Regulation on the Retention Periods and Destruction of Agency Records Article 10

The destruction plan under paragraph 2 of Article 12 of the Act shall contain the following:1.The years of the records to be destroyed, and their quantity.2.The storage place for the records to be destroyed.3.The time, place and method of destruction.4.Where a record's retention period has been amended in accordance with Article 7, indicate the retention measures used to ensure that the reproduced and stored record can be effectively accessed.5.Other matters stated by the central archives competent authority.The retention measures used to ensure that the reproduced and stored record can be effectively accessed as referred to subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph shall include the following items:1.Establishment of standard operating procedures for long-term retention of reproduced and stored records.2.A plan for remote backup of reproduced and stored records.3.Assessment of the viability of media, software, and hardware; the conversion procedures and their cost effectiveness.4.Other matters stated by the central archives competent authority.Both the destruction plan of the first paragraph and the destruction catalogs of Article 8 shall, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Enforcement Rule of the Act, be submitted to the central archives competent authority for approval.