A foreign refrigeration and air conditioning enterprise that has been incorporated and registered in accordance with the laws of its home country shall apply to the central competent authority for a permit to operate its business in Taiwan in accordance with this Act.

An enterprise has obtained a refrigeration and air conditioning engineering enterprise registration license in accordance with the previous Regulations Governing Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering Enterprises before the promulgation of this Act shall apply for replacement of its original registration license with a refrigeration and air conditioning enterprise registration certificate in accordance with the requirements set forth in Article 9 within one year upon the promulgation of this Act.
An enterprise that violates the preceding Paragraph, its refrigeration and air conditioning engineering enterprise permit and registration license shall have rescinded by public notices and the authorities in charge of company or business registration shall be notified to rescind its company or business registration or part of its registered particulars.

The competent authority shall collect review fees, license/certificate charges, or service charges for processing applications for reviewing or issuing, reissuing, replacing or changing certificates. The fees shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

The permit application procedures and the formats of certificates under this Act shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

The enforcement rules of this Act shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

This Act shall come into force from the date of promulgation.