Regulations Governing Implementation of Voluntary Product Certification Article 9

A certificate holder may apply for extension of the term of validity by providing relevant documents within a period of three months prior to the expiration of the certificate. This extension is limited to one time only. For applications that are made after the expiration of the certificate, a new application for product certification shall be required.A replaced certificate will be issued after the application for extension of the term of validity mentioned in the preceding paragraph is reviewed and approved.The extended term of validity of a registration certificate shall be determined according to that announced in Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of the Act, beginning from the day following the expiry date of the original certificate.Articles 5 to 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the application and review stipulated in the first paragraph of this Article.