{"id":26387,"date":"2019-08-09T00:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiallians.com\/zh-hans\/taiwan-legal-update-fsc-issued-nt8-million-fines-q2-gdp-growth-beats-expectations\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T02:58:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:58:44","slug":"taiwan-legal-update-fsc-issued-nt8-million-fines-q2-gdp-growth-beats-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiallians.com\/zh-hans\/taiwan-legal-update-fsc-issued-nt8-million-fines-q2-gdp-growth-beats-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Legal Update: Taiwan and Nauru sign MLA Treaty & EPA Ban on Mercury Imports and Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Taiwan and the Republic of Nauru sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty on August 7, 2019<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”100″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International mutual legal assistance treaties and agreements assist Taiwanese procuratorates to fight crime. On August 7th, 2019, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice announced the signing of the “The Republic of China (Taiwan) Government and the Republic of Nauru Criminal Mutual Assistance treaty”. This marks the sixth criminal mutual legal assistance treaty signed by Taiwan; others include Poland, South Africa and the U.S. This is also the second treaty approved by the Ministry in the past two months.<\/p>\n

Concluding two years of consultations, both parties reached a consensus on the joint efforts of the Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Taiwanese Embassy in Nauru. After it’s ratification, Taiwan and Nauru will be able to collaborate in criminal investigations, prosecutions, court trials and crime prevention efforts.<\/p>\n

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  1. Obtaining testimonies or confessions;<\/li>\n
  2. Providing documentary evidence;<\/li>\n
  3. Confirming the location and identity of the person concerned;<\/li>\n
  4. Performing searches and seizures;<\/li>\n
  5. Assisting in freezing, seizing and executing fines;<\/li>\n
  6. Any other assistance per the law of the requested State;<\/li>\n
  7. Use of video interrogations;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Furthermore, the requesting party may be present for the witness\/ defendant statement, allowing case handlers to form a substantive Joint Investigation Team. Both parties have also expressed the benefits of science in tackling cross-border crimes.\u00a0 The use of science and technology greatly reduces the time and labor required for cross-border evidence acquisition and improves the overall efficiency of a criminal investigation. According to the Ministry of Justice (Taiwan), judiciary and law enforcement agencies will be able to establish direct and rapid links to effectively curb cross-border crimes such as drug trafficking and telecom fraud in the Pacific region.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (MORE INFORMATION<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Taiwan To Ban Imports and Exports of Products Containing Mercury <\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”100″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    On Wednesday, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restated its plans to further restrict imports and exports of products containing mercury, including mercury thermometers and tubes. This marks the largest step towards limiting mercury supplies for environmental protection and constitutes a progression from the 2017 ban on the production of mercury products, according to the head of the EPA’s Toxins and Chemical Substances Bureau.\u00a0 These changes we will comply with the Minamata Convention on 31 December 2020, unless the convention is subsequently updated. Under Article 4 of the convention, all signatories agree to ban the manufacturing, importing and exporting of “mercury-added products”.\u00a0 As Taiwan cannot formally ratify this convention, they have incorporated the following changes into domestic law:<\/p>\n