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Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
To promote industrial development and strengthen factory management and guidance, the Act is
hereby establishment.
Article 2
The competent authority referred to herein: Ministry of Economic as referred to central; Municipal
City Government as referred to Municipal City; County (City) Government as referred to
County(City).
Article 3
The factory referred to herein mean a constant place with certain level of space available for
manufacturing, processing goods or its production equipment reaching certain power capacity or
thermal energy.
The scope of good manufacturing or processing, certain level of space and power capacity or
thermal energy specified in preceding paragraph shall be announced by central competent
authority.
The business with constant place for good manufacturing and processing but not satisfactory to
preceding standards may still apply for permit or registration pursuant to the Act. Upon approval of
competent authority, the business shall manage the factory in accordance with the Act.
In case that scope of factory is altered due to amendment of standards set forth in second paragraph,
central competent authority shall specify deadline for application of permit or registration to the
extent of said standards aiming at businesses originally beyond the factory scope. As to businesses
without in the scope of factory, factory registration procedures shall be incorporated in said
standards.
Article 4
The duties of competent authorities are as follows:
1.Central competent authority:
(1)Draw up or establish factory management laws and regulations and standards for factory
establishment.
(2)National and industrial factory investigation.
(3)Approval of application for transcript of national factory registration
(4)Implement factory guidance to businesses selected
(5)Audit and supervise disposition to factories violating regulations of the Act
(6)Permit and registration of establishment, management and guidance for factories in
science-based industrial park, processing zone, free trade zone, agricultural science park and other
specific zones approved by Executive Yuan.
(7)Other guidance and supervision matters regarding factory management.
2.Competent authorities of Municipal City and County (City):
(1)Mange permit, registration of factory establishment and its cancellation and abolishment.
(2)Investigation of factories within the jurisdiction.
(3)Approval of application for registration transcript and certificate of factory within the
jurisdiction.
(4)Implement guidance to factories within the jurisdiction.
(5)Mange violation of the factory within the jurisdiction.
(6)Other matters assigned by central competent authority.
Article 5
Central competent authority may assign its subordinate organization, designate or commission
other organization (institution) to manage matters specified in the Act.
Chapter 2 Registration and Establishment Permit
Article 6
The entity of factory shall be subject to sole proprietorship, partnership, company or that may
engaging in manufacturing, processing pursuant to laws and regulations.
Article 7
The factory shall have the name of entity affiliated with. One entity has two or above factories
within in same municipal city, county (city), science-based industrial park, processing zone, free
trade zone, agricultural science park and other specific zones approved by Executive Yuan shall
identify the factories.
Article 8
The factory shall have responsible person who shall not be incompetent or limited capacity for
civil conduct.
Meanwhile, the responsible person shall have residence or domicile in Taiwan.
Article 9
The land used for factory shall be subject to land in industrial zone of urban planning, non-urban
Type D construction land, development industrial zone pursuant to law or other legal land
available for establishing factory.
Article 10
After completion of factory construction, the factory shall apply for registration in accordance with
the Act and shall not engage in manufacturing and processing without permission of competent
authority. However, the military factory subordinated to Ministry of National Defense shall be
exception.
In case that military factory of Ministry of National Defense has become a factory of public or
private business, the registration shall be managed in accordance with the Act within three years
from reformation.
Article 11
Where there is one of following circumstances, the factory shall obtain establishment permit in
advance:
1.The factory shall have permit of industrial competent authority pursuant to laws.
2.The permission is required by announcement of central competent authority in consideration of
equal industrial development, reasonable resources application or energy saving policies.
Article 12
Upon approval of establishment, the factory shall manage factory registration by deadline and the
original permit will be invalid as overdue.
Preceding deadline of approval shall be two years. However, if it cannot be completed for just
reason, the application for extension may be filed prior to expiration. The extension period shall be
subject to one year and up to three times.
Article 13
The application for factory permit or registration shall specify following items:
1.Factory name and address
2.The name and residence or domicile of responsible person.
3.Industrial category
4.Major products
5.Power capacity, thermal energy and water volume used for production equipment.
