Regulations Governing Travel Agencies Article 12

A travel agency shall pay a registration fee and Travel Agency Guarantee Deposit in accordance with the following provisions:1.) Registration fee:(A). One-thousandth of total invested capital.(B). One-thousandth of capital increase for a branch company.2.) Guarantee deposit:(A). NT$10 million for Consolidated travel agencies.(B). NT$1.5 million for Class-A travel agencies.(C). NT$600,000 for Class-B travel agencies.(D). NT$300,000 for each branch company of consolidated or Class-A travel agencies.(E). NT$150,000 for each branch company of Class-B travel agencies.(F). For a travel agency that has no record of business suspension for the last two years, that has not been subject to compulsory execution of the Travel Agency Guarantee Deposit, and that has obtained membership in a public-interest association for tourism that is recognized by the central administrative authority as a competent agent for safeguarding the interests of tourists, the guarantee deposit may be reduced to one-tenth of the mandatory amount for same type of travel agency as indicated in Item A to Item E.In the event of any of the following changes in a travel agency, the starting point of the two-year period as indicated in item F of subparagraph 2 shall be changed to the time of occurrence of such change:1.) Change in the name of travel agency.2.) Change of representative, with the new representative being other than an original stockholder of the agency and has qualified as a stockholder the less than a year.Payment of the Travel Agency Guarantee Deposit shall be made in the form of a certificate of deposit issued by a bank.The charge for licensing, replacement, or reissuance of a travel agency operating license shall be NT$1,300.The renewal or reissuance of an operating license for a travel agency, necessitated by a change of address caused by the rezoning of the administrative district or by a change in the property numbering system affecting the travel agency in question, shall be without charge.
中文原文 旅行業管理規則第12條
旅行業應依照下列規定,繳納註冊費、保證金:
一、註冊費:
(一)按資本總額千分之一繳納。
(二)分公司按增資額千分之一繳納。
二、保證金:
(一)綜合旅行業新臺幣一千萬元。
(二)甲種旅行業新臺幣一百五十萬元。
(三)乙種旅行業新臺幣六十萬元。
(四)綜合旅行業、甲種旅行業每一分公司新臺幣三十萬元。
(五)乙種旅行業每一分公司新臺幣十五萬元。
(六)經營同種類旅行業,最近二年未受停業處分,且保證金未被強制執行,並取得經中央主管機關認可足以保障旅客權益之觀光公益法人會員資格者,得按第一目至第五目金額十分之一繳納。
旅行業有下列情形之一者,其有關前項第二款第六目規定之二年期間,應自變更時重新起算:
一、名稱變更者。
二、代表人變更,其變更後之代表人,非由原股東出任,且取得股東資格未滿一年者。
旅行業保證金應以銀行定存單繳納之。
申請、換發或補發旅行業執照,應繳納執照費新臺幣一千三百元。
因行政區域調整或門牌改編之地址變更而換發旅行業執照者,免繳納執照費。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.