Regulations Governing Mergers or Consolidations, General Assumptions, or General Assignments Between Foreign Financial Institutions and Domestic Financial Institutions Article 5

When a foreign financial institution applies to the competent authority for permission to conduct a merger or consolidation, general assumption, or general assignment with a domestic financial institution, it shall submit the following documents:1. Documents required under Article 16 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 3 herein, or equivalent documents, and the foreign financial institution shall also attach a certificate of authentication of the shareholders meeting minutes or board of directors meeting minutes.2. The permission for establishment and operation or the business license (a photocopy may be substituted), and the foreign financial institution shall also attach a certificate of authentication of the photocopy of its permission for establishment and operation or business license.3. The power of attorney issued by the foreign financial institution to designate the litigious and non-litigious agent in the ROC and a certificate of authentication of the same.Authentication of the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be conducted by a notary public or an ROC consular official in the home country of the foreign financial institution.