Regulations Governing Permission and Administration of Securities and Futures Business Dealings and Investment Between the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 4

A Taiwan-area securities or futures institution shall report to the competent authority for permission in accordance with these Regulations for the following matters:1. Business dealings between the Taiwan-area securities or futures institution or a branch unit it establishes in a third region and a natural person, juristic person, group, or other institution of the Mainland Area, or a third-region branch unit established by one of those entities.2. Establishment of a representative office in the Mainland Area by the Taiwan-area securities or futures institution or its third-region subsidiary.3. Investment in a Mainland-area securities company, securities investment fund management company, or futures company by the Taiwan-area securities or futures institution or its third-region subsidiary.A Taiwan-area securities or futures institution making an application pursuant to subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph shall additionally apply to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for permission in accordance with the provisions of the Act .A Mainland-area securities or futures institution or a Mainland-invested securities or futures institution applying to establish a representative office in the Taiwan Area or to invest in a securities firm, securities investment trust enterprise (SITE), or futures commission merchant (FCM) in the Taiwan Area shall report to the competent authority for permission in accordance with these Regulations, and in addition shall apply to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for permission in accordance with the provisions of the Act.The number of the Taiwan-area securities or futures institutions in which a single Mainland-area securities or futures institution or a Mainland-invested securities or futures institution may invest shall be limited to one only, and from among the Mainland-area securities or futures institution or its Mainland-invested securities or futures institutions, one entity shall be selected to make the investment.
中文原文 臺灣地區與大陸地區證券期貨業務往來及投資許可管理辦法第4條
下列事項,臺灣地區證券、期貨機構應依本辦法報經主管機關許可:
一、臺灣地區證券、期貨機構及其在第三地區設立之分支機構與大陸地區之人民、法人、團體、其他機構或其在第三地區設立之分支機構,為業務往來。
二、臺灣地區證券、期貨機構或其第三地區子公司,在大陸地區設立代表人辦事處。
三、臺灣地區證券、期貨機構或其第三地區子公司,在大陸地區投資證券公司、證券投資基金管理公司或期貨公司。
臺灣地區證券、期貨機構申請辦理前項第三款規定事項,並應依本條例規定,向經濟部申請許可。
大陸地區證券、期貨機構或陸資證券、期貨機構申請在臺灣地區設立代表人辦事處或投資證券商、證券投資信託事業或期貨商,除應依本辦法報經主管機關許可外,並應依本條例規定,向經濟部申請許可。
單一大陸地區證券、期貨機構或陸資證券、期貨機構投資臺灣地區證券、期貨機構之家數,以一家為限,且僅得由大陸地區證券、期貨機構或其陸資證券、期貨機構擇一為投資。

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