The Organic Act of the Fair Trade Commission Article 4

The FTC shall consist of seven full-time commissioners, appointed by nomination of the Premier and approval of the Legislative Yuan, each serving a four-year term. Commissioners may be reappointed when their term expires. Commissioners shall serve a four-year term and may be re-appointed once to serve a consecutive term. Those who have already served two consecutive terms shall not be re-appointed. When making the appointment, the premier shall designate one of the commissioners as the chairperson and another as the vice chairperson.The chairperson, a special appointee, shall represent the FTC in external functions; the vice chairperson shall have the status equivalent to that of Grade-14 senior executive officers; the remaining commissioners shall have the status equivalent to that of Grade-13 senior executive officers.Incumbent commissioners whose term has not yet expired when this Law is implemented shall remain in their posts until the term expires without being subject to the term and appointment limits set forth in the preceding paragraph.The premier shall act in accordance with the procedure set forth in Paragraph 1 and nominate new commissioners three months prior to the term of the commissioners expires. When a commissioner position is vacant, the succeeding commissioner shall serve until the term of the original commissioner expires. In the event where the Legislative Yuan disagrees with the nominations or where vacancies result in the number of commissioners falling short of the designated quota, the Premier shall determine nominations within three months.Three of the nominated commissioners, not including the chairperson and vice chairperson, of the first session after the Act is implemented, shall serve for a term of two years without being subject to the term limit set forth in Paragraph 1.The number of commissioners affiliated with the same political party may not exceed one half of the total number of commissioners.