Regulations For Private Institution Applying To Participate In The Infrastructure Project Under Its Own Planning Article 6

After an applicant submits a feasibility assessment report, the competent authority shall preliminarily evaluate the application as follows:1.Reviewing the feasibility assessment report, and asking for the assistance of experts or scholars in the review, if necessary.2.Conducting public hearings in accordance with Paragraph 2, Article 6-1 of the Act.3.Where negotiations with the applicant involve commitments and cooperation by the government that require funding from the government budget, a report shall be submitted to the Executive Yuan or the relevant local government for approval in accordance with the provisions of the Act.4.Approving the feasibility assessment report.Where there are two or more applicants, after reviewing the feasibility assessment reports under Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, the competent authority may select multiple applicants and determine their priorities based on the completeness of the reports and their effects on public interest benefit. After notifying each applicant of its decision, the competent authority shall conduct the preliminary evaluation under Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the preceding paragraph for the applicant with the highest priority. If the preliminary evaluation for the applicant with the highest priority is not completed, the competent authority may proceed with the preliminary evaluation in accordance with the previously determined order of priority.Where the feasibility assessment report has been approved through the preliminary evaluation by the competent authority under Paragraph 1, and the land and facilities needed are privately owned, more than one applicant may be approved. Where the land and the facilities needed are provided by the competent authority, only one applicant shall be approved.