6.Floor space of factory and building
7.Other matters specified in announcement of central competent authority.
The industrial category specified in item 3 shall be announced by central competent authority.
Article 14
Where there is one of following circumstances occurs, no permit or recognition of change shall be
allowed:
1.The environmental impact assessment shall be implemented in accordance with Environmental
Impact Assessment Act, while its related environmental impact prospectus or report has not yet
approved by environmental protection competent authorities.
2.Violate land control regulations.
3.Violate illegal construction or building purpose regulations.
4.Suspension of accepting newly establishment or expansion of existed factory is announced by
central competent authority in accordance with section 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 17.
Article 15
Where there is one of following circumstances occurs, no registration or change registration shall
be managed:
1.Products are prohibited from manufacturing pursuant to laws.
2.Violate land control regulations.
3.Violate illegal construction or building purpose regulations.
4.Specified business type, scope and magnitude of environmental protection competent authority,
while its related environmental impact prospectus, report or pollution prevention plan has not yet
approved by environmental protection competent authorities.
5.The equipment is not satisfactory to factory establishment standards as required.
6.No prior permission is obtained for product manufacturing as required.
7.No prior permission is obtained in accordance with regulations set forth in Article 11 or the
factory construction is not complied with content approved.
8.Suspension of accepting newly establishment or expansion of existed factory is announced by
central competent authority in accordance with section 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 17.
Article 16
Where there is change of items set forth in factory permit, the permission for change shall be
acquired before managing factory registration.
Article 17
Central competent authority may take following actions as considering equal industrial
development, reasonable resources application, ecological environment and maintenance of public
benefit or requirement of international conventions or treaties such policies:
1.Require undertakings to permit for factory establishment or approval or registration.
2.Announce suspension of accepting newly establishment or expansion of existed factory for
product or area selected.
3.Announce compulsory reduction or suspension of production in existed factory for product or
area selected.
The type of undertakings set forth in paragraph 1 shall be added in accordance with type of factory,
product items, operation method or other actions need to be taken under policies. The central
competent authority shall establish the procedures governing additional undertakings.
The announcements set forth in item 2 and 3 of paragraph 1 shall be made by central competent
authority upon approval of Executive Yuan.
For compulsory reduction or suspension of production in existed factory for product in accordance
with regulations set forth in item 3 of paragraph 1, the Government may provide compensation.
Central competent authority shall establish measures governing the scope, standards, procedures
and matters regarding compensation.
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:
1.The fact that is sufficient to confirm that the factory has been closed over one year.
2.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.
Chapter 4 Guidance
Article 26
In order to promote industrial development, the competent authority shall implement guidance to
the factor in term of following matters:
1.Investigation, research, introduction, transfer and promotion of industrial production technology.
2.The development, industrial product design, quality improvement, automation, enhancement of
productivity and operational rationality
3.Training of industrial technology talents
4.Prevention of management of industrial pollution and industrial safety and health.
5.Other matters regarding industrial development
Article 27
Where there are five and more factories manufacturing, processing or using dangerous articles
exceeding control volume in the same industrial zone managed by central competent authority and
its subordinated organizations, central competent authority shall guide them to establish local joint
prevention organization.
Preceding local joint prevention organization shall promote matters as follows:
1.Establish information system regarding dangerous articles of factory inside the organization.
2.Establish information system regarding factory and surrounding rescue arrangement inside the
organization.
3.Enhance disaster and emergency response skills for factories inside the organization.
4.Establish articles of organization, disaster report model, mutual support agreement and other
rights and obligations.
5.Other matters regarding joint prevention.
The factories manufacturing, processing or using dangerous article exceeding control as set forth
in paragraph 1 without enrolling in local joint prevention organization, central competent authority
shall guide them for enrollment.
Article 28
To improve environmental quality, central competent authority may guide related factories within
or without in the industrial zone to mutually construct pollution prevention facilities.
