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<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(76, 71, 71); font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: justify !important;">Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has amended its chemical control law <span style="font-weight: bolder;">‘</span>Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act (TCSCA)’ and renamed it to<span style="font-weight: bolder;"> Toxic Chemicals and Concerned Substances Control Act</span> (<span style="font-weight: bolder;">TCCSCA</span>). This regulation has come into force from <span style="font-weight: bolder;">January 1, 2020.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(76, 71, 71); font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: justify !important;">Companies that manufacture or import Existing Chemical Substance in an annual amount of 100 kilograms or more need to apply for <span style="font-weight: bolder;">Phase One Registration</span> within 6 months from the date of exporting. Furthermore, if the chemical in a quantity that is above 1 tonne per year or more and falls under the list of <span style="font-weight: bolder;">106 Priority Existing Chemicals (</span><span style="font-weight: bolder;">PECs</span><span style="font-weight: bolder;">)</span> then companies need to do a <span style="font-weight: bolder;">Standard Registration. </span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(76, 71, 71); font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: justify !important;">In the case of Confidential Business Information (CBI), <span style="font-weight: bolder;">exporters to Taiwan</span> should communicate with their buyers and register via a <span style="font-weight: bolder;">Third Party</span><span style="font-weight: bolder;"> Representative</span> (<span style="font-weight: bolder;">TPR</span>).<span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(76, 71, 71); font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: justify !important;">As a <span style="font-weight: bolder;">TPR</span>, SSS can communicate in the supply chain on behalf of your company and also assist you with Phase One & Standard Registration.<span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(76, 71, 71); font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: justify !important;">If you have any further questions on TCCSCA compliance, please contact our Regulatory Manager Chia-Sui Hsu at <a href="mailto:chia-sui@SSSEurope.onmicrosoft.com" style="color: rgb(191, 170, 83); transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">chia-sui@SSSEurope.onmicrosoft.com</a></p>