Date: March 30, 2016

Following the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission on Issues concerning the Cancellation and Suspension of Certain Administrative Charges (No. 102 [2015], Ministry of Finance), GACC issued their No.51[2015] announcement to suspend the collection of IP recordation fee as follow:

I. For intellectual property protection recordation applications filed with the General Administration of Customs (“GAC”) on or after November 1, 2015, the GACC will temporarily not collect recordation fees.

II. Those who have already made pre-payment to their Customs recordation account, with such payment having not to been used for recordation before November 1, 2015, can apply for refund from GACC.