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Title: Factory Management Act CH
Category: Ministry of Economic Affairs(經濟部)
Chapter 3 Management
Article 18
The competent authority may notice factory for filing or providing related information in consideration of sound factory management or maintenance public benefit as required. In addition, the competent authority may assign personnel to the factory for investigation if necessary, while the factory shall not evade, interfere or reject.
The personnel of competent authority shall present identity certificate as entering factory for investigation and shall not interfere or disturb production, management or disclose production secret.
For the control requirements of international convention or treaties, the factory shall declare the production and sales status of control articles within certain deadline, which is also applied to change. The competent authority may also assign personnel for investigation if necessary, while the factory shall not evade, interfere or reject.
Central competent authority shall establish measures governing the filing content, procedures, deadline, filing of change and other compliance matters as filing for control articles.
Article 19
The responsible person or interest related parties may apply to competent authority for transcript of factory registration or certificate regarding factory registration.
The interest related parties shall explain the reasons as applying for transcript or certificate.
Article 20
For closing of factory, the filing shall be made to competent authority. For failure to filing, the competent authority may cancel its factory registration directly.
It will be deemed as closing of factory where there is one of following circumstances:
The fact that is sufficient to confirm that the factory has been closed over one year.
The major production equipment of the factory has been moved and no manufacturing and processing is confirmed by the competent authority.
Article 21
The factory shall file dangerous objects manufactured, processed or used by the factory to competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) within ten days from the next day of manufacturing, processing and using dangerous objects over control volume.
Central competent authority shall establish the scope, type, control volume and its filing content, deadline, method, procedures and other matters for compliance.
The factory shall exercise due care as manufacturing, processing and using dangerous objects. For significant environmental pollution, labor safety accident seriously affecting factories around or public safety, the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) may order to suspend the operation and make improvement. After elimination of reason for closing, the factory may apply to the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) for resume of operation.
The competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) shall file the factory information as set forth in paragraph 1 and forward to related organizations.
Article 22
For manufacturing, processing and using dangerous objects over control volume, the factory shall purchase public liabilities insurance, except that it has already purchase public liabilities insurance pursuant to other laws and regulations.
The minimum insurance amount and measures of preceding insurance shall be governed by central competent authority after consulting with central insurance competent authority.
Article 23
The factory that uses recycling flammable waste as materials for manufacturing and processing approved or permitted by industry competent authority shall file to the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) monthly for the type and material inventory of said waste.
Central competent authority shall establish the filing content, deadline, method, procedures and other matters for compliance.
The competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) shall file the factory information as set forth in paragraph 1. Where there is abnormal stock found in the factory, it shall be reported to original industry competent authority and related organization immediately for management.
In case there is concern of environmental pollution caused by material leak or burning, the competent authority may order the factory to clean and mange it by deadline. For failure to clean or manage by deadline, the material to said extent will be deemed as waste and disposed in accordance with Waste Disposal Act.
Article 24
Where there is one of following circumstances occurs to the factory, the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) shall cancel its factory permit or registration.
1.The information provided to the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) as applying factory permit or registration in accordance with the Act is false and guilty determined by the court.
2.The permit or approval of industry competent authority as required to obtain in advance is cancelled as applying for factory permit or registration.
Article 25
Where there is one of following circumstances occurs to the factory, the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) shall abolish its factory permit or registration.
1.The notice given to competent authority by justice agency to competent authority that forfeit of illegal articles manufactured and processed without permission is determined by the court.
2.Where there is injunction of closing operation or cancellation of factory registration due to violation of other laws determined and noticed by disposition agency to the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City).
3.The permit or approval of industry competent authority as required to obtain in advance is abolished as applying for factory permit or registration.
4.Being punished for two times and above due to material violation of the Act.
The competent authority shall forward relevant competent authorities after abolishing factory registration in accordance with preceding regulations.