Waste Disposal Act Article 16-1

Responsible enterprises for regulated recyclable waste referred to in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 15 shall register with the central competent authority. Equipment installers, based on the purchase volume for the current period, manufacturers, based on the business volume for the current period after deducting the purchase volume of equipment installers, and importers, based on the import volume reported to customs after deducting the purchase volume of equipment installers for the current period, shall pay recycling, clearance, and disposal fees in accordance with the fee rates approved by the central competent authority.Where the registration approval or equipment registration documents for installers of renewable energy power generation equipment have been wholly or partially revoked by the industry competent authority, the equipment installers shall submit a recycling plan to the central competent authority, specifying whether they will adopt a self-established recycling chain or apply for subsidies pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 18, and shall implement such plan upon approval by the central competent authority. After appropriately clearing and disposing of the regulated recyclable waste, such equipment installers may submit relevant records and supporting documents to the central competent authority to apply for fee refunds or subsidies.The recycling, clearance, and disposal fees referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article and Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article shall be incorporated into the Resource Recycling Management Fund, entrusted to financial institutions for collection, safekeeping, and disbursement, and allocated at a certain proportion into the trust fund and the nonprofit special funds respectively. Regulations governing the aforementioned certain proportion and the collection, safekeeping, disbursement, and utilization of the trust fund shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.Regulations governing the: registration; reporting; deductions; payment methods for recycling, clearance, and disposal fees; procedures; deadlines; particular items required to be included in recycling plans; refunds; management, and; other compliance matters for responsible enterprises pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 and the preceding Article, shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.The fee rates referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article and Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article shall be reviewed by the Resource Recycling Fee Rate Review Board established by the central competent authority and consider materials, volume, weight, environmental impacts, reuse value, recycling, clearance and disposal costs, recycling, clearance and disposal rates, auditing and collection costs, financial status of the fund, recycling incentive amounts, and other relevant factors, then be submitted to the central competent authority for final approval and public announcement. The central competent authority shall establish fee rate formulas and review fee rates based on market prices, consumer price indices, and other relevant factors, and after review and approval by the Resource Recycling Fee Rate Review Board, publicly announce fee rates in a timely manner.