Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan Order for the amendment of "Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act Enforcement Rules", and the renaming of the Enforcement Rules as "Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act Enforcement Rules".

These Rules, consisting of 19 Articles, are enacted in accordance with the Toxic and and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act. In the case that a handler must make improvements or convert toxic chemical substances into other substances pursuant to Article 45, Paragraph 2 of this Act, the competent authority shall order the handler to submit an improvement or conversion plan, and explicitly state a completion deadline, which shall be reported for approval. Emergency control measures shall be one of the following measures: I. Any pollution control measures sufficient to effect prompt control of the large-scale dispersal of toxic chemical substances, and restore the normal handling of such substances II. Partial or complete suspension of handling causing the accident at issue III. Any type of measure able to mitigate, prevent, or contain the expansion of hazards IV. Other response tasks designated by the competent authority.

Taiwan Province of China · 2019-09-03