Chapter 4-1 Unregistered Factories and Certain Factories Management and Guidance
Article 28-1
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall suspend the electricity and
water supply and demolish the unregistered factories newly added after May 20, 2016 (hereinafter
referred to as “newly added unregistered factories.”) For the existing factories before May 19,
2016 (hereinafter referred to as “existing unregistered factories,”) the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) shall comply with the following provisions:
1.Where the existing unregistered factories are not categorized as low pollution, the competent
authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall set the guidance deadline to assist them to
transfer their projects, to relocate or to close down the factories. Should such business owners
refuse to cooperate with the aforementioned measures, the competent authorities of Municipal City
and Count (City) shall suspend the electricity and water supply and demolish such unregistered
factories.
2.Where the existing unregistered factories are categorized as low pollution and fail to apply for
incorporating into the government management or propose the factory improvement plan
according to Paragraph 1 of Article 28-5, the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count
(City) shall suspend the electricity and water supply and demolish such unregistered factories.
3.Where the existing unregistered factories are categorized as low pollution and propose the
approved factory improvement plan according to Paragraph 1 of Article 28-5, the competent
authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall assist the improvement and shall inspect such
factories periodically.
The competent authorities of central government shall review and approve the guidance deadline
mentioned in the Subparagraph 1 of preceding Paragraph with the relevant agencies and shall
supervise the execution status of the projects transferring, factories relocation or the close down of
factories assisted by the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City).
The competent authorities of central government shall provide the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) with the assistance measures and the resources when they assist
the business owners to transfer their projects, to relocate or to close down the factories according
to the Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1.
Article 28-2
To have the unregistered factories be incorporated into the government management and to assist
them on the spot, the competent authorities of central government shall consult the relevant
agencies for the execution plans.
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall draft the plans for
Management and guidance of the unregistered factories in the jurisdictions and submit to the
competent authorities of central government for approval within six (6) months from June 27, 2019
when the amendments of the Act come into force.
The plans for management and guidance in preceding Paragraph shall specify the following items:
1.The investigation status of the newly added unregistered factories and the existing unregistered
factories.
2.The execution status of the newly added unregistered factories according to the first half of
Paragraph 1 of preceding Article and the plans for execution of the existing unregistered factories
according to the latter half of Paragraph 1 of preceding Article.
3.Other measures for management and guidance.
Should the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) fail to act according to the
deadline provided in Paragraph 2, the competent authorities of central government may consider to
reduce or delay the relevant disbursement or to take other measures.
To have the unregistered factories be incorporated into the government management and to assist
them on the spot, the competent authorities of central government shall set up meetings for the
factories management and guidance, and such meetings shall be composed of the relevant agencies
and the governments of Municipal City and Count (City). The Academics, specialists and the
non-governmental organizations may be invited to participate in the meetings and such meetings
will be in charge of reviewing the projects of the factories management and guidance execution
and the measures of improvement. The Executive Yuan may coordinate at the request if necessary.
The relevant agencies and the governments of Municipal City and Count (City) shall execute the
resolutions and decisions at the preceding meetings. The competent authorities of central
government shall follow up and assess the execution status and announce on the website every
year.
Article 28-3
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall regularly notify the competent
authorities of central government, the competent authorities of agriculture, of urban planning, of
regional planning, of spatial planning and of the building construction administration in the central
government, of the list of the newly added and the existing unregistered factories within its
jurisdiction and the execution status of the electricity and water supply suspension and the
demolishment of such unregistered factories.
Should the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) delay to suspend the
electricity and water supply or demolish the newly added unregistered factories and the existing
unregistered factories not being categorized as low pollution within its jurisdiction, the competent
authorities of central government or the competent authorities of urban planning, of regional
planning, of spatial planning and of the building construction administration in the central
government (hereinafter referred to as “central competent authorities”) may prescribe a time for
such acts; if the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) fail to comply within the
time prescribed, the competent authorities of central government may suspend the electricity and
water supply at its own discretion.
The competent authorities of central government shall announce the execution status of the
preceding two Paragraphs on the website periodically.
The competent authorities of central government shall apply Paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Article 76 of
the Local Government Act when execution according to Paragraph 2.
