Detailed Implementation Rules for the Registration of Overseas Supplier Enterprises of Imported Scrap Materials
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
These Rules are formulated, in accordance with Notice No. 115 - 2003 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as AQSIQ) and compulsory requirements concerning national technical regulations such as national environmental protection control standards over imported scrap materials, with a view to practically strengthening the administration of registration for overseas supplier enterprises of imported scrap materials, and regulating the administration of registration for overseas supplier enterprises applying for registration.
Article 2 These Rules shall be applicable to the administration of registration for overseas supplier enterprises (hereinafter referred to as “overseas enterprises”, denoting the selling party to a contract) applying to export scrap materials (with the exception of scrap vessels) to China .
Article 3
AQSIQ shall centralize the administration of registration for overseas enterