Regulations of New and Existing Chemical Substances Registration Article 20

Information on chemical substances that is registered, which involves confidential matters on national defense or business secrets, shall be kept confidential.The aforementioned business secrets shall conform to the following conditions:I.They are not known to persons generally involved in information of this type;II.They have economic value, actual or potential, due to their secretive nature; andIII.The owners have taken reasonable measures to maintain their secrecy.For registered information determined to be business secrets pursuant to paragraph 1, the following shall be protected and kept confidential:I.Registrant informationII.Substance identificationIII.Information on manufacturing and importingIV.Life cycle descriptionA registrant may apply for protection of confidential information with supporting documentation conforming to paragraph 2, on any of the following occasions:I.Application for the registration of a new chemical substance,II.Application for the phase 1 registration of an existing chemical substance,III.Application for the standard registration of an existing chemical substance, orIV.Application for the inclusion in the inventory of existing chemical substances pursuant to Article 14.A registrant who does not apply for protection of confidential information regarding a chemical substance that is registered and approved pursuant to the previous paragraph may state the reasons for confidentiality, provide supporting documentation conforming to paragraph 2, and apply to the central competent authority for protection of confidential information when filing an extension application for a registered new chemical substance, or after the registration is approved for an existing chemical substance.
中文原文 新化學物質及既有化學物質資料登錄辦法第20條
前條化學物質登錄資料應予公開之內容,涉及國防或工商機密者,應予保密。
前項所稱工商機密,應符合下列要件:
一、非一般涉及該類資訊之人所知者。
二、因其秘密性而具有實際或潛在之經濟價值者。
三、所有人已採取合理之保密措施者。
第一項化學物質登錄資料經認定涉及工商機密者,應予保密之範圍如下:
一、登錄人資訊。
二、化學物質辨識資訊。
三、化學物質製造或輸入資訊。
四、化學物質用途資訊。
登錄人有下列情形之一者,得檢具第二項之證明文件,向中央主管機關申請保密:
一、新化學物質申請登錄。
二、既有化學物質申請第一階段登錄。
三、既有化學物質申請標準登錄。
四、依第十四條規定納入既有化學物質清冊。
核准登錄之化學物質未依前項規定申請保密者,登錄人得於新化學物質申請核准登錄展延時,或既有化學物質核准登錄取得後,敘明理由並檢具第二項之證明文件,向中央主管機關申請保密。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.