Organic Agriculture Promotion Act Article 3
The terms used in this Act shall be defined as the following:1.Agricultural product: Any product which is produced or processed as food by utilizing natural resources, agricultural materials and technology, including cultivation, forestry, aquaculture, and animal husbandry or any product promulgated by the Central Competent Authority.2.Operator: Any individual or legal entity who engages in the production, processing, packaging, importing, distribution or sale of agricultural products.3.Organic agriculture: Any farming practice including cultivation, forestry, aquaculture, and animal husbandry without using chemical fertilizer, chemical pesticide, and genetically modified organism (GMO) and derived products, based on the principle of ecological balance and nutrient cycle.4.Organic agricultural product: Any agricultural product that is produced, processed, packaged and distributed in accordance with the certification standard established by the Central Competent Authority and certified under this Act, or any imported agricultural product approved in accordance with Article 17 paragraph 1 of this Act.5.Organic in-conversion agricultural product: Any agricultural product that is undergoing conversion to organic, during which the product is required to be produced, processed, packaged and distributed in accordance with the certification standard established by the Central Competent Authority and certified under this Act.6.Organic mark: The mark used to indicate the agricultural product to be organic.7.Labeling: Words, graphics, symbols or additional instruction affixed to agricultural products, the containers or packaging of agricultural products when displayed or for sale.8.Accreditation body: An institution or legal entity who is reviewed and permitted by the Central Competent Authority and with the qualification to conduct accreditation activities prescribed by this Act.9.Accreditation: The process in which the accreditation body evaluates whether an institution, school or legal entity is qualified to provide certification services prescribed by this Act under a contract.10.Certification body: An institution, school or legal entity who is accredited by the accreditation body to provide certification services.11.Certification: The process in which the certification body verifies whether the production, processing, packaging or distribution of a specific agricultural product is in compliance with this Act under a contract with the respective operator.
中文原文 有機農業促進法第3條
本法用詞，定義如下：
一、農產品：指利用自然資源、農用資材及科技，從事農作、林產、水產、畜牧等生產或加工後供食用之物或其他經中央主管機關公告之物。
二、農產品經營者：指生產、加工、分裝、進口、流通或販賣農產品者。
三、有機農業：指基於生態平衡及養分循環原理，不施用化學肥料及化學農藥，不使用基因改造生物及其產品，進行農作、森林、水產、畜牧等農產品生產之農業。
四、有機農產品：指農產品生產、加工、分裝及流通過程，符合中央主管機關訂定之驗證基準，並經依本法規定驗證合格，或符合第十七條第一項規定之進口農產品。
五、有機轉型期農產品：指農產品生產、加工、分裝及流通過程，於轉型為有機農產品之期間內，符合中央主管機關訂定之驗證基準，並經依本法規定驗證合格者。
六、有機農產品標章：指證明為有機農產品所使用之標章。
七、標示：指農產品於陳列販賣時，於農產品本身、裝置容器、內外包裝所為之文字、圖形、記號或附加之說明書。
八、認證機構：指經中央主管機關審查許可，具有執行本法所定認證業務資格之機構或法人。
九、認證：指經認證機構與機構、學校或法人以私法契約約定，由認證機構就其是否具經營本法所定驗證業務資格者，予以審查之過程。
十、驗證機構：指經認證合格，得經營驗證業務之機構、學校或法人。
十一、驗證：指驗證機構與農產品經營者以私法契約約定，由驗證機構就特定農產品之生產、加工、分裝及流通過程是否符合本法規定，予以審查之過程。
一、農產品：指利用自然資源、農用資材及科技，從事農作、林產、水產、畜牧等生產或加工後供食用之物或其他經中央主管機關公告之物。
二、農產品經營者：指生產、加工、分裝、進口、流通或販賣農產品者。
三、有機農業：指基於生態平衡及養分循環原理，不施用化學肥料及化學農藥，不使用基因改造生物及其產品，進行農作、森林、水產、畜牧等農產品生產之農業。
四、有機農產品：指農產品生產、加工、分裝及流通過程，符合中央主管機關訂定之驗證基準，並經依本法規定驗證合格，或符合第十七條第一項規定之進口農產品。
五、有機轉型期農產品：指農產品生產、加工、分裝及流通過程，於轉型為有機農產品之期間內，符合中央主管機關訂定之驗證基準，並經依本法規定驗證合格者。
六、有機農產品標章：指證明為有機農產品所使用之標章。
七、標示：指農產品於陳列販賣時，於農產品本身、裝置容器、內外包裝所為之文字、圖形、記號或附加之說明書。
八、認證機構：指經中央主管機關審查許可，具有執行本法所定認證業務資格之機構或法人。
九、認證：指經認證機構與機構、學校或法人以私法契約約定，由認證機構就其是否具經營本法所定驗證業務資格者，予以審查之過程。
十、驗證機構：指經認證合格，得經營驗證業務之機構、學校或法人。
十一、驗證：指驗證機構與農產品經營者以私法契約約定，由驗證機構就特定農產品之生產、加工、分裝及流通過程是否符合本法規定，予以審查之過程。