Administration Regulations of Regulatory Certification Bodies for Public Telecommunications Networks Article 8

The regulatory certification body applying for adding examination items of the public telecommunications network shall submit an application in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 and conduct the replacement of the accreditation certificate.The competent authority shall manage the on-site assessment in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 when accepting the application prescribed in the preceding paragraph.When there are changes in the items recorded in the accreditation certificate, in addition to conducting the addition of examination items in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1, the accreditation certificate shall be submitted to the competent authority for replacement within 15 days from the date of the change.The validity period of the reissued or replaced accreditation certificate shall be the same as that of the original accreditation certificate.A regulatory certification body shall not accept examination applications from its affiliated enterprises.A regulatory certification body and its examiners shall not engage in the design, manufacturing, agency or import of public telecommunications network equipment.If there is any change in the number of examiners or other change in examiners, the regulatory certification body shall submit the basic information of the changed personnel and report it to the competent authority for reference by month.When the vacancy of examiners is not filled, resulting in the failure to meet the requirements of the minimum number of staff as prescribed in Paragraph 3, Article 3, the competent authority may order the regulatory certification body to suspend operations of examinations; after the vacancy of examiners has been filled, the regulatory certification body may submit the basic information of the examiners to the competent authority for approval to resume.When the competent authority has notified the regulatory certification body to suspend the execution of examinations according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the regulatory certification body shall suspend the relevant examination work, and report to the competent authority for reference within ten days from the date of suspension.