Construction Industry Act Article 69

The incorporation of a foreign construction company shall first be subject to approval by the central governing authority and then application for recognition shall be filed in accordance with the Company Law or registration shall be carried out in accordance with the Commercial Registration Act. The company shall also receive a construction registration license and contracting project brochure in accordance with this law before it may commence business. If the company is registered as a Level B general constructor or Level A general constructor, restrictions about upgrade under Section 5 of 6 of Article 7 shall not be applicable. However, the performance, seniority and accumulated amount of completed construction projects shall be calculated based on actual performance carried out within the countries where the construction projects are performed and the other performance shall be excluded.Foreign construction companies may carry out business in accordance with Section 1. Unless otherwise prohibited by law or any convention or treaty signed by the Republic of China, if the contract amount for government public construction project exceeds 1 billion dollars, it shall perform the contracting project together with a domestic general constructor.