農產品受進口損害救助辦法

These Rules are established in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 52 of the Agricultural Development.

For purposes of these Rules, the “competent authority” shall denote the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan.

To review redress applications, the competent authority shall form a redress review committee (hereinafter called the “Review Committee”) composed of representatives of the competent authority and authorities concerned as well as scholars and experts, with the competent authority representative acting as convener.　If necessary, representatives of relevant farmers organizations, agricultural organizations or local governments may be invited to attend meetings to present their comments.

The competent authority may propose necessary projects, approved by the Executive Yuan, on agricultural adjustment or preventive measures with respect to damage to domestic agricultural products, which are likely to be caused by agricultural imports or reducing tariff rate of foreign products in accordance with official agreement with foreign countries or international organizations.

1The competent authority may, pursuant to these Rules, provide appropriate relief measures with respect to damage to domestic agricultural products which as the Review Committee determines has been caused or is likely to be caused by agricultural imports.

2The Review Committee may act in tandem with other authorities to take relief measures when it determines that serious damage has been or is likely to be caused.

1Whether domestic agricultural produce have been damaged by agricultural imports shall be determined according to the import quantity and absolute increase import quantity of the produce in question within a specific period, as compared with the relative quantity of the domestic production or consumption of the same produce, and the following factors are also taken into consideration:

2(1) production;

3(2) inventory;

4(3) price at place of origin

5(4) production cost;

6(5) market share;

7(6) farmer’s profit; and

8(7) other relevant factors.

9With regard to the determination of whether domestic agricultural produce suffer damage caused by imports, besides giving consideration to the trend of changes in the above factors, consideration shall be given at the same time to whether the domestic industry will suffer damage from the continuing increase of import, and whether producers of the particular agricultural produce will sustain damage if no redress measures are taken.

1Redress applications may be filed with the competent authority by farmers’ organizations such as farmers’ associations, fishermen’s associations and agricultural cooperatives, production organization, or local government. In addition to that, the competent authority may also take initiative measures.

2In filing the above the applications, the applicants shall fill out application forms to specify the names of the damaged agricultural produce, the cause, area and extent of harm and to describe the factors under the subparagraphs of the first paragraph of Article 6. The application forms shall also be supported by relevant data.

1For purposes of these Rules, “relief measures” shall include the following:

2(1) production adjustment or preventive measures:

3Measures concerning agricultural production adjustment, the eradication of gardens and building of woods, the switch to other line of business, the improvement of the classification, packaging, transport route, or distribution system of products and public investment needed for production adjustment.

4Measures helping farmers switch to other produce, or to other line of business, and providing job training for them.

5Measures in accordance with the domestic supportive measures promising an absolution from reduction as prescribed in the Agricultural Agreement of World Trade Organization, or in compliance with the Agreement of Food Safety Inspection and of the Vaccination and Inspection of Animals and Plants of World Trade Organization.

6Other relevant auxiliary measures of production adjustment

7(2) subsidization and relief measures:

8A.Concerning the purchase, processing, storage, sale, dumping or destruction of domestic agricultural produce.

The competent authority needs to comply with the relevant regulations of World Trade Organization in taking relief measures pursuant to these Rules. The required expenses shall be paid out of the Fund of Redressing Damage to Farmers by Agricultural Import.

These Rules shall take effect as of the date of their being promulgated.