S/C/N/ 989 
9 March  2020 
(20-1802) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE  
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES  
The following notification, dated  26 February 2020 , from the delegation of the Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu , is being circulated to Members of the Council for 
Trade in Services . 
 
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1  MEMB ER NOTIFYING : 
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
2  NOTIFICATION UNDER : 
Article III:3 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services  
3  DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE : 
1 November  2019 
 
3.1  Duration:  
Indefinite  
 
4  AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE MEASURE : 
Ministry  of Transport ation and Communications  (MOTC ) 
 
5  DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE*: 
Measure:  
 
Amendment to Postal Act  of 5 December 2018; effective on 1 November 2019.  
Promulgated Standard for Popularized Delivery Services Decree on 30 October 2019; and 
implemented from announcement da te.  
Description:  
 
Formulated Article 5 -1 
 
In order to protect people 's basic rights and interests of correspondence, the competent authority 
should ensure the provision of popularized domestic delivery services.  
 
To accomplish the aforesaid popularized delivery services, the service provider should provide basic 
delivery services with high quality and at reasonable price on the following items:  
 
 
* Including international agreements, recognition measures or other types.  S/C/N/ 989 
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  - Single correspondence mail with a weight not exceeding 2kg ; 
- Single parcel with a weight not ex ceeding 20kg and the sum of its length, width and height 
not exceeding 150cm ; 
 
- Other documents or materials designated by the competent authority.   
 
Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd should ensure the provision of the popularized delivery services provided in 
the p receding paragraph, however, the company may announce that it will restrict or suspend the 
delivery of the aforesaid mail items due to a natural disaster or other force majeure events which 
may cause obvious difficulties in the implementation.  
 
The competent authority should set the service standards for the popularized delivery services.  
 
Amendment to Article 6  
 
Except Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd and its entrusted parties, no one may, for the purpose of business, 
deliver the following documents except fo r cross -border documents sent to and from other countries:  
 
1. Postcards ; 
 
2. Aerogrammes and letter sheets ; 
 
3. Letters:  
 
a) Sent by government bodies (organizations) at all levels, public schools, public legal 
persons, public institutions or military units.  
 
b) Sent by  parties other than the senders provided in the preceding item, where a single 
item with a weight less than 500 grams or the postage of a single item not exceeding 
13 times the basic postage.  
 
With the exception of delivery notices connected with shipment s, no forwarding agency may 
deliver mail as described in the preceding paragraph.  
 
6  MEMB ERS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED, IF ANY : 
None   
7  TEXTS AVAILABLE FROM : 
https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=K0050001  
 
https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/News/NewsDet ail.aspx?msgid=11793  
 
 
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