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Date Contents May 6, 2011 Amended and released Articles 10 and 13 of the Regulations for the Testing of Yields of Nicotine and Tar Contained in Tobacco Products and the Labeling of Cigarette Containers. General question and answer session in the joint review of the amendment draft on part of the Tobacco May 19, 2011 Hazards Prevention Act and five other major Acts by the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee of the Legislative Yuan. Confederation of Trade Unions of Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Company (CTUTTLC) issued a joint petition to May 20, 2011 the office of Legislative Yuan council member Wei-Gang Pan on the amendment of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. May 26, 2011 Taiwan Chain Stores and Franchise Association (TCFA) has submitted their opinions on the amendment of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act to the Secretariat Office of the Executive Yuan. June 2, 2011 Various associations from the United States have submitted official letters voicing their opinions on the amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The preparatory office of the Republic of China Cigars and Cigarette Association has submitted an official letter June 22, 2011 voicing their opinions on the amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act to the Secretariat Office of the Executive Yuan. August 24, 2011 Convened a professional convention on the evaluation of the health and welfare surcharge of tobacco products. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Ministry of Finance of the Executive Yuan have jointly amended and September 5, 2011 released Articles 4 and 8 of the Regulations on the allocation and use of the health and welfare surcharge on tobacco products. September 5, 2011 to September 6, 2011 The John Tung Foundation has been engaged to host a Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Hazards Prevention for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. The Taiwan Acacia Human Rights Promotion Association protested outside the meeting and petitioned mutual respect between smokers and non-smokers as well as their opposition to discriminatory laws. September 07, 2011 Convened a conference on the amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. September 8, 2011 The Executive Yuan has amended and released the Regulations for the Custody and Utilization of Revenues and Expenditures of Tobacco Prevention Hazards and Public Healthcare. August 8, 2012 Amended and released Articles 6, 9, and 10 of the Regulations Governing Reporting of Tobacco Product Information. September 6, 2012 Convened the 2012 evaluation meeting of the health and welfare surcharge of tobacco products. September 11, 2012 Convened a meeting on implementation effectiveness and tracking of the health and welfare surcharge of tobacco products. Kuo-Tong Liao and 22 other council members have proposed to amend part of the articles in the Tobacco October 26, 2012 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading. Wen-ling Huang of the Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislative Yuan Party Caucus has proposed amendments of November 9, 2012 Articles 10 and 35 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal has was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading. Yu-Min Wang and 22 other council members have proposed to amend Articles 2 and 10 of the Tobacco November 16, 2012 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading. Wei-Che Huang and 20 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Articles 13 and 29 of November 16, 2012 the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading. December 25, 2012 The 2012 committee meeting of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Policy and Promotion Committee of the Department of Health, Executive Yuan has been convened by the Department of Health, Executive Yuan. The Labor Committee of the Executive Yuan has convened a 2012 Policy Conference of the Labor Committee, December 29, 2012 Executive Yuan to respond to the motion proposed by the Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation Federation Union on not increasing tobacco product health and welfare surcharges. February 22, 2013 Invited supporting and opposing stakeholders to attend a conference for the assessment of tobacco product health and welfare surcharges. Yu-min Wang and 26 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Article 5 of the Tobacco March 22, 2013 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. 154