Regulations Governing Review of Applications for Reservation of Limited Partnership Names and Business Scopes Article 2

Prior to establishing a limited partnership or applying for an amendment to registration of an existing limited partnership that reflects a (new) name and/or business scope, the applicant shall submit an application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "MOEA") to reserve the name of the limited partnership and its business scopes (hereinafter referred to as the "Reservation Application"). A Reservation Application may be filed through network transmission.A Reservation Application may be filed by any of the following applicants:1. Establishment Registration: The applicant shall be one of the general partners of the proposed limited partnership. If the applicant is a juristic person, the name of its statutory representative or of the representative to be designated by the applicant to exercise its rights as a shareholder of the limited partnership to be established shall be stated in the Reservation Application.2. Amendment to Limited Partnership Registration: The applicant shall be the registered representative of the limited partnership at the time of filing.3. Foreign Limited Partnership: The applicant shall be the registered responsible person of the foreign limited partnership or the manager of the branch to be established in the territory of the Republic of China. A Reservation Application is not required to be filed in the case of narrowing the registered business scope as long as the circumstance described in Paragraph 3, Article 8 of these Regulations does not exist.A Reservation Application shall be typed in the format stipulated by the MOEA and shall contain no more than five (5) proposed names for the limited partnership.