administrative divisions, farmers or agricultural production and marketing groups may independently undertake such efforts, with the government providing active assistance and guidance.
Article 8
Farmers’ organizations engaged in joint marketing and distribution adjustments must receive assistance and guidance from respective central and local competent authorities. The regulations governing these organizations’ assistance and guidance, incentives, joint marketing organization, training, distribution adjustments, production and marketing forms, cessation of operations, and monitoring shall be formulated by the Central Competent Authority.
Agricultural products undergoing joint marketing by farmers’ organizations should be given priority at agricultural wholesale markets.
The aforementioned joint marketing may be executed through contracted production or supply between a farmers’ organization, its members, and agricultural wholesale markets.
Respective competent authorities shall award farmers’ organizations that exhibit outstanding performance in joint marketing.
Article 9
Farmers' organizations may impose necessary expenses for joint marketing on participating agricultural producers; the fee- charging standards shall be reported to special municipal, county, or city competent authorities for approval.
To apportion accidental losses incurred during joint marketing of agricultural products, farmers' organizations may devise a method to collect mutual aid funds from the proceeds payable to the agricultural producers; this method is subject to the submission to and approval by special municipal, county, or city competent authorities.
Article 10
The land required for packing houses used by farmers' organizations for joint marketing is regarded as agricultural land and is entitled to the provisions under Article 15; additionally, the packing houses are eligible for the deduction of house tax under Article 17.
Article 11
Farmers or farmers’ organizations engaged in joint marketing are exempted from stamp duties and business taxes when selling their agricultural products.