Any foreign shipping agency desiring to establish a branch office shall make an application, with the enclosure of the following documents, to the shipping administration for document review and submission to the competent authority for them to approve the establishment:1. Application form (Attachment 1);2. Business plan within the ROC territories;3. List of the companies represented by it;4. Counterpart or photocopy of the permit issued by the government of its home country granting the registration of shipping agency operations; and5. The name, nationality and address of the representative appointed in the ROC territories for litigation and non-litigation cases, and the power of attorney given to the representative.The documents under subparagraph 4 and 5 of the preceding paragraph shall be certified (verified)by an ROC embassy, consulate, representative office, liaison office, or any other agency authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROC. A Chinese translation must be attached if the documents are written in any foreign languages other than English:1. An ROC embassy, consulate, representative office or liaison office, or an organization authorized or established or a private group commissioned by the Executive Yuan of the ROC in Hong Kong or Macao;2. Any foreign entity in the ROC authorized by a foreign embassy or consulate in the ROC or by a foreign government and engaged in certification of documents upon approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROC.Attachment 1：The Application Form for Permission on the Establishment of a Shipping Agency.PDFAttachment 1：The Application Form for Permission on the Establishment of a Shipping Agency.doc