Factory Management and Counseling Act Article 15

A factory shall not be registered or change its registration particulars under any of following circumstances:1. The manufacturing of the factory’s products is prohibited by law.2. The factory is in violation of land control regulations.3. The buildings of the factory are unauthorized structures or are in violation of the approved occupancy purpose of the structures.4. The factory is of the business type, scope and scale designated by the environmental protection authority, while the relevant environmental impact statement, environmental impact assessment report or pollution prevention plan has not been approved or agreed to by the environmental protection authorities.5. Where the factory is subject to any specific establishment requirements, the equipment of the factory fails to comply with such requirements.6. Where the manufacturing of the factory’s products is subject to prior establishment permit under the law, the establishment permit has not been obtained.7. Where the factory is required to obtain the establishment permit pursuant to Article 11, the factory does not obtain such permit or is not constructed pursuant to the establishment permit.8. The central competent authority has announced the cessation of the establishment of a new factory or the expansion of an existing factory in accordance with Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 17.