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Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
These regulations are prescribed pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 35 of the Central Bank of the Republic of China(Taiwan) Act.
Article 2
The provisions of these Regulations relating to insurance enterprises shall govern insurance enterprises and foreign insurance enterprises as defined in the Insurance Act.
Article 3
Insurance enterprises may engage in the following categories of foreign exchange business:
1.Life insurance business using foreign currency for receipt and payment;
2.Non-life insurance business using foreign currency for receipt and payment, limited to those businesses approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission ("FSC");
3.Reinsurance business using foreign currency for receipt and payment;
4.Investment-linked annuity insurance using foreign currency for receipt and payment which meets the following criteria:he insurance is transformed into a general account spot annuity insurance at the expiration of the accumulated period and then the annuity is paid in New Taiwan dollars;
5.Foreign currency loans under which insurance policies referred to in the subparagraph 1, above, are pledged as loan collateral;
6.Wealth management business involving foreign exchange transactions;
7.Foreign currency loans made as one of the participants of a foreign currency syndicated loan.
8.Other foreign exchange businesses approved by the Central Bank of the Republic of China(Taiwan)(hereinafter referred to as the“Bank”).