The President shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, exercise the power of concluding treaties; the Premier and Ministers shall refer treaties subject to the parliamentary deliberation of the Legislative Yuan to a Cabinet Meeting of the Executive Yuan for resolution; the Legislative Yuan shall have the power to deliberate on and approve treaties. All these mechanisms are stipulated in Article 38, and Article 58, Paragraph 2 and Article 63 of the Constitution accordingly. Treaties concluded according to constitutional provisions hold the same status as laws. Therefore, the term “treaty” in the Constitution refers to an international written agreement concluded between the R.O.C.—including its authorized institutions and groups—and other States—including their authorized institutions and groups—and/or international organizations. It includes those concluded under the designations of “Treaty” or “Convention”; it also includes agreements concluded under “Agreement” or like designations with legal effect and when their contents directly involve important matters—such as defense, diplomacy, finance and economics—of the nation and/or rights and duties of the people. Among them, those concluded under “Treaty”, “Convention”, “Agreement” or like designations and containing ratification clauses must certainly be sent to the Legislative Yuan for parliamentary deliberation. Other international written agreements shall also be sent to the Legislative Yuan for parliamentary deliberation unless their contents were authorized by laws or with the prior approval of the Legislative Yuan, or if their contents are identical to municipal laws, for instance, if the contents reiterate what laws have provided, or the contents have already been enacted into law. International written agreements that are not subject to the parliamentary deliberation of the Legislative Yuan or other agreements not considered as treaties but entered into by competent authorities or their authorized institutions or groups should be processed by competent authorities, depending on the nature of the agreement, following the regulation-setting procedure or general administrative procedure. Needless to say, the Regulations Governing the Processing of Treaties and Agreements enacted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be amended in accordance with this Interpretation.