Statute for Adjustment Support in Response to Trade Liberalization Article 9

Where small-and-medium enterprises offering products or services identical to or directly competing against products or services that enjoy the opening of market access suffer impact to a certain degree, beginning from six months after the obligation to open the market access becomes effective to the fifth anniversary of the date of completely fulfilling the undertakings under such treaties or agreements, such enterprises may submit supporting documentation to apply for being determined as damaged enterprises.All the applications filed under the preceding paragraph shall be handled by the competent authority. Where the application content concerns the power of other central competent authorities in charge of the relevant industry, determination shall be subject to the decision of all such other central authorities and the competent authority.Where an enterprise is determined as a damaged enterprise, each central competent authority in charge of the relevant industry shall assist the enterprise in formulating a recovery plan and help it change its core business, transition to another industry, or cease its operations. Where an enterprise's recovery plan is approved, each central competent authority in charge of the relevant industry may provide it with certain subsidy to facilitate the implementation of the plan.The competent authority after consultation with other relevant authorities shall establish regulations governing the eligibility for filing the application for being determined as a damaged enterprise, required documents, application procedure, criteria for determining the extent of the impact, criteria for reviewing recovery plans under the preceding paragraph, maximum amount of the subsidy, and other related matters.