Should the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) fail to act according to the
provisions in Paragraph 1 or commit as prescribed in Paragraph 2, the competent authorities of
central government may consider to reduce or delay the relevant disbursement or to take other
measures.
Article 28-4
The competent authorities may reimburse or to assist the existing unregistered factories with low
pollution and those registered as certain factories according to Paragraph 5 of Article 28-5 or
Article 28-6 with the following issues:
1.The planning of infrastructure in relation to the environmental protection, water conservancy and
soil conservation.
2.The assistance and planning in relation to wastewater and sewage and the discharge, if necessary,
the special panel may be set up to conciliate such issues.
3.The clustering area shall be planned with the amended urban planning or with the industrial
parks planning at the first priority for purpose of transition to be classified as urban and rural
developing area in the spatial planning.
Article 28-5
The existing unregistered factories with low pollution shall apply for incorporating into the
government management at its own discretion or after notification by the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) within two (2) years from June 27, 2019 when the amendments of
the Act come into force and shall propose the factory improvement plan within three (3) years
from such date, provided that it shall not apply for incorporating into the government management
under any of the following circumstances:
1.Products are prohibited from manufacturing pursuant to the laws.
2.Prohibition from establishment of the factories announced by the competent authorities of central
government due to the environmental protection or the safety concerns.
3.Prohibition from establishment of the factories submitted by the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) to the competent authorities of central government for approval
and announcement.
The unregistered factories applying for incorporating into the government management according
to the preceding Paragraph shall pay the guidance fund every year from June 27, 2019 when the
amendments of the Act come into force until getting its registration license as certain factories.
Should such factories fail to pay the guidance fund within the prescribed time, the competent
authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall reject its application for incorporating into the
government management or shall abolish the approval of the proposed factory improvement plan.
The proposed factory improvement plan in Paragraph 1 shall specify the following items:
1.The items provided in Article 13.
2.The manufacturing and processing in the factories before May 19, 2016.
3.The measures for improvement of the environment, including the plans for the wastewater and
sewage and the discharge.
4.Other matters prescribed by the competent authorities of central government.
Upon review and approval of the proposed factory improvement plan in Paragraph 1 by the
competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City), the factories shall complete the
improvement within two (2) years thereafter, provided that there are good reasons to justify the
failure to complete such improvement within the prescribed two (2) years, such factories may
apply for extension to the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City).
In case that the improvement is completed as the approved factory improvement plan proposed, the
factories may apply for the registration as certain factories and the provisions in Subparagraphs 2
and 3 of Article 15 shall not be applied.
In case of failure to obtain the registration as the certain factories according to the preceding
Paragraph within ten (10) years from June 27, 2019 when the amendments of the Act come into
force, the approval of its proposed factory improvement plan ceases to be effective at the end of
such period.
The registration as certain factories is valid for twenty (20) years from June 27, 2019 when the
amendments of the Act come into force.
Article 28-6
In case that the factories applied for temporary factory registration according to the provisions in
Article 34, such factories may apply for the registration as certain factories to the competent
authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) within the scope of the temporary registration
within two (2) years from June 27, 2019 when the amendments of the Act come into force and the
provisions in Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 15 shall not be applied.
Article 28-7
Where the registration as certain factories is approved by the competent authorities of Municipal
City and Count (City) according to Paragraph 5 of Article 28-5 and the preceding Paragraph, such
factories shall pay the operation fund every year until obtaining the certificate for legal use of the
land and building. Should such factories fail to pay the operation fund within the prescribed time,
the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall abolish its registration as
certain factories.
The guidance fund and the operation fund collected according to Paragraph 2 of Article 28-5 and
the preceding Paragraph shall only be used on the management the guidance and the improvement
of the public facilities of the neighboring areas of the unregistered factories, and shall be used on
the wastewater and sewage and the discharge and the improvement of the air pollution at the first
priority. The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) may set a fund whose
management shall submit to the competent authorities of central government for reference.
