Act on Transactions in Markets of Agricultural Products Article 3

The following definitions apply in this Act:1.Agricultural product: any vegetable, fruit, livestock, or fishery product, or any other product from agriculture, forestry, fishery, or animal husbandry, as well as its processed product as designated by the Central Competent Authority;2.Agricultural wholesale market: an organization that assembles and performs daily or periodic transactions of agricultural products;3.Farmer: A natural person directly engaged in the production of agricultural products as defined by this Act;4.Farmers’ organization: any legally organized farmers’ association, fishermen’s association, cooperative for agricultural production and marketing, or cooperative farm;5.Supplier: anyone who provides agricultural products to agricultural wholesale markets;6.Purchaser: anyone who purchases agricultural products from agricultural wholesale markets;7.Distributor: anyone who purchases agricultural products from agricultural producers or agricultural wholesale markets and ships and trades them in other markets;8.Wholesaler: anyone who purchases agricultural products from an agricultural wholesale market and sells them to retailers or institutional consumers in the same market;9.Retailer: a businessperson or entity that sells agricultural products to consumers;10.Agricultural corporation: a company engaged in agricultural production as defined by this Act.
中文原文 農產品市場交易法第3條
本法用辭定義如左:
一、農產品:指蔬菜、青果、畜產、漁產與中央主管機關指定之其他農、林、漁、牧業產品及其加工品。
二、農產品批發市場:指每日或定期集中進行農產品交易之機構。
三、農民:指直接從事本法所稱農產品生產之自然人。
四、農民團體:指依法組織之農會、漁會及農產品生產運銷合作社、合作農場。
五、供應人:指向農產品批發市場供應農產品者。
六、承銷人:指向農產品批發市場承購農產品者。
七、販運商:指向農產品生產者或批發市場購買農產品運往其他市場交易者。
八、零批商:指向農產品批發市場購貨,在同一市場內批售農產品予零售商或大消費戶者。
九、零售商:指向消費者銷售農產品之商販。
十、農業企業機構:指從事本法所稱農產品生產之公司組織。

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