This Act is enacted to ensure compliance of commodities with the requirements set out in the safety, health, environmental protection, and other technical regulations or standards; to protect consumers’ rights and interests; and to promote sound development of economic activities. The following commodities shall be inspected in accordance with this Act as long as the categories, the items, and/or the shipping destinations of such commodities have been so designated and made known to the public by the the the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) per public notice: 1. Agricultural, industrial and mining commodities domestically manufactured, including those produced, manufactured or processed; 2. Agricultural, industrial and mining commodities to be exported; or 3. Agricultural, industrial and mining commodities to be imported. Commodities inspection shall be conducted in four schemes, namely batch-by-batch inspection, monitoring inspection, registration of product certification, and declaration of conformity. Inspection items and inspection standards of commodity shall be made known to the public per public notice by the BMSI. For commodities subject to batch-by-batch inspection, the obligatory inspection applicant shall file a batch-by-batch inspection application with the BSMI. The obligatory inspection applicant shall apply to the BSMI to monitor an inspection for commodities subject to monitoring inspection and shall obtain an inspection certificate, except for the commodities subject to random inspection as identified by public notice. Commodities subject to registration of product certification shall meet the requirements set forth in the conformity assessment procedures prescribed under Article 37 of this Act. For commodities that are identified by the BSMI as high risk of hazard, the obligatory inspection applicant shall be registered with the BSMI by following related provisions before the declaration of conformity it issued becomes valid. The commodity inspection to be conducted by (BSMI) at the request of both parties or either party to a sales transaction, in accordance with the specifications agreed upon by the seller and the buyer thereto shall be regarded as a contracted inspection. The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, market surveillance, offences and penalties.
Taiwan Province of China · 1932-12-14