Organic Agriculture Promotion Act Article 12
Any institution, school, or legal entity shall not engage in the certification activities until being accredited by an accreditation body and receiving the accreditation certificate in the qualified scope.The certification activities of certification bodies are the following:1.Signing contracts with operators to certify their agricultural products in accordance with the certification standards.2.Issuing certificates of organic agricultural products and organic in-conversion agricultural products and controlling the organic marks used by the certified operators.3.Inspecting agricultural products according to the contracts.4.Other certification related activities promulgated by the Central Competent Authority.The Central Competent Authority shall establish the certification standards, categories, and items of agricultural products mentioned in subparagraph 1 of the above paragraph.The certification bodies engaging in the aforementioned certification activities shall retain the data and records according to the items, methods and periods promulgated by the Central Competent Authority. The certification bodies shall provide those data and records when requested by the Central Competent Authority. The certification bodies shall not evade, impede, or refuse the examination or provide false data or records.
中文原文 有機農業促進法第12條
機構、學校、法人經營驗證業務者，應經認證機構認證合格，並由認證機構依其經營驗證業務類別發給認證證書後，始得為之。
驗證機構之驗證業務如下：
一、與農產品經營者簽訂契約，依驗證基準驗證農產品經營者之農產品。
二、製發有機農產品、有機轉型期農產品驗證證書，及管理經其驗證通過之農產品經營者使用有機農產品標章。
三、依契約查驗農產品。
四、其他經中央主管機關公告與驗證有關之業務。
前項第一款之驗證基準、農產品類別、品項，由中央主管機關定之。
驗證機構經營第二項驗證業務，應依中央主管機關公告之項目、方式及期間，保存相關資料及紀錄；中央主管機關得隨時查核之，驗證機構不得規避、妨礙、拒絕或提供不實資料、紀錄。
驗證機構之驗證業務如下：
一、與農產品經營者簽訂契約，依驗證基準驗證農產品經營者之農產品。
二、製發有機農產品、有機轉型期農產品驗證證書，及管理經其驗證通過之農產品經營者使用有機農產品標章。
三、依契約查驗農產品。
四、其他經中央主管機關公告與驗證有關之業務。
前項第一款之驗證基準、農產品類別、品項，由中央主管機關定之。
驗證機構經營第二項驗證業務，應依中央主管機關公告之項目、方式及期間，保存相關資料及紀錄；中央主管機關得隨時查核之，驗證機構不得規避、妨礙、拒絕或提供不實資料、紀錄。