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2017-09-14
Retail committee makes progress on organic food
In June 2017, the Council of Agriculture (COA) announced amendments to "Imported Organic Agricultural Product and Organic Agricultural Processed Product Management Regulations", which allows the appli ...
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2017-08-16
Automotive committee breakthrough on scrappage programme for old trucks
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) officially announced a subsidy scheme, effective on 16 August, for scrapping Euro I and Euro II heavy duty commercial diesel vehicles.
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2017-04-03
Automotive breakthrough for pick-up trucks
The MoTC announced on 30 March the latest amendment to several articles of the "Regulations Governing Road Traffic Safety", including allowing small pick-up trucks to be fitted with up to seven seats ...
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2017-01-09
Breakthrough on CO2 emission standards for new vehicles
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has announced that it has abolished article 9 of the "Pollution Emissions Standard for Vehicles", which stipulates the standards and measurement measu ...
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2017-01-06
Breakthrough for ECCT's Cosmetics committee on advertising rules
Taiwan's Constitutional Court has ruled that pre-approval of cosmetics advertising content by local and central health authorities is unconstitutional, as it infringes on the protection of free speech ...
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2016-11-30
Retail committee makes breakthrough on product labelling rules
The ECCT's Retail and Distribution committee has achieved a breakthrough on a long-standing issue regarding the labelling of commodity items. On 20 November the Department of Commerce (DoC), under the ...
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2016-11-10
ECCT makes progress on 19% of 2016 Position Paper issues 10 November 2016
The ECCT made progress on 19% of issues raised in its 2016 Position Papers. The results were announced at the launch of the chamber's 2017 Position Papers. At the time of the launch, the following pro ...
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2016-09-05
Taiwan extends comment period for laws and regulations to 60 days
The Executive Yuan (EY) issued a directive to extend the notice and comment period for drafts of all regulations from 14 days to 60 days. In addition, effective from 1 October 2016, the new 60-day rul ...
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2015-12-31
ARCs now accepted as primary ID to apply for telecom services
The National Communications Commission (NCC) has announced new regulations that would allow foreign residents of Taiwan to apply for mobile phone numbers and other telecommunications services using th ...