Last Updated:	2004-03-31
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Introduction

In Taiwan, through the Energy Management Law and the underlying Implementing Regulations and related measures, companies are encouraged to improve the energy efficiency of their operations and products. Certain mandatory programs have been established for the purpose of energy conservation, including an energy audit regime and energy efficiency standards for certain electrical and electronic products.

The Energy Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs is responsible for formulating and implementing energy policy and laws, including the programs instituted under the Energy Management Law. The principal responsibilities of the Energy Commission include:

(1) supervising general affairs related to energy management to assure the stability of energy supply;

(2) accelerating the rationalization of energy pricing;

(3) promoting the effectiveness of energy utilization;

(4) preventing energy-related environmental pollution; and

(5) enhancing energy research and development.

The day-to-day work of the Energy Commission involves activities such as the development of energy policies and regulations, energy planning and energy conservation, energy technology research and development, and energy data collection, processing and publication. The organizational chart of the Energy Commission can be found in key documents.

Through the Greenmark program setup by the Fundamentals for Promoting the Use of the Taiwan Ecolabel, a number of energy-using appliances have been granted Ecolabels. For the electronic products, energy efficiency is one of the most important criteria for granting Green Marks. For more detailed information of this field, please visit the section of Packaging and Labeling. In addition, the Statute for Upgrading Industries also provide some economic incentives for the efforts of energy efficiency improvement. For more detailed information of this field, please visit the section of Government Procurement and Economic Incentives section of the Taiwan Country Page.