Resource Circulation Promotion Act Article 18
Where any article or its packaging or container falls under any of the following circumstances, the central competent authority may prohibit or restrict its manufacture, import, sale, or use; enterprises engaged in the manufacture, import, sale, or use thereof that are subject to such restrictions shall regularly submit relevant data on business volume, production volume, import volume, sales volume and sales recipients, usage volume, and sources of raw material supply to the central competent authority for recordation:I. Excessive consumption of energy or resourcesII. Containing components that are not readily biodegradable over the long termIII. Containing hazardous substancesIV. Likely to present difficulties in recycling or interfere with recycling systemsV. Likely to cause serious environmental pollutionThe methods and scope of prohibitions or restrictions applicable to the articles or their packaging or containers referred to in the preceding paragraph, the determination criteria for the circumstances set forth in each subparagraph, submission of data for recordation, and other compliance matters shall be publicly announced by the central competent authority.The special municipality, county or city competent authority may, based on differing environmental governance conditions, prescribe self-government ordinances or control measures more stringent than the public announcements referred to in the preceding paragraph, with respect to the regulated entities, regulated items, implementation periods, reduction measures, or methods restricting the use of articles or their packaging or containers, and shall submit the same to the central competent authority for approval.Where any article or its packaging or container fails to conform to the public announcements referred to in Paragraph 2, or where the self-government ordinances or control measures referred to in the preceding paragraph apply, the special municipality, county or city competent authority may order the manufacturer, importer, seller, or enterprise using the product to remove the product from shelves, destroy it, re-export it, or take other appropriate actions.
中文原文 資源回收再利用法第18條
物品或其包裝、容器有下列情形之一者，中央主管機關得禁止或限制製造、輸入、販賣、使用；經限制製造、輸入、販賣或使用者，其製造、輸入、販賣或使用業者應定期提送營業量、生產量、進口量、銷售量及銷售對象、使用量、原料供應來源相關資料，報中央主管機關備查：
一、過度耗用能資源。
二、含長期不易腐化之成分。
三、含有害物質之成分。
四、有回收困難或干擾回收體系之虞。
五、有嚴重污染環境之虞。
前項物品或其包裝、容器禁止、限制之方式與範圍、各款所定情形之認定、資料備查及其他應遵行事項，由中央主管機關公告之。
直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得視環境治理條件差異，就限制製造、輸入、販賣、使用物品或其包裝、容器之管制對象、項目、期限、減量、限制使用方式，訂定較前項公告更加嚴格之自治法規或管制措施，報請中央主管機關核定。
物品或其包裝、容器不符合第二項公告、前項自治法規或管制措施，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得令產品之製造、輸入、販賣及使用業者，將產品下架、銷毀、退運或為其他適當處置。
一、過度耗用能資源。
二、含長期不易腐化之成分。
三、含有害物質之成分。
四、有回收困難或干擾回收體系之虞。
五、有嚴重污染環境之虞。
前項物品或其包裝、容器禁止、限制之方式與範圍、各款所定情形之認定、資料備查及其他應遵行事項，由中央主管機關公告之。
直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得視環境治理條件差異，就限制製造、輸入、販賣、使用物品或其包裝、容器之管制對象、項目、期限、減量、限制使用方式，訂定較前項公告更加嚴格之自治法規或管制措施，報請中央主管機關核定。
物品或其包裝、容器不符合第二項公告、前項自治法規或管制措施，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得令產品之製造、輸入、販賣及使用業者，將產品下架、銷毀、退運或為其他適當處置。