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These Supplemental Provisions are stipulated pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 29 of the "Regulations Governing the Use of Trading Information" of this Corporation.
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A User which applies for transmitting (broadcasting) either or both of "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" of this Corporation through indirect connection shall contact any of the Users (other than a securities firm or futures commission merchant) which has entered into an "Agreement on Supply and Use of Trading Information" for transmitting Real-Time Information, and shall enter into an "Agreement on Use of Trading Information" in the format as shown in the Exhibit hereof with this Corporation. This Corporation will not transmit the foregoing information to it through direct connection.
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A User (other than a securities firm or futures commission merchant) which has entered into an "Agreement on Supply and Use of Trading Information" for transmitting Real-Time Information through direct connection may also apply to this Corporation for supplying "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" for the use of its Subscribers.
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The contents of "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" of this Corporation which a User may supply are:
- "Real-time stock price indexes information" including: "time of stock price index", the "market index for transactions concluded", "market index excluding banking and insurance industry", "index by industry", "total amount of transactions concluded", and "market index for the last business day", etc.
- "Delayed information": shall mean those stock price index and individual stock trading information which have been transmitted more than twenty minutes after the Real-Time Information.
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Criteria for Changing Fees:
- For "real-time stock price index information":
- One who applies for a license to use this information shall pay in advance to this Corporation a semi-yearly license fee of NT$60,000.
- Where a User which has applied for Real-Time Trading Information (other than a securities firm or futures commission merchant) directly supplies information for the use of its Subscribers, no additional fee shall be payable.
- For "delayed information":
- One who applies for a license to use this information shall pay in advance to this Corporation a semi-yearly license fee of NT$180,000.
- Where a User which has applied for Real-Time Trading Information (other than a securities firm or futures commission merchant) directly supplies information for the use of its Subscribers, no additional fee shall be payable.
- For solely transmitting the delayed information of "TAIEX", an advance payment of a yearly license fee of NT$30,000 to the TWSE is required.
- This Corporation may, depending upon future development of the stock market and the popularity of the use of information by the Subscribers, invite trading information providers to negotiate, and adjust the foregoing rates after such adjustment has been agreed.
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Report and administration:
- For a User which receives information through direct connection:
- A roster of Users which receive "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" through indirect connection shall be submitted to this Corporation on a monthly basis.
- Where a User has applied for supplying "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" for the use of its Subscribers, it shall establish files of administrative system in regard to the transmission thereof and its Subscribers which shall be separate from its files on Subscribers of Real-Time Information, and shall prepare and submit to this Corporation on a monthly basis a list of information equipment in use; and if there is any addition or change in the information equipment an updated list shall be submitted to this Corporation before the 5th day of the following month. In case the Trading Information is transmitted via Internet, and the Subscribers can obtain the information through "browsers" without having to apply for on-line registration, then the reporting on the Subscribers may be exempted.
- For a User which receives information through indirect connection: Where "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information" received by it are transmitted (or broadcasted) for the use of its Subscribers, it need not obtain the approval of, nor report to, this Corporation in regard to the roster of its Subscribers.
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Other administrative rules:
- Where a User supplies "delayed information" to its Subscribers, it shall add a statement on the picture frame to the effect that "the information being transmitted is more than 20 minutes after the Real-Time Information", so as not to mislead the Subscribers and to shelter itself from liabilities.
- As to the period of delay of the "delayed information", it shall be strictly controlled by the Users which receive information through direct connection and supply the Trading Information to their down-stream operators or Subscribers.
- A User shall execute a letter of undertaking, certifying that it will exercise its best efforts to keep its operations in line with any adaptation measures to be taken by this Corporation, in the event that the orderly trading on the stock market is hindered by the transmission of Trading Information in the course of its business operations.
- This Corporation may at any time dispatch its representatives to visit the Users and those operators which receive information through indirect connection, and may investigate matters related to the supply and use of "real-time stock price index information" and "delayed information", while the Users and those operators which receive information through indirect connection shall cooperate and shall not intentionally refuse or avoid such inspection.
- An Use which supplies "real-time stock price index information" or "delayed information" shall reach a prior covenant or agreement with Users which receive such information through indirect connection to the affect that, in case there is any amendments to the "Regulations Governing the Use of Trading Information" and other relevant rules, circular letters and public announcement of this Corporation, the User will so notify the Users which receive information through indirect connection, and this Corporation shall have no responsibility to inform the Users of such amendments, The Users which receive information through indirect connection shall not refuse to abide by such amendments by reason of the lack of knowledge of such amendments.
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These Supplemental Provisions shall come into force after having been submitted to and approved by the Competent Authority.
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