The competent authorities of central government shall consult relevant agencies for the standards
for low pollution identification, the application qualifications and the procedures, the review
procedures and the standards of the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City), the
additional requirements in relation to the approval of the proposed factory improvement plan, the
audit and review of the improvement status, the deadline of the extension of completing the
improvement provided in Paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Article 28-5, and the preceding Article, the
items provided in Subparagraph 4, Paragraph 3 of Article 28-5 and the amount, the payment
procedure and other related matters regarding the operation fund in Paragraph 1 and the guidance
fund in Paragraph 2 of Article 28-5.
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) may delegate to or commission
related agencies (bodies), judicial persons or organizations in charge of the business regarding the
management and the guidance of the unregistered factories and the registration of the certain
factories.
Article 28-8
The provisions in Article 21 of the Regional Plan Act, Article 38 of the Spatial Plan Act, Article 79
of the Urban Planning Law and Subparagraph 1 of Article 86 and Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 of
Article 91 of the Building Act shall not be applied to the factories registered as certain factories.
The buildings of such factories shall be granted to access to water and power usage and shall not
apply the restrictions provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 73 of the Building Act.
The provisions in Subparagraph 1 of Article 30 and the first half of the preceding Paragraph shall
not be applied to the following conditions:
1.The prescribed time by the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) of
transferring the projects, relocation or close down the existing unregistered factories not being
categorized as low pollution pursuant to Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 of Article 28-1.
2.The period from the application for incorporating into the government management applied by
the existing unregistered factories with low pollution according to the provisions in Paragraph 1 of
Article 28-5 to its approval by the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) and
the prescribed time for improvement in Paragraph 4 of the same Article.
3.The period from the application of as certain factories registration according to the provisions in
Article 28-6 applied by the factories having applied for temporary factory registration in
accordance with Article 34 to its approval of registration by the competent authorities of Municipal
City and Count (City).
Article 28-9
The factories registered as certain factories shall not:
1.Change the entity of such certain factories.
2.Change the persons in charge of the entities of such certain factories in case that such entities are
the sole proprietorship, except for the heir(s) of such persons in charge.
3.Change the partners of the entities of such certain factories in case that such entities are the
partnership, except for the heir(s) of such partners.
4.Increasing the floor space of the land, factory and the building.
5.Alternation to or increasing the industry category or the main products not classified as low
pollution.
6.Make the whole or part of the land and the building of the factories for use by others to set up
their factories.
7.Failure to perform the addition requirements in the factory improvement plan approved by the
competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City).
The provisions in Paragraph 2 of Article 16, Article 17 to Article 32 shall be applied to the
factories registered as certain factories.
Article 28-10
The competent authorities may change to the appropriate zoning or change the category of the
usage of the lands for the factories registered as certain factories, according to the following
regulations:
1.The clustering area shall be planned with the amended urban planning or with the industrial
parks planning at the first priority and shall change the zoning or the permissions according to the
Urban Planning Law, the Regional Plan Act and the Spatial Planning Act.
2.The lands that are not included in the preceding subparagraph and the urban planning, the
factories registered as certain factories shall propose the plan for using the lands and shall apply to
the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) for issuing the approval of the
certificate of certain factories lands to change the zoning of such lands. Nevertheless, the
competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) may reject its application for the
comprehensive planning of the preceding subparagraph.
3.The lands that are not included in the Subparagraph 1 but are included in the urban planning
shall act in accordance with the Urban Planning Law.
Prior to the change the category of the usage of the lands pursuant to the Subparagraph 2 of the
preceding Paragraph, the factories registered as certain factories shall pay the monetary
contribution to the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) and transfer to the
fund for agriculture development set up in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 54 of the
Agriculture Development Act.
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) may ask the applicants for the
review fee for reviewing the plan for using the lands provided in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1.
The qualifications in each Subparagraph of Paragraph 1 shall be in consistent with the provisions
in the Urban Planning Law, Article 15 and Article 15-2 of the Regional Plan Act, and Article 26 of
the Spatial Planning Act and the related laws and regulations may be reviewed and simplified by
the competent authorities in charge of the above-mentioned laws and acts considering the needs of
assistance and principles for safety.
