Environmental Agents Control Act Article 5

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows.I. “Environmental agents” means the following types of chemical agents or microbial preparations used for environmental sanitation and pollution control, and which are distinguished as technical grade environmental agents, general use environmental agents, and restricted use environmental agents in accordance with use concentration and method of use:1. Pesticides, miticides, rodenticides, bactericides/fungicides used for environmental sanitation, and other chemical agents used against organisms injurious to environmental sanitation.2. Synthetic chemical agents used to prevent air, water, or soil pollution, or treat waste, and that have been officially announced by the central competent authority.3. Microbial preparations produced from natural or artificially-modified microbe organisms or their metabolic products, and used to control air pollution, water pollution, or soil pollution, treat waste, or control environmental sanitation disease vectors.4. Other environmental agents officially announced and designated by the central competent authority.II. “Technical grade environmental agents” means active component raw materials used to manufacture or process general use environmental agents and restricted use environmental agents.III. “General use environmental agents” means those environmental agents that are used in a simple manner, are manufactured or processed from technical grade environmental agents, and contain amounts of active components within the limits designated and officially announced by the central competent authority.IV. “Restricted use environmental agents” means those environmental agents that are manufactured or processed from technical grade environmental agents and shall be used in conjunction with safety protection measures, or other chemical agents designated by the central competent authority.V. “Environmental agent manufacturing enterprises” means those enterprises engaged in the manufacture, processing, or packaging of environmental agents, the export, wholesale, or retail sales of self-produced products, and the import of technical grade environmental agents for self-use.VI. “Environmental agent vendors” means those enterprises engaged in the import, export, wholesale, and retail sale of environmental agents. However, this term does not include wholesale suppliers and retailers of general use environmental agents.VII. “Pest control operators” means those enterprises engaged in the control of pests and disease vectors such as insects, mites, and rodents, or in disinfection for environmental and sanititary purposes.Unless other regulations of this Act apply, those environmental agents manufacturing enterprises referred to in Subparagraph 5 of the foregoing paragraph that are engaged in the export, wholesale, or retail sale of self-made products shall be subject to relevant regulations for environmental agents vendors.
中文原文 環境用藥管理法第5條
本法用詞,定義如下:
一、環境用藥:指下列環境衛生、污染防治用藥品或微生物製劑,依其使用濃度及使用方式分為環境用藥原體、一般環境用藥、特殊環境用藥:
(一)環境衛生用殺蟲劑、殺劑、殺鼠劑、殺菌劑及其他防制有害環境衛生生物之藥品。
(二)防治空氣污染、水污染、土壤污染或處理廢棄物之化學合成藥品,經中央主管機關公告者。
(三)利用天然或人工改造之微生物個體或其新陳代謝產物所製成,用以防治空氣污染、水污染、土壤污染、處理廢棄物或防制環境衛生病媒之微生物製劑,經中央主管機關公告者。
二、環境用藥原體:指用以製造、加工一般環境用藥、特殊環境用藥所需之有效成分原料。
三、一般環境用藥:指以環境用藥原體經製造、加工,所含有效成分符合中央主管機關所規定限量,使用簡便之藥品。
四、特殊環境用藥:指以環境用藥原體經製造、加工,須在安全防護措施下使用或其他經中央主管機關認定之藥品。
五、環境用藥製造業:指經營環境用藥之製造、加工、分裝與自製產品之輸出、批發、零售及自用環境用藥原體輸入之業者。
六、環境用藥販賣業:指經營環境用藥之輸入、輸出、批發及零售業者。
但不包括一般環境用藥批發、零售業。
七、病媒防治業:指從事環境衛生之蟲、、鼠等病媒、害蟲防治及殺菌消毒之業者。
前項第五款所定環境用藥製造業經營自製產品之輸出、批發或零售業務者,除本法另有規定外,準用環境用藥販賣業之有關規定。

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