To build a “with blue sky and green space, green hills and clean water, all the people protect environment, healthy and sustainable” living environment. Protecting environmental resources, supporting the concept of pursuing sustainable development, implementing an early warning mechanism while taking preventive measures, taking “clean air”, “recycling economic”, “water quality improvement”, “sustainable generation”, “friendly environment” as main themes, the environment department of Taiwan clarified guidelines for making or amending relevant laws or regulations.
According to the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan Executive Yuan’s 2021 policy plan, the policy targets and strategies in 2021 are developed as follows:
The basic environmental relevant laws and regulations for each field are listed as follows.
| General | Basic Environmental Law | ||
| Regulation
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Products Relevant | Waste | Waste Disposal Act |
| Chemical substances | Law on Toxic and Concerns Chemical Substances Management Act Law on Occupational Safety and Health |
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| Energy | Law on Energy Management | ||
| Facilities Relevant | Air | Law on Air Pollution Control | |
| Water | Law on Water Pollution Control | ||
| Soil | Law on Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control | ||
| Others | Law on Environment Impact Assessment Law on Noise Regulation |
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Taiwan’s laws and regulations include constitution, laws, regulation and orders, administrative rules and notices. The following is an overview of characteristics for each of them.
The constitution was enacted on January 1, 1947, and came into effect on December 25 of the same year.
They were promulgated by the President of the Republic of China after they were passed by the Legislative Yuan (Parliament). Laws were formulated based on the conditions stipulated in the Constitution, and their effectiveness is second only to the Constitution.
General name for laws
They are named as “Law on xxx” or “xxx Law” or “xxx Act” . Such as, “Basic Environment Law”, “Waste Disposal Act”. And the word “President” is included in the law numbers.
Under the authorities of laws, regulations and orders are formulated to make up for the insufficiencies of laws, or for the implementation of laws. Article 151 of “Administrative Procedure Law” stated that, the regulations and orders are formulated by administrative agencies.
General name for regulations and orders
They are usually named as “Regulation”, “Measure”, “Detailed Regulation”, such as “ Implementing Regulations for Law on Toxic Chemical Management” and “Administrative Measures for the Transportation of Toxic Chemical Substances”.
Article 159 of “Administrative Procedure Law” stated that administrative norms is the generalization and abstraction of provisions, which made by higher authorities to lower authorities, or senior officers to subordinate officers, in order to maintain internal order and work based on their rights or authorities.
General name for administrative norms
They are usually named as “Operation Principles”, “Operation Standards”, “Main Points”, “Notice”, “Operation Principles for Toxic Chemical Substances Selection” and “Main Points of Executive Yuan, Environmental Protection Agency’s Circular on Toxic Chemical Substances Disasters” are the examples which named follow the rules.
They are usually used to make specification of necessary specific procedures, documents and target substances, etc. for higher level law implementing.
General names for notices
Their names are usually like “Management Matters”, or “Form” and various other names, “Management Matters on Controlled Toxic Chemical Substances and their Handlings” is just an example.
The Basic Environment Law is a general law related to the environment, it was enacted on December 11, 2002, and came into force on the same day.
The Basic Environment Law was enacted to “improve the environment quality, promote national health and welfare, maintain and protect environment resources, pursue sustainable development and promote environmental protection (Article 1)”. The law clearly states in Article 6: “When a company carries out an economic activity, the concept of environmental protection shall be incorporated into the activity from the planning stage. Take product life cycle as the main line, promoting clean production, preventing and reducing pollution, saving resources, recycling renewable resources, and using other materials and services that can reduce the burden on the environment, to achieve sustainable development. And when government implementing measures related to environmental protection, companies have the responsibility to cooperate with them”. In addition, Article 26 mentions prior permit system at the time of construction, and Article 28 states that such a system will be established for those who have polluted or destroyed the environment.
In addition to the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Labor Department of the Executive Yuan are administrations involved in environment-related laws and regulations and their enforcement (refer to [Summary of Basic Laws]).
The government organization reform is underway in Taiwan. The amendment of Executive Yuan Organization Law, which passed by Legislative Yuan in 2010, decided reorganized the organizations from 37 to 29, and the reorganization started from 2012. The above-mentioned Environmental Protection Administration and Ministry of Economic Affairs became new organization structure according to the reorganization, the Environmental Protection Agency promote to “ministry”. The new system are as follows.
Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan
On August 22,1997, the Environmental Protection Administration of Health Agency of Administrative Yuan was upgraded to the Environmental Protection Administration of Administrative Yuan, which consists of 7 divisions: Comprehensive Planning, Air Quality Protection and Noise Management, Water Quality Protection, Waste Management, Environment and Toxic Substances Management, Management Evaluation and Dispute Resolution, Environment Monitoring and Information.
Framework of EHS laws and regulations in Taiwan.
| Category | Theme |
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| Overall | Overview, Environmental Standards |
| Chemical | Chemical Substance |
| Energy | Product energy saving & environmental label related |
| Waste | Waste Management and Recycle |
| Air | Air Pollution |
| Water | Water Pollution |
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On March 7, 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced the amendments to the “Promotion and management measures for the MIT (Made in Taiwan) Smile Mark of products …
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On March 6, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the proposed amendment of the notice “The range of articles, their packaging/containers, and operators responsible for recycling, …
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On February 18, 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced the amendment to the “Labelling standards for toy goods”.
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On February 1, 2023, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced proposed amendments to the notice “Recycling fee rate of collection, removal, and disposal of items”.
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On February 20, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan released a partial amendment to the notice “Toxic chemical substances to be controlled and management requirements for handling of such …
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On February 16, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan officially announced the notice “Regulated businesses and requirements for restrictions on packaging used in internet shopping”, which will …
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On January 12, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan officially announced the amendment of the notice “List of chemicals of concern subject to control and management requirements …
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On January 17, 2023, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced the “Regulations on inspection requirements for water purifier products …
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On January 9, 2023, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), M.O.E.A of Taiwan officially announced the amendment of “Inspection regulations for power distribution equipment subject to inspection”. The …
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On December 27, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the proposed amendment of the notice “The range of articles, their packaging/containers, and operators responsible for recycling, …
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On January 6, 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced the “Measures for Water Consumption Levy Collection” (The water consumption levy is introduced to conserve water resources, and …
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On Dec. 21, 2022, Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, announced a revision of Taiwan’s standard for the energy efficiency labeling and criteria of ductless air conditioners. The …
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On December 9, 2022, the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan officially announced the revision of the notice “Allowable Energy Consumption standards, as well as labelling items, …
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On Dec. 23, 2022, Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection issued regulations that require inspection for UV disinfection electrical equipment. The regulations came into effect immediately. Starting from May …
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On December 7, 2022, the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced that series certification in the verification system for lighting equipment subject to Energy Saving Mark …
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On November 14, 2022, the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan of Taiwan announced a partial amendment to the notice of “Ban on the use of chlorpyrifos as a pesticide”.
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On October 20, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, released a draft amendment to the “Relevant Inspection Regulations for General Household …
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On October 12, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the draft revision to the standard “Air pollution regulations and emission standards for volatile organic compounds in …
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On September 26, 2022, the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic affairs of Taiwan officially announced the revised regulations of the MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standards) for various fluorescent lamp …
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On Oct. 4, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan announced that it would revise Taiwan’s toxic substance regulations called the Toxic Chemical Substances Listed for Control and Relevant Operations …
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On Sept. 21, 2022, Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs released draft regulations on mandatory inspection for certain types of UV disinfection electrical equipment. Comments …
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On Sept. 19, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration announced that it would launch an online system to request the inclusion of new chemicals in the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances …
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On Sept. 29, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration released draft regulations on packaging used in online shopping to seek public comments, which are accepted for 60 days after the draft’s …
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On September 13, 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan released a notice of the amendment to the “Products such as water-using equipment, sanitary equipment or other equipment subject …
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In September 2022, the Environmental Protection and Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the draft of “Guideline for new and existing chemical substances phase 1 registration” and the draft of …
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On September 6, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), M.O.E.A of Taiwan officially announced the revised inspection regulation for digital video cameras and digital cameras. Under the …
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On September 13, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), M.O.E.A of Taiwan announced the amendment of the “Inspection regulations for power distribution equipment subject to inspection”, and …
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On September 8, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan announced to add 15 chemical substances into “Concerned Chemical Substances” list. Substances announced as “Concerned Chemical Substances” are …
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On September 8, 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan released the “Technical specifications for testing the quality of drinking water generated from water purifiers”. And the standard came …
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On Aug. 30, 2022, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it would partially revise a food hygiene standard called the Sanitation Standard for Food Utensils, Containers and Packages …