The competent authorities of central government shall consult relevant agencies for the standards
for the clustering area in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1, the application requirements, the required
documentation, the application procedures, the area limitation for the application, the review
criteria and procedures of the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) for the
plan for using the lands in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1, the calculation basis for the monetary
contribution in Paragraph 2, the review fee in Paragraph 3 and other related matters.
Article 28-11
The factories registered as certain factories may apply for the factory registration according to
Paragraph 1 of Article 10 upon the change the category of the usage of the lands pursuant to the
Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article.
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) shall require the factories applying
for the factory registration to restrict its industrial category and their major products to low
pollution.
Article 28-12
The public may address detailed facts or submit proof to inform the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) of the following unregistered factories:
1.The newly added unregistered factories.
2.The existing unregistered factories not being categorized as low pollution fail to transfer their
projects, to relocate or to close down the factories within the time prescribed by the competent
authorities of Municipal City and Count (City).
3.The existing unregistered factories with low pollution fail to apply for incorporating into the
government management according to Paragraph 1 of Article 28-5.
The competent authorities of Municipal City and Count (City) may award the informants and shall
keep confidential the identities of such informants. The reward and the other related matters shall
be set forth by the competent authorities of central government.
Chapter 5 Punishment
Article 28-13
Under any of the cases provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 28-9, the competent authorities of
Municipal City and Count (City) shall order the factories registered as certain factories to improve
within the prescribed time and shall punish the persons in charge of such factories with an
administrative fine of more than one hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$100,000) but no
more than five hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$500,000), and should such factories
fail to improve within the prescribed time, the competent authorities of Municipal City and Count
(City) shall abolish the registration of the factories as certain factories.
Article 28-14
Where a factory is under any of the following circumstances, the competent authority shall impose
a fine of not less than NT$50,000 and not more than NT$5,000,000 on the responsible person of
the factory, and shall order the factory to make rectifications or file a report within the prescribed
deadline; failure to rectify or report by the deadline may result in consecutive penalties:
1. Violation of Paragraph 1, Article 21 for the failure to file a report on hazardous materials within
the specified period of time.
2. Violation of Paragraph 2, Article 21 for the failure to comply with the regulations regarding the
information to be reported or the reporting deadline prescribed thereunder or filing a false report.
Article 29
For factory manufacturing, processing or using dangerous article exceeding control violate
paragraph 1 of Article 22 without public liabilities insurance, the responsible person of the factory
shall be fine for NT$50,000 to NT$250,000 and shall be improved by deadline. For failure of
compliance then, consecutive punishment shall apply.
Article 30
Where there is one of following circumstances occurs to the factory, central competent authority
shall order the factory to suspend operation and complete factory registration by deadline. For
engaging in manufacturing, processing without completion of registration, the person who
conducts the activity shall be find for NT$20,000 to NT$100,000. For not compliance by deadline,
the person who conducts the activity may be punished consecutively each time for NT$40,000 to
NT$200,000 until suspension of operation:
1.Violate regulation set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 10 without completion of factory
registration and engage in manufacturing and processing without permission.
2.Violate regulation set forth in paragraph 3 of Article 16 by failure to manage factory registration
and engage in manufacturing and processing goods again for moving.
3.Continue manufacturing and processing after cancellation of factory registration in accordance
with Article 24.
4.Continue manufacturing and processing after abolishment of factory registration in accordance
with Article 25.
Article 31
Where a factory is under any of the following circumstances, the competent authority shall order
the factory to make rectification, complete the application or file a report by the prescribed
deadline. If the factory fails to make rectification, complete the application or file a report by the
prescribed deadline, the responsible person of the factory shall be subject to a fine of not less than
NT$10,000 and not more than NT$50,000, and if the factory still fails to do so, it may be subject to
consecutive penalties:
1. Engagement in businesses other than manufacturing and processing goods by using partial or
whole factory or building, except for businesses related with products manufactured.
2. Violation of Paragraph 3, Article 16 for the failure to obtain a new establishment permit or
registration and engage in manufacturing and processing after the industry category is changed.
3. Violation of Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 17 for the failure to meet the conditions
imposed thereunder.
