Environmental Analysis Organization Management Regulations Article 16

The maximum validity period of permits shall not exceed 5 years. Extension applications shall be filed by the testing and analysis organization within 5 to 6 months prior to the permit expiration. Categories or items that obtained the permit during the application extension period, the application should be made 60 days before the original permit expires. Period of each extension shall not exceed 5 years. However, if during the validity period of the permit the testing and analysis organization is found to have involved in any of the circumstances specified in Paragraph 8 or 9 of Article 24, and punishment from the central competent authority has been confirmed, the extension of the permit’s validity period shall be for a maximum of 3 years.For the testing and analysis organizations apply for extension of permit but with application documents being reviewed as not comply with regulations or the contents were incomplete, the central competent authority shall notify the applicant to make corrections within a deadline. If failed to make corrections by the deadline, the application shall be rejected.For the testing and analysis organizations apply for extension in accordance with Paragraph 1 within the regulated period of time and being determined as unable to make decision on approval or rejection due to review time needed for the central competent authority before expiration of the permit, the testing and analysis organizations may continue to perform their testing items in accordance with their original permit content during the time period from the permit expiration date to the completion date of review.For the testing and analysis organizations failed to apply for extension in accordance with the foregoing Paragraph 1 within the regulated period of time or failed to pass the application for extension and re-applied within the validity of the permit, shall stop to perform their testing items since expiration date of the permit till the central competent authority has made the approval or rejection decision for the application. If the testing and analysis organizations failed to apply for extension before the expiration date of the permit, their permits shall be invalid since the expiration date of the permits. A new permit application shall be submitted if they want to continue to perform their testing and analysis operation of the said items.