The central competent authority may mandate its subordinate agency or authorize other organization/institute, juristic person or group to perform the review in Article 4, the inspection and testing in Article 6, the rejection of application in Article 7 or the issuance of organic labeling approval document in Paragraph 1 of Article 8.

Where the attached documents as required by these Regulations are not in the language of Chinese, a copy of Chinese translations stamped with seals of the importer and the responsible person, and noted that the translation is equivalent to the original shall be provided.

The central competent authority may request an embassy or representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan), or relevant country or organization, to assist in verifying the authenticity of documents and content submitted by applicants in accordance with these Regulations.

These Regulations shall come into force on the date of promulgation.