Regulations of Permission on Delineation of Course for Laying, Maintaining, or Modifying Submarine Cables or Pipelines on the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China Article 4

Before applying for permission of course delineation for laying submarine cables or pipelines on the continental shelf of the Republic of China, owner(s) of cables or pipelines (hereafter, “Owner”) shall submit an application and proposal in writing for course survey to the Competent Authority with the following information:1. Overview of course survey application;2. Geographical area where survey will cover, including a chart description;3. Duration, content, method, and equipment to be used for survey;4. Operation vessel;5. Emergency response plan;6. Other records required by the Competent Authority.The Competent Authority shall review the application within 30 days after filing of the said application; if the said application does not fulfill the requirements of the regulations and needs improvement, the said application shall be withheld for a specified duration of time for the Owner to revise his application to fulfill the requirements. Failure to complete needed revisions within the specified duration of time will result in rejection of the application.Based on Paragraph 1, to apply delineation of course, if survey routes are located from the contiguous zone of the Republic of China toward the land, the width of survey routes shall be restricted in 0.5 nautical mile. If the survey routes are located out of the contiguous zone of the Republic of China, the width of survey routes shall be restricted in 5 nautical miles. But specific case will be accepted if Owner reported the special condition in the proposal and get approval from the Competent Authority.