Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act Article 3
The Terms used in this Act are defined as follows.I.“Toxic chemical substances” means those chemical substances that are intentionally produced by human activity or unintentionally derived from production processes and that have been officially announced by the central competent authority as having toxicity subject to the following classification regulations. Toxic chemical substances shall be classified as follows.A.Class 1 toxic chemical substances: those chemical substances that are not prone to decompose in the environment or that pollute the environment or endanger human health due to bioaccumulation, bioconcentration or biotransformation.B.Class 2 toxic chemical substances: those chemical substances that cause tumors, infertility, teratogenesis, genetic mutations or other chronic diseases.C.Class 3 toxic chemical substances: those chemical substances that endanger human health or the lives of biological organisms immediately upon exposure.D.Class 4 toxic chemical substances: those chemical substances that have endocrine disruptor properties, environmental pollutants or chemicals which endanger human health.II. "Concerned chemical substances" refers to chemical substances aside from toxic chemical substances, that have been officially announced by the central competent authority to pollute the environment or are a suspected threat to human health based on substance characteristics or public consumer issues of domestic or foreign concern and are controlled by the central competent authority.III.“Existing chemical substances” refers to those chemical substances that are listed in the chemical substance inventory issued by the central competent authority after consultation with the government authorities in charge of subject industry.IV.“New chemical substances” refers to chemical substances that are not included in the existing chemical substance inventory.V.“Handling” refers to such activities as the manufacture, import, export, sale, transport, use, storage or discarding of chemical substances.VI.“Pollution of the environment” refers to an alteration of the quality of air, water or soil due to the handling of chemical substances such that it causes an impact on the normal use of the air, water or soil, destruction of the natural ecology or damage to property.VII. “Release quantity” refers to the total quantity of a chemical substance that is dispersed into the air, water or soil due to handling.
中文原文 毒性及關注化學物質管理法第3條
本法用詞，定義如下：
一、毒性化學物質：指人為有意產製或於產製過程中無意衍生之化學物質，經中央主管機關認定其毒性符合下列分類規定並公告者。
其分類如下：
（一）第一類毒性化學物質：化學物質在環境中不易分解或因生物蓄積、生物濃縮、生物轉化等作用，致污染環境或危害人體健康者。
（二）第二類毒性化學物質：化學物質有致腫瘤、生育能力受損、畸胎、遺傳因子突變或其他慢性疾病等作用者。
（三）第三類毒性化學物質：化學物質經暴露，將立即危害人體健康或生物生命者。
（四）第四類毒性化學物質：化學物質具有內分泌干擾素特性或有污染環境、危害人體健康者。
二、關注化學物質：指毒性化學物質以外之化學物質，基於其物質特性或國內外關注之民生消費議題，經中央主管機關認定有污染環境或危害人體健康之虞，並公告者。
三、既有化學物質：指經中央主管機關會商各目的事業主管機關後，建置於既有化學物質清冊中之化學物質。
四、新化學物質：指既有化學物質以外之化學物質。
五、運作：指對化學物質進行製造、輸入、輸出、販賣、運送、使用、貯存或廢棄等行為。
六、污染環境：指因化學物質之運作而改變空氣、水或土壤品質，致影響其正常用途，破壞自然生態或損害財物。
七、釋放量：指化學物質因運作而流布於空氣、水或土壤中之總量。
一、毒性化學物質：指人為有意產製或於產製過程中無意衍生之化學物質，經中央主管機關認定其毒性符合下列分類規定並公告者。
其分類如下：
（一）第一類毒性化學物質：化學物質在環境中不易分解或因生物蓄積、生物濃縮、生物轉化等作用，致污染環境或危害人體健康者。
（二）第二類毒性化學物質：化學物質有致腫瘤、生育能力受損、畸胎、遺傳因子突變或其他慢性疾病等作用者。
（三）第三類毒性化學物質：化學物質經暴露，將立即危害人體健康或生物生命者。
（四）第四類毒性化學物質：化學物質具有內分泌干擾素特性或有污染環境、危害人體健康者。
二、關注化學物質：指毒性化學物質以外之化學物質，基於其物質特性或國內外關注之民生消費議題，經中央主管機關認定有污染環境或危害人體健康之虞，並公告者。
三、既有化學物質：指經中央主管機關會商各目的事業主管機關後，建置於既有化學物質清冊中之化學物質。
四、新化學物質：指既有化學物質以外之化學物質。
五、運作：指對化學物質進行製造、輸入、輸出、販賣、運送、使用、貯存或廢棄等行為。
六、污染環境：指因化學物質之運作而改變空氣、水或土壤品質，致影響其正常用途，破壞自然生態或損害財物。
七、釋放量：指化學物質因運作而流布於空氣、水或土壤中之總量。