Article 1
These Rules are established in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 52 of the Agricultural Development.

Article 4
The competent authority may propose necessary projects, approved by the Executive Yuan, on agricultural adjustment or preventive measures with respect to damage to domestic agricultural products, which are likely to be caused by agricultural imports or reducing tariff rate of foreign products in accordance with official agreement with foreign countries or international organizations.

Article 8
For purposes of these Rules, “relief measures” shall include the following:
(1) production adjustment or preventive measures:
A. Measures concerning agricultural production adjustment, the eradication of gardens and building of woods, the switch to other line of business, the improvement of the classification, packaging, transport route, or distribution system of products and public investment needed for production adjustment.
B. Measures helping farmers switch to other produce, or to other line of business, and providing job training for them.
C. Measures in accordance with the domestic supportive measures promising an absolution from reduction as prescribed in the Agricultural Agreement of World Trade Organization, or in compliance with the Agreement of Food Safety Inspection and of the Vaccination and Inspection of Animals and Plants of World Trade Organization.
D. Other relevant auxiliary measures of production adjustment
(2) subsidization and relief measures:
A. Concerning the purchase, processing, storage, sale, dumping or destruction of domestic agricultural produce.
B. Concerning the adjustment of production or switch to other produce;
C. Concerning the installation of relevant facilities for production and sale of this particular domestic agricultural produce;
D. Concerning the stabilization of the prices of sensitive agricultural produce within a short period of time
E. In accordance with the direct payment measures as provided in the Agricultural Agreement of World Trade Organization;
F. In accordance with other absolvable relief measures of World Trade Organization

Article 9
The competent authority needs to comply with the relevant regulations of World Trade Organization in taking relief measures pursuant to these Rules. The required expenses shall be paid out of the Fund of Redressing Damage to Farmers by Agricultural Import.