The following documents shall be submitted to the central competent authority when making a biosafety assessment application:
1. application form;
2. biosafety assessment plan of the transgenic plant;
3. the approved genetic characteristics investigation report, or the information needed when applying for concurrently implementation in Article 18, Paragraph 4 or the verifying documents needed for direct application in Article 18, Paragraph 5; and
4. documents verifying review and approval of the investigating plan by the field testing institution's biosafety committee.

The biosafety assessment plan of transgenic plant shall state the following items:
1. testing goal and deadline;
2. uses of the transgenic plant and its products;
3. assessment items and assessment methods;
4. plan diagram of the transgenic plant's field cultivation; types of crops grow around the area where the transgenic plant will be grown;
5. cultivation and management measures of the transgenic plant;
6. physiological or biological isolation strategies and methods intended to prevent the transgenic plant from hybridizing with closely-related crops outside the test area;
7. a review of domestic and foreign literatures concerning the foreign genes to be transferred and anticipated possible impact on the environment;
8. emergency response procedures and relevant safety management and preventive measures;
9. method of disposal of testing waste including plants and plant products after the completion of testing; and
10. method of treating the test site after the completion of testing.
The assessment items stipulated in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding Paragraph shall include the following items:
1. the possibility of the transgenic plant becoming a weed and its effect;
2. possible direct or indirect influence of the transgenic plant on the target organism;
3. possible direct or indirect influence of the transgenic plant on non-target organisms;
4. the possibility of foreign genes transferring from the transgenic plant into other plants, animals, or pathogens and their effects;
5. possible impact on the domestic ecological environment and wild species if gene flow occurring from the transgenic plant ;and
6. other necessary matters to be assessed.