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On August 12, 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced a partial amendment to the “Labelling standard for electrical appliances and electrical goods” and released the amendment draft. …
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On July 29, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan announced the draft revision to the “Types and emission limits of the 1st batch hazardous air pollutants from fixed sources”. …
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On July 29, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan officially released the revised “Prohibited Ingredients Contained in Environmental Agents and Detection Methods”. The revision adds chlorpyrifos-methyl and chlorpyrifos into …
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On July 27, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration announced a revision of its rules for general waste disposal, which are called the General Waste Removal and Disposal Processes. Article 14 …
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On July 27, 2022, Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor issued a revised version of the “Key Points for Processing Cases of Violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Labor …
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On July 22, 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan officially announced the revision of the notice “Labelling items, measures and inspection methods for minimum energy performance standard and …
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On July 19, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs (M.O.E.A.) of Taiwan released the draft revision of inspection-related regulations for 18 commodities including …
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On June 22, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan released the revised “Air pollution control and emission standard of volatile organic compounds for tape manufacturing industry”. The term “tape” …
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On July 21, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan announced a notice on partial revisions to the “Regulations on the labeling and safety data sheets management for toxic and …
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On July 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan issued a notice regarding partial amendments to the “Prohibited Ingredients Contained in Environmental Agents and Detection Methods”. In the amendment …
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On June 15, 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan published a draft of the “Technical specification for water quality testing of drinking water from water filters (purifiers) commodities” …
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On June 16, 2022, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released the “Work Manual for Controlled Chemicals Permit Application”. The term “Controlled Chemicals” refers to chemical substances that cannot be …
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On April 29, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan announced the “Restrictions on the manufacture, import and sale of polyvinyl chloride-contained packaging materials, containers required to be …
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On April 27, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan announced the amendments of the “List of Ingredients Prohibited from Using in the Cosmetic Products”. In the Article …
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On February 24 and March 15, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan announced two amendments to the regulation related to …
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On March 29, 2022, the Third Reading of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan passed the amendments of partial articles to the “Reclaimed Water Resources Development Act”. Under the current provisions, …
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On April 21, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released the “SDS checklist” in question-and-answer format. According to the explanation of the Administration, the …
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On April 19, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan of Taiwan announced the draft of “Restrictions on the Import of Asbestos-added Products”, giving notice of the ban on the …
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On March 15 and 19, 2022, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic and Affairs of Taiwan released two public notices to designate instantaneous electric water heaters …
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On April 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the revised version of Green Mark standard “Products Made from Recycled Plastic or Rubber”. The name of …
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On March 24, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan issued a notice on revision of certain articles of the “Air Pollution Control Fee Collection Regulations”. Article 16 …
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On April 1, 2022, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released 10 “priority management chemicals” for which supplementary handling information registration is required. Article 10 of the “Regulations Governing Designating …
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On March 24, 2022, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration released an explanatory note on the labeling of “hydrogen fluoride,” which is a chemical substance of concern. Article 3 of the …
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On April 1, 2022, the Taiwan Ministry of Labor released a document on frequently asked questions and answers regarding “Priority Controlled Chemicals” notifications. For example, to the question, “A Priority …
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration on March 24 issued amendments to the Air Pollution Control Fee Collection Regulations. Article 16 of Taiwan’s Air Pollution Control Act stipulates the collection of air …
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On March 21, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor released an updated edition of the priority management chemical notification manual based on the Regulations for …
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On February 24, 2022, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration announced supplementary provisions based on Section 11 of the advance notice of “Scope of Goods or their Packaging Containers and Businesses …
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On March 4, 2022, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration gave advance notice of amendments to the “Prohibited Substances for Environmental Chemicals and Inspection Methods.” In this advance notice of amendment, …
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On February 14, 2022, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released the revised controlled chemicals list based on the Article 2 of “Regulations Governing Designation and Handling Permission of Controlled …
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration has issued a public notice on the revision of appendix1 “the scopes for the articles and the enterprises responsibility” in “the scopes for the articles and …
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Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced the 2022 annual inspection plan for products of MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standard), Energy Label program and Energy Efficiency Rating …
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On January 11, 2022, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced the revision of “Regulations Governing the Use of Commodity Inspection Mark”. The Regulations stipulates specific requirements for the use of …
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On December 7, 2021, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs promulgated the four revised national standards for EV (Electric Vehicle) charging equipment …
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On December 2, 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) issued a public notice “Requirements on Minimum Energy Performance Standard, Energy Efficiency Rating Labeling and Inspection for Rotodynamic Water Pump” …
