Regulations Governing Duty Exemption of Goods Imported by Foreign Diplomatic Institutes in the Republic of China and Their Personnel Article 8

After reviewed and approved by the Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the competent local government mentioned in Paragraph 1 of Article 7 （hereinafter “the acceptance agency”）, three copies of the application forms shall be transferred to the Ministry of Finance for further review with an official letter.Two copies of the official letter to the Ministry of Finance mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be added. After the application case is approved and the note: “Duty exemption approved” is stamped on the aforementioned two copies by the Ministry of Finance, one copy of them along with the appendixes shall be sent to the Customs for processing; the other copy shall be sent to the applicant institute for declaring.In order to simplify the administrative procedures, the date, document number, and the following note: “The imported goods are conform to the Regulations. Please approve to release them free of duty.” may be signed on the original application forms by the acceptance agency. After affixed the seal and the specific stamp of the acceptance agency, three copies of the application forms may be sent to the Ministry of Finance for further review. After approved and the note: “Duty exemption approved” stamped by the Ministry of Finance, one copy of the application forms shall be sent to the Customs for processing; one copy shall be sent to applicant institute for declaring.