Regulations Governing Commission of Commodity Inspection Operations Article 5

The applicant applying for the certification body (hereinafter referred to as the “certification body applicant”) shall possess the following qualifications:1. Administrative bodies or institutions, public or private college or university, or non-profit juristic persons of the Republic of China;2. Having set up the product certification system compliant with the international standards and been granted an accreditation by the Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the “TAF”) for the relevant commodity fields;3. Having obtained recognition by the BSMI as a designated testing laboratory for the relevant commodity inspection fields, or qualification for technical body which is designated and made known to the public by the BSMI per public notice. If above-mentioned application includes the module for the factory inspection business, the certification body applicant shall have obtained recognition by the BSMI as a designated factory inspection body for the relevant commodity fields; and4. Other qualifications designated and made known to the public by the BSMI per public notice.In case of the application for the certification category of Voluntary Product Certification, the qualification required in the first Subparagraph of the preceding Paragraph may be exempted.The qualification required in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 may be exempted, provided that this has been made known to the public by the BSMI per public notice under special circumstances.