On September 18, 2024, the Ministry of Envitonment issued an official announcement (Doc. No. 1131060806) to notify that Cambridge Engineering Consultants, Inc. has been officially designated to serve as the official unit for the handing of acceptance, notification, review, verification, confirmation, auditing, inventory of the payers and data management for the collection of the water pollution control fees from September 18, 2024, to July 31, 2025.
Official Announcement by Ministry of Envitonment
Issuance Date: September 18, 2024
Doc. No.1131060806
Subject: It is hereby officially announced by the Ministry that Cambridge Engineering Consultants, Inc. has been officially designated to serve as the official unit for the handing of acceptance, notification, review, verification, confirmation, auditing, inventory of the payers, and data management for the collection of the water pollution control fees until July 31, 2025.
Legal Basis:
Article 3 of Guidelines for Collection of the Water Pollution Control Fees
Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of Administrative Procedure Act
Attachment: Doc. No. 1131060806 (with the content as presented above)
The filing of documents and payment of the collection of the water pollution control fees of H1 2024 (January-June) begins from July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024. Payers shall proceed with the filing and payment online within the specified time period.
The payment period of the water pollution control fees of 2023 Phase II (July to December 2023) expired on January 31, 2024. A total of 10,725 entities in Taiwan are listed under the collection of water pollution control fees for this phase. As of the mid of April, 10,713 entities have completed the payment, with a completion rate of 99.9%. However, there are still a few enterprises and sewage systems in industrial zones that have not paid fees.
Enterprises or sewage systems that violate regulations determined pursuant to Article 44 of the Water Pollution Control Act by failure to pay fees by the deadline shall pay, in addition to said fees, interest that shall accrue daily on the day of the payment deadline. In case the enterprises or sewage systems still fail to make payments 90 days after the payment deadline, they shall be fined NT$6,000 to NT$300,000, in addition to canceling the preference quota. For your best interests, the sewage systems of enterprises in industrial zones shall complete the payment online as soon as possible.