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On November 16, 2021, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic affairs of Taiwan released an announcement on the revision of “Inspection regulations on the air purifier …
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Taiwan’s environmental protection administration noticed a period of public comments for drafting “Restriction on the Production, Importation and Sales of Plate Packaging Material Containing Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Designated Recyclable Containers …
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On November 27, 2021, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration promulgated the revised “Regulations of New and Existing Chemical Substances Registration”. The main amendments are as follows. Addition of exempted items The …
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On November 5, 2021, Ministry of Labor of Taiwan revised “Regulations Governing Designating and Handling of Priority Management Chemicals”. Except for the provisions of Articles 6 to 9, the revised …
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On October 21, 2021, Climate Change Office, Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, Taiwan, issued a notice of amendments to “Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act” and published the proposed amendments. …
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On September 16, 2021, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan officially released the revised “Standard for hazard prevention of specific chemical substances”. In order to protect workers, the standard classified …
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On September 16, 2021, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan issued a notice of amendments to “Regulations Governing the Use of Commodity Inspection Mark” and published a draft of the …
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On August 26, 2021, Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan issued a public notice regarding the amendment of the “Energy Efficiency Criteria and Labeling Method for Energy Label …
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On July 8, 2021, Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs published revised “Energy Efficiency Criteria and Labeling Methods” (note, standard for Taiwan’s energy label system) for desktop and …
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On August 20,2021, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan officially announced addition of ammonium nitrate and hydrogen fluoride into “chemicals of concern” list. The above 2 types of substances are …
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On August 4, 2021, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced an expansion of products subjected to energy label for “office and business area luminaire”. According to the ministry, …
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On May 28, 2021, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs released the revision of “Energy label energy efficiency criteria and labeling methods” for washing machine which is selected as energy label …
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The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, issued a notice regarding the revision of “Regulations governing disposition of commodities failing inspection”(the Regulations) and published …
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On July 7, 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor released the revised “Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training Rules”. Article 32 of “Occupational Safety and Health Act” requires employers to …
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On June 14, 2021, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan noticed the revision of “Administrative measures for the priority controlled chemicals designation and handling” and released the revision draft. The …
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On June 24, 2021, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) of Taiwan announced the revision of inspection regulations for 7 types of products such as electric fans. In …
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On June 24, 2021, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan released the revised “Measures for the management of reuse of industrial waste by the Ministry of Economic Affairs”. …
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On June 8, 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) issued a public notice regarding the amendment to “the Mandatory Requirement for Water Efficiency Labeling Products of water equipment, sanitary …
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On June 11, 2021, Bureau of Energy, Ministry of economic affairs, Taiwan, officially announced the “Requirements on Minimum Energy Performance Standard, Energy Efficiency Rating Labeling and Inspection for Air Cleaners” …
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On May 25,2021, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration released the “Working principles of contaminated land improvement and land use by administrative regions”. And on the same day, it came into …
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On May 27, 2021, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration announced the amendment of “Regulation for information registration of new chemical substances and existing chemical substances”, and released the draft to …
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration on May 4 reported the results of the recent crackdown on illegal VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emissions on its official website. According to the administration, it …
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In April 2021, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration held the “Chemical Registration and Joint Registration Forum” and released the materials of the forum later on its website. At the forum, …
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On April 19, 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor issued a notice regarding the partial revision of the “Hazard Prevention Standards for Specific Chemical Substances”. In order to protect workers, the …
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Taiwan’s Office of the President on April 30, 2021 officially announced the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act (勞工職業災害保險及保護法), which has been developed by integrating the Labor Insurance Act …
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration on March 18, 2021 announced amendments to the Regulations of Fine Determination for Violations of Waste Disposal Act. Here are the main changes: Fine increase …
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On April 7, 2021, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration released the revised “Toxic and concerned chemical substances control act fee collection standard”. The revised law will take effect on April 7, …
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On April 1, 2021，Environmental Protection Agency of Taiwan announced a notice of adding ammonium nitrate and hydrogen fluoride to “chemicals of concern” and started soliciting comments. The deadline for submitting …
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On February 26, 2021, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration released the “Stationary Pollution Source Hazardous Air Pollutant Emission Standards”. The standards set emission standards for a total of 22 types …
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Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs on February 8, 2021 announced a planned update to the Mandatory Requirements of Water Efficiency Labeling Products for Water Use Equipment, Sanitary Ware or Other …
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration on February 22, 2021 announced an amendment to the Methods and Facilities Standards for the Storage, Clearance and Disposal of Industrial Waste, which regulate industrial waste …
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The Air Pollution Control Law is the basic law for air pollution control in general. This law is under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Administration. Article 20 and Article …
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