In case of any of the following circumstances, the competent authority shall prohibit the concerned recruitment agent from newly employing any foreign crew member for a period of one year:1. The foreign recruitment agent with which the recruitment agent cooperates does not meet the conditions as stipulated in Article 5, paragraph 4.2. The wages of foreign crew member(s) are paid through any foreign recruitment agent, in violation of Article 14, paragraph 2.3. The recruitment agent is under the circumstances stipulated in Article 17, paragraph 1 and has not improved after being ordered to make improvements within the required timeframe.4. The recruitment agent fails to replenish the guarantee bond within the required timeframe pursuant to Article 17, paragraph 2.Where foreign crew members recruited by a recruitment agent are missing within three months after embarkation, and the number and percentage thereof reach the threshold as specified in Appendix 1, the competent authority shall prohibit such agent from introducing any foreign crew member for a period of not less than three months and not more than one year.In case of any of the following circumstances, the competent authority shall revoke the authorization of a recruitment agent:1. The recruitment agent whose evaluation grade is C for two consecutive years.2. Human trafficking or forced labor has occurred to a recruited foreign crew member serving on board a fishing vessel flying the flag of the Republic of China or a foreign fishing vessel invested and operated by national(s) of the Republic of China, and such incident is either prosecuted by the judiciary of the Republic of China or any other country, or is confirmed to be true by any international fisheries organization, and the recruitment agent fails to conduct the matters as stipulated in Article 15.For any recruitment agent whose authorization is revoked, the competent authority shall order such recruitment agent to transfer its business to other recruitment agent(s) within a given timeframe, or to repatriate the recruited foreign crew member(s) to his/her home country.The recruitment agent as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall submit documents to the competent authority for recordation after the completion of transferring its business or repatriating the foreign crew member(s). For the documents to be submitted, qualifications requirements of and matters to be conducted by the assuming recruitment agent(s), and the interest-free refund of the guarantee bond, Article 19, paragraphs 4 to 7 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.Appendix 1_Threshold Percentage and Number of Missing Foreign Crew Members Employed Overseas for Prohibiting a Recruitment Agent from Conducting Recruiting Business.odt