1.The Ministry of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “MOI”) has formulated the guidelines herein to advance the Green Building Material Label, with a view to promote the shaping of a comfortable, healthy and sustainable living environment.
2.To apply for the Green Building Material Label, the Applicant shall submit to the MOI a completed application form and a valid Performance Specifications Evaluation Report (hereinafter referred to as the “Evaluation Report”) issued within three months prior to the application date. The Green Building Material Label will be issued upon approval.
The Applicant may obtain the preceding Evaluation Report by applying to a MOI-designated Green Building Material Label Professional Evaluation Organization (hereinafter referred to as the “PEO”) with the relevant documents attached.
3.The following items shall be specified in the Evaluation Report:
(1)The number and date of evaluation of the Evaluation Report.
(2)Name of the PEO and names and signatures of its legal representative and evaluation committee members.
(3)The name and National ID Card number of the Applicant; where the Applicant is a juridical person, company or business, its name and registered business number and the name and National ID Card number of its legal representative.
(4)The name (model number) and category of the product.
(5)The main materials or components of the subject of evaluation.
(6)The main function(s) and performance of the subject of evaluation.
(7)Evaluation criteria (guidelines or principles) and minutes of the evaluation/review meeting(s).
(8)Determination of the evaluation results and the valid period of such results.
(9)Recommendations on the approved use.
(10)Precautions.
(11)Other relevant supplementary data, charts and information.
4.The following documents are required for the evaluation application:
(1)Application form for evaluation of the Green Building Material Label.
(2)Photocopy of proof for the Applicant and factory for the product. Where the Applicant is a juridical person, company or business, a photocopy of the National ID Card of the legal representative must also be attached in addition to the business registration or proof of business establishment. Each application is limited to one single producer; a separate application must be filed for each place of production for a product being produced in different places.
(3)Proof of authorized dealership, with a valid period of at least six months.
(4)"Green building material evaluation chart" for the applied item.
(5)Proof that the production plant has not been imposed any penalty by the competent environmental protection authority.
(6)A photocopy of proof of compliance with national standard specifications and regulations on quality and safety.
(7)Product test report and declaration (e.g. declaration of not containing toxic chemicals, etc. published by the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan).
(8)Product manual, drawings (including cross sections) and catalogues, and other relevant supplementary data and charts, or items required by the evaluation criteria for green building material in the ecology, health, high performance and/or recycling categories.
(9)Any other necessary documents for a special case.
The proof referred to in the preceding Subparagraph 5 shall be issued by the competent environmental protection authority for the location of the production plant and shall specify that such plant has not, within one year from the application date, been subject to any administrative penalty including consecutive penalty per number of days, work stoppage, business stoppage, business closure order or permit revocation, or transfer of criminal offense to the competent judicial authority. Where the place of production is located in another country, Mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau and information on administrative penalties pertaining to environmental protection laws in such jurisdiction is published on the Internet or in another way, proof issued by the competent environmental protection authority for the location of the production plant may be attached, or the published information may be attached in lieu.
Where the production plant is located in the U.S.A., Canada or the European Union and the competent environmental protection authority of such jurisdiction does not provide the proof prescribed in Subparagraph 5 of Paragraph 1 herein, proof issued by the applicable trade association, trade union or chamber of commerce for the location of the production plant may be attached; document in languages other than English must be issue by a foreign agency, such proof shall be validated by any embassies/consulates, representative offices or offices of the Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Foreign Representative Office"), and a Chinese translated version validated by the Foreign Representative Office or notarized by a domestic notary public shall also be attached.
Detailed explanations should be provided for each of the applied item, and the names of the attached drawings and documents should be assigned an addendum number.
5.Product testing shall be conducted by a MOI-designated Testing Organization for Green Building Material Performance; the following items shall be specified in the test report:
(1)Number and date of the test report.
(2)Name of the testing agency and signature of its legal representative and test operator(s).
(3)Name and National ID Card number of the Applicant; where the Applicant is a juridical person, company or business, its name and business registration number and the name and National ID Card number of its legal representative.
(4)The name (model number) and type(s) of the product.
(5)The main materials or components of the subject of testing.
(6)Test conditions.
(7)Test results and conclusions.
(8)Other relevant supplementary data and charts.
6.Where the test report submitted in the application has been prepared by a foreign agency, such report shall be validated by a Foreign Representative Office. A Chinese translated version shall be attached if the test report and the attached information are in a language other than English.
7.The date of test specified in the test report should be within one year prior to the application date in order to be valid. Where an extension is being applied due to expiry of the original certification, the date specified in the test report should be within five years prior to the day of extension application provided the original certified content complies with the national standards and the guidelines herein at the time of extension application.
8.Evaluation for the Evaluation Report of Green Building Material Label shall be executed in accordance with the criteria specified in the Green Building Material Evaluation Manual published by the MOI Architecture and Building Research Institute.
9.The PEO shall, upon registered receipt of the application for the Green Building Material Label, complete its evaluation within thirty (30) days.
Where, during evaluation, an application requires further supplementation and rectification of the relevant documents, the PEO shall notify the Applicant in one single notice to provide such documents within one month; if the supplementary documents are not submitted or such submission is incomplete prior to the deadline, the application shall be rejected and returned. If the Applicant is unable to provide such documents within one month due to special circumstances, the Applicant may apply for an extension prior to the deadline by submitting the relevant explanatory documents and affidavits; only one extension may be granted, and the extension may not exceed a period of one month. The time for supplementing the documents and the extension shall not count toward the evaluation time.
10.The valid period of the Green Building Material Label is four years. Between one to four months prior to the expiry date, the Applicant may apply for an extension by submitting to the MOI the completed application form and a valid Evaluation Report issued within three months prior to the application date. The valid period of the extension is four years.
11.Where necessary during the review, the PEO may convene scholars, experts and relevant organizations to join the Label Applicant in an on-site inspection.
12.The Applicant for the Green Building Material Label shall cooperate with the PEO on the evaluation and any on-site inspection and attend as required.
13.The certificate of Green Building Material Label shall specify the applicant company, Applicant, company address, product name, product model number, valid period, qualifying item(s) and test item(s).
14.Any changes to the information specified on the Green Building Material Label or major changes to the producer including its location, organization or equipment should be reported to the PEO. The following situations are deemed a major change to the location, organization or equipment of the producer:
(1)Relocation of the production plant (not including a change arising from land registration readjustment).
(2)Change to the name of the producer and name of the legal representative.
(3)Replacement, modification, addition or reduction of the production equipment.
15.The MOI or PEO may conduct a random check aperiodically on any company using the Green Building Material Label. The company shall cooperate with the random check and attend as required. Where the company refuses to cooperate or the result of the random check is non-compliant, the MOI or PEO shall ask the company to improve within one month. The certificate of Label may be rescinded if the company does not make an improvement within the deadline or is still non-compliant with the requirements of the evaluation after improvement.
16.The application is certified by the MOI only to the extent of the application form and evaluation report submitted by the Applicant.The MOI may rescind the certificate of Green Building Material Label should any of the following situation apply to the Applicant:
(1)Forgery.
(2)Providing false or inaccurate information or proof.
(3)The result of a random check is non-compliant and improvements are not completed prior to the deadline.
(4)The product causes danger or damage to another.
(5)Improper use of the Label; infringement of another's property.