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Article NO. Content

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Taipei Exchange Regulations Governing Over-the-Counter Trading of Financial Derivatives by Securities Firms  CH

Amended Date: 2024.04.16 (Articles 41-1 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2022.07.14 
Article 15     A securities firm providing financial derivatives trading services to a professional institutional investor or high net worth juristic person investor shall enter into an ISDA Master Agreement with the trading counterparty, or be subject to other standard agreements and market practices. If the financial derivative product contract that a securities firm enters into with a customer other than a professional institutional investor or high net worth juristic person investor, and the trading documents so furnished, including the master agreement (or ISDA Master Agreement), product prospectus, risk disclosure statement, and trade confirmation document, are in the English language, the securities firm shall provide a Chinese-language translation thereof.
    When the trading counterparty of the preceding paragraph is a natural person, the written contract shall stipulate agreement that the competent authority and the TPEx may collect, process, and use the person's personal data.
    When a securities firm enters into a contract with a customer other than a professional institutional investor or high net worth juristic person investor, it may proceed only after meeting the requirement that an appropriate unit or personnel review the contract signing procedures and the completeness of the information provided by the customer.
    The financial derivative product contract that a securities firm enters into with the counterparty may stipulate the method for determining the amount payable for settlement in the event of early termination of a trade, which shall reflect and calculate the current market value of the trade, including the value that originally would be paid under the early-terminated trade upon expiration after the early termination date.
    The conditions for early termination of a trade and the method for determining the amount payable for settlement in the event of early termination, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall be clearly specified in relevant contracts or otherwise fully disclosed to the counterparty.
     The contracts entered into between a securities firm and its customers, and other written documents required for the provision of financial derivative services to customers, may be made in the form of electronic documents as defined in the Electronic Signatures Act.
     The execution, signing, or signing as confirmation, specified in these Regulations may be done by electronic signature, digital signature, or other means agreed upon between the parties.