Act on Transactions in Markets of Agricultural Products Article 13

Entities eligible to operate agricultural wholesale markets are limited to the categories outlined in the following subparagraphs:1.Farmers’ organizations.2.Legal persons jointly funded by farmers’ organizations.3.Legal persons jointly funded by farmers’ organizations and government agencies/institutions or township/city offices.4.Legal persons jointly funded by farmers and distributors of agricultural products.5.Legal persons funded by government agencies/institutions or township/city offices.6.Legal persons funded jointly by government agencies/institutions or township/city offices, farmers’ organizations or farmers, and distributors of agricultural products.Entities operating agricultural wholesale markets shall not be for profit; their organization, except for the category in Subparagraph 1 in the previous paragraph, is subject to the provisions of a Company Limited by Shares under the Company Act, mutatis mutandis. However, legal persons under the categories in Subparagraphs 2, 3, 5, and 6 are exempted from the requirements for the number and qualifications of founders specified in Article 128 of the Company Act.Agricultural wholesale markets operated by entities under Subparagraphs 1 and 2 in Paragraph 1 shall be given priority. Those operated by entities under Subparagraph 4 in Paragraph 1 are not eligible for benefits specified in Articles 12, 15, and 17, including funds, land access, and tax reduction.
中文原文 農產品市場交易法第13條
農產品批發市場經營主體,以合於下列規定之一者為限:
一、農民團體。
二、農民團體共同出資組織之法人。
三、政府機關或鄉(鎮、市)公所及農民團體共同出資組織之法人。
四、農民及農產品販運商共同出資組織之法人。
五、政府機關或鄉(鎮、市)公所出資組織之法人。
六、政府機關或鄉(鎮、市)公所、農民團體或農民,及農產品販運商共同出資組織之法人。
農產品批發市場,經營主體均不得以營利為目的;其組織除前項第一款外,準用公司法股份有限公司之規定。
但第二款、第三款、第五款、第六款之法人,發起人人數及資格不受公司法第一百二十八條之限制。
農產品批發市場之經營,以合於第一項第一款、第二款規定者為優先;合於第一項第四款規定者,不得享有本法第十二條、第十五條、第十七條所定之補助、土地取得及稅捐減徵等優待。

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