Identification Regulations for Operational Headquarters Article 2

Companies with operational scales meeting the following criteria within the last year may apply for the confirmation document for Operation Headquarters:1. Hiring at least 50 persons during any calendar month, on average 25 persons among them holding a college degree or higher.2. Annual net operating income exceeding NT$0.5 billion.3. Annual operating expenses exceeding NT$25 million.4. With affiliates abroad registered in at least one overseas country or region, and which carries out substantial operating activities.5. The total annual net operating income of affiliates abroad amounts to NT$50 million.6. In control of at least three of the following ten scopes of business:(1)Establishing business strategy;(2)Intellectual property management;(3)Financial management;(4)International procurement;(5)Market research or marketing;(6)Logistic support for information or common services(7)Human resource management;(8)Innovation, improvement, design or other research and development of core technologies, manufacturing engineering technologies, products, labor or services;(9)Production of new products, high-unit-price or high-value-added products; and(10) Operational and licensing management for brand/trademark or business model.When calculating the net operating income prescribed in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, business income generated by transactions between the company and its affiliates shall not be counted twice.Foreign companies with a subsidiary registered in the ROC and which meet the following criteria may apply for the issuance of an Operation Headquarters confirmation document for such subsidiaries:1. Hiring at least 25 persons during any calendar month.2. Annual operating expenses in Taiwan exceeding NT$25 million.3. Providing at least one of the five operational functions i.e. talent, knowledge, manufacturing process, business or pilot-related service to at least one country or area in the Asia Pacific region.The term operational function as used in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph shall comply with at least one of the following provisions:1. Talent operations: human resource management or manpower training.2. Knowledge operations: R&D innovation and management of design, R&D or business service models, business strategy management, financial management or intellectual property management.3. Manufacturing process operations: procurement, inspection, maintenance, assembly, manufacturing or logistics distribution.4. Business operations: market research or logistics support for operational information.5. Pilot operations: mass production trials and marketing.
中文原文 營運總部認定辦法第2條
公司最近一年之營運規模符合下列條件者,得申請營運總部認定函:
一、僱用國內員工人數每月至少達五十人;其中大專以上畢業人員,月平均達二十五人。
二、年營業收入淨額達新臺幣五億元。
三、年營業費用達新臺幣二千五百萬元。
四、其國外關係企業至少於一個境外國家或地區設立登記,且具實質營運活動。
五、其國外關係企業之年營業收入淨額,合計達新臺幣五千萬元。
六、應至少掌控下列十項營運範圍中之三項:
(一)經營策略訂定。
(二)智慧財產管理。
(三)財務管理。
(四)國際採購。
(五)市場調查研究或行銷。
(六)資訊或共通性服務之後勤支援。
(七)人力資源管理。
(八)核心技術、製造工程技術、產品、勞務或服務之創新、改進、設計或其他研究開發。
(九)新產品、高單價產品或高附加價值產品之生產。
(十)品牌商標或商業模式之營運管理或授權管理。
前項第二款規定營業收入淨額之計算,公司與關係企業間交易所產生之營業收入,不得重複計算。
外國公司在國內設有子公司並符合下列條件者,得申請核發該子公司之營運總部認定函:
一、僱用國內員工人數每月至少達二十五人。
二、在我國之年營業費用達新臺幣二千五百萬元。
三、對亞太地區至少一個國家或地區,提供人才、知識、製造加工、商情或試點等五項運籌功能至少一項。
前項第三款所稱運籌功能應符合下列各款規定內至少一項營運範圍:
一、人才運籌:人力資源管理或人力培訓。
二、知識運籌:設計、研發或商業服務模式之研發創新及管理、經營策略管理、財務管理或智慧財產營運管理。
三、製造加工運籌:採購、檢測、維修、組裝、製造加工或物流配銷。
四、商情運籌:市場調查研究或營運資訊後勤支援。
五、試點運籌:試量產或市場行銷。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.