Management Regulations for the Import and Export of Industrial Waste Article 2

Terms used in these regulations are defined as follows:I. Import means the act of importing waste into the Republic of China from another country, but does not include transshipment.II. Export means the act of exporting waste from the Republic of China to another country that has been declared to the customs authority or cleared thereby.III. Transit means the shipment of waste from another country via transport vehicle to a third country and that the transport vehicle when passing through an open port of the Republic of China does not unload its cargo and that said cargo is carried by the same transport vehicle out of the territory of the Republic of China.IV. Transshipment means the shipment of waste from another country via transport vehicle to a third country and that the transport vehicle when passing through an open port of the Republic of China must unload its cargo and that said cargo is transferred to another transport vehicle that leaves the territory of the Republic of China by way of the same port.V. Hazardous waste means hazardous industrial waste, harmful waste regulated by the Basel Convention, and other waste legally recognized by the exporting, receiving, or transit country as hazardous waste.