Waste Disposal Act｜第 38 條｜資源循環｜Act｜In Force
第 三 章｜環境部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2017-06-14
The import, export, transit and transshipment of industrial waste may commence only after receipt of permission granted by the special municipality, county or city competent authority; for hazardous industrial waste, additional approval from the central competent authority is necessary. However, wastes that are officially categorized as industrial raw material by the central competent authority after consultation with the industry competent authority are not subject to this provision. Hazardous industrial waste shall give priority to domestic treatment and recycling and can only be exported to member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or countries which signed bilateral agreement with the Republic of China for transboundary movement of hazardous industrial waste in accordance with international convention, or other states/regions that are announced by central competent authority. The waste disposal organizations of the state of import shall be capable of performing follow-up treatment and recycling in environmentally sound manner. The management regulations for the qualifications of the applicant, documents, review, permission, permission deadlines, revocation and other binding matters for import, export, transit and transshipment of the industrial waste in the foregoing 2 paragraphs shall be determined by the central competent authority. Industrial waste shall be banned from importation if one of the following circumstances applies; the category shall be determined by the central competent authority after consultation with the central industry competent authority. I.Evidence exists that the waste will severely endanger human health or the living environment. II.No appropriate treatment technology and equipment is domestically available for the waste. III.The waste is to be directly solidified, landfilled, incinerated or disposed of at sea. IV.The waste cannot be properly disposed of domestically. V.The waste is an obstruction to domestic waste management. The import, export, transit or transshipment of general waste that is subject to the international conventions, such as the Basel Convention, may be performed pursuant to the foregoing four paragraphs. Paragraph 2 goes into force one year after the revised provision is promulgated on May 26th 2017. Permits that are acquired prior to the promulgation are due by the original expiry date.