To ensure the implementation of GHS, the MOL, in its former capacity of the CLA, issued the Regulations of the Labeling and Hazard Communication of Dangerous and Harmful Materials on October 19, 2007. This regulation protects labors'rights to the knowledge of manufacturing, handling and use of hazardous substances through the classification, labeling and SDSs thereof. Hazardous substances were announced in phases on December 31, 2008 and January 7, 2011, covering 2,151 substances.

To achieve international standards, CLA had announced 1,020 Phase III hazardous substances in accordance with National Standards CNS 15030 Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The effective date shall be January 1, 2014. Business entities may

have their old and new labeling and communication measures operating in parallel until December 31, 2014.

The effective date for additional chemicals that possess physical hazards or health hazards as specified in National Standards CNS 15030 Classification and Labeling of Chemicals is January 1, 2016. Full implementation of GHS is January 1, 2016. Old and new labeling and communication measures may be adopted in parallel until December 31, 2016.

Please search under Labor Laws and Regulations of MOL http://laws.mol.gov.tw/ or GHS websitehttp://ghs.osha.gov.tw for download of the electric files of the announcements and the list of 1020 hazardous chemical substances.