Organic Agriculture Promotion Act Article 31
Under any one of the following circumstances, an operator is subject to a fine from NTD60,000 up to NTD600,000 for each individual violation:1.Violation of paragraph 2 of Article 15, using the prohibited substances.2.Violation of paragraph 3 of Article 15, the organic agricultural products and organic in-conversion agricultural products containing the prohibited substances; however, operators validating that they have taken necessary prevention measures, and their fields are identified by the competent authority to be contaminated by adjacent farms, are exempted from penalties.3.Violation of paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 16 or paragraph 1 of Article 17, agricultural products not certified or imports not reviewed qualified being sold, labeled, displayed, or advertised as organic or in a misleading way.4.Violation of paragraph 3 of article 16, non-natural person operator using the term “organic” as whole or a part of its name without having all its product certified or reviewed qualified under subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 17.5.Violating the suspension of selling, labeling, displaying, or advertising products as organic imposed by the Central Competent Authority under paragraph 2 of Article 32.Operators in the above situations in production, processing, packaging, or distribution under the instruction of an entruster or client shall inflict penalties on the entruster or client instead.
中文原文 有機農業促進法第31條
農產品經營者有下列情形之一者,處新臺幣六萬元以上六十萬元以下罰鍰,並得按次處罰:
一、違反第十五條第二項規定,使用禁用物質。
二、違反第十五條第三項規定,其有機農產品及有機轉型期農產品含有禁用物質。
但農產品經營者證明其已採取必要之防護措施,且經主管機關認定為鄰田污染者,不罰。
三、違反第十六條第一項、第二項或第十七條第一項規定,其農產品未經驗證合格,或未經進口審查合格,以有機名義或其他足使他人誤認之方法,而販賣、標示、展示或廣告。
四、違反第十六條第三項規定,非自然人之農產品經營者以有機為其名稱之全部或一部分,且其農產品未經驗證合格或未依第十七條第一項第二款規定審查合格。
五、違反主管機關依第三十二條第二項規定所為停止以有機名義販賣、標示、展示或廣告之處分。
農產品經營者依委託人或定作人之指示,生產、加工、分裝或流通農產品,而有前項各款所定情形之一者,以委託人或定作人為處罰對象。
一、違反第十五條第二項規定,使用禁用物質。
二、違反第十五條第三項規定,其有機農產品及有機轉型期農產品含有禁用物質。
但農產品經營者證明其已採取必要之防護措施,且經主管機關認定為鄰田污染者,不罰。
三、違反第十六條第一項、第二項或第十七條第一項規定,其農產品未經驗證合格,或未經進口審查合格,以有機名義或其他足使他人誤認之方法,而販賣、標示、展示或廣告。
四、違反第十六條第三項規定,非自然人之農產品經營者以有機為其名稱之全部或一部分,且其農產品未經驗證合格或未依第十七條第一項第二款規定審查合格。
五、違反主管機關依第三十二條第二項規定所為停止以有機名義販賣、標示、展示或廣告之處分。
農產品經營者依委託人或定作人之指示,生產、加工、分裝或流通農產品,而有前項各款所定情形之一者,以委託人或定作人為處罰對象。