Management Regulations for the Import and Export of Industrial Waste｜第 18 條｜資源循環｜Regulation｜In Force
第 三 章｜環境部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2025-06-10
When exported waste that has failed to comply with these Regulations has been refused by the receiving country, besides being fined by the relevant organizations pursuant to this Act, the original exporter, or waste clearance organizations and waste disposal organizations entrusted by the original exporter shall, within 7 days from receiving notification from the government of the receiving country or the competent authority of the Republic of China, apply for the issuance of reshipment of imports with the special municipality, county, or city competent authority. The original exporter shall complete the reshipment of imports within the approved deadline given by the special municipality, county, or city competent authority, and said imports may not be refused by relevant organizations. However, the original exporter or those entrusted by the original exporter, if able to obtain documents from a third country that agrees to accept such waste for disposal and has the ability to properly dispose of such waste, may, after receiving approval and the relevant permit documents from the special municipality, county, or city competent authority, transfer the shipment to that third country for disposal. The exporter shall complete the transfer by the deadline approved by the said authority; in those circumstances in which hazardous waste is reshipped, the consent of the central competent authority is required. Applicants shall submit the following documents in connection with the application for reshipment of import mentioned in the foregoing paragraph: I. Application form for cargo import letter of consent. II. Documents of notification from the government of the receiving country refusing the waste. III. Original copy of export goods declaration form for customs clearance. IV. The plan of import reshipment shall include the method of transport, expected date of reshipment, the port of reshipment, the reshipment destination, and detailed information on storage, clearance, and disposal methods of waste. The reshipment destination is restricted to the enterprise producing the waste or the waste disposal organization. V. Descriptive information on waste generation source and characteristics of waste. The competent authority may decide if an analytical test report on the waste or the contents of contaminated material is required. VI. If the applicant is not the original exporter, the applicant shall submit the waste disposal organization permit and the commissioning contract. VII. Other documents designated by the competent authority. For the application for the transfer of shipment in Paragraph 1, applicants shall fill out the application form and submit the following documents: I. Documents of notification from the government of the receiving country refusing the waste. II. Import approval documents or non-regulated import agreements of the waste is issued by the competent authority of the third country, and written agreements from a disposal organization authorized by the government of the third country agreeing to dispose of the waste. III. Descriptive information of the waste source and the confirmation of the characteristics of the waste. When necessary, the competent authority may require an analytical test report on the components of the waste or the contaminated material. IV. Statement of disposal methods from the disposal organization of the third country. V. Statement of packaging, transport, and disposal methods in the transfer-of- shipment process. VI. If the applicant is not the original exporter, the applicant shall submit the waste clearance organization permit and the commissioning contract. VII. Other documents designated by the competent authority. The deadline for reshipment of imports or transfer of shipment in Paragraph 1 may not exceed 90 days.