4. Violation of the quantity reduction or production cessation regulations announced under
Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 17.
5. Violation of Paragraph 1, Article 18 for the failure to file or provide related information or evade,
interfere or reject investigation conducted thereunder.
6. Violation of Paragraph 3, Article 18 for the failure to make filings by the prescribed deadline or
evade, interfere or reject investigation conducted thereunder.
7. Violation of Paragraph 1, Article 23 for the failure to make the monthly filing of material
inventory.
8. Violation of Paragraph 2, Article 23 for the failure to comply with the filing requirements
specified by the regulations established thereunder.
Article 32
For violation of paragraph 2 of Article 16, competent authority shall order the factory to manage
change registration by deadline. Failure or prohibited from management by deadline, the
responsible person of the factory will be fined for NT$5,000 to NT$25,000. For not compliance
afterward, consecutive punishments shall apply.
Chapter 6 Supplementary Provisions
Article 33
To guide factories that are not registered for legal operation, the central competent authority shall
consult relevant organizations for related measures. The guidance period shall be from 2 June 2010
to 2 June 2020.
Before the preceding guidance period ends, punishment regulations as set forth in paragraph 1 of
Article 30 and paragraph 1 of Article 21 of the Regional Planning Act, Article 79 of the Urban
Planning Act regarding violation of land or building use and paragraph 1 of Article 86 and section
1 of paragraph 1 of Article 91 of the Architecture Act shall not be applied to unregistered factories
within a specific area.
The central competent authority shall consult relevant organizations for the announcement
regarding the amendment of the Act within two years from 2 June 2010.
Article 34
Existing factories that had not been registered before 14 March 2008 that satisfy the environmental
protection, fire, water conservancy and conservation of water and soil regulations may surrender
their registration rebate to the local competent authority and apply for temporary factory
registration before 2 June 2015 without the restriction of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 15.
To avoid increasing environmental pollution and jeopardizing public safety, the factories that
manage to apply for temporary factory registration in accordance with the preceding regulation
shall be restricted by change of business entity and factory registration items.
The central competent authority shall consult relevant organizations for establishment of standards
for low pollution identification, procedures of make-up temporary registration, restrictions on
change of entity and factory registration, surrender procedures, methods of use and other related
matters.
Punishment regulations as set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 21 of the Regional Planning Act,
Article 79 of the Urban Planning Act regarding violation of land or building use and paragraph 1 of
Article 86 and section 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 91 of the Architecture Act shall not be applied to
factories with temporary factory registration until the said registration becomes invalid.
A factory with temporary factory registration shall acquire legal use of the land and building
certificate before 2 June 2020. Failure to acquire them will cause the temporary factory registration
to become invalid upon expiration and the local competent authority shall punish the business in
accordance with the regulations of Article 30.
Article 35
For rejection to comply with order for suspension or closing operation, competent authority may
notice electric or water company to stop electric or water supply on site.
Unless there is certificate of elimination of reason for stop electric and water supply issued by
competent authority, electric and water companies shall not resume the electric and water supply to
factories out of electric and water supplies.
Article 36
The existed factories manufacturing, processing or using dangerous articles over control volume
before enforcement of the Amendment shall file all their dangerous articles by deadline specified
by central competent authority and purchase public liabilities insurance.
The factory that uses recycling flammable waste as materials for manufacturing and processing
approved or permitted by industry competent authority before enforcement of the Amendment
shall file to the competent authorities of Municipal City, Count (City) monthly for the material
inventory in accordance with deadline announced by central competent authority after enforcement
of the Amendment.
Article 37
The review fee, registration fee, transcript fee, certificate fee shall be applied to application for
establishment permit, registration or permit and registration for change and application of the
responsible person or interest related party for transcript or certificate of factory registration items.
Meanwhile, central competent authority shall determine the charge standards.
Article 38
The enforcement rules of the Act shall be prescribed by central competent authority.
Article 39
This Act shall become effective on the date of promulgation.
The effective date of the provisions amended and promulgated on July 24, 2019 and the provisions
amended on May 7, 2024 shall be set by the Executive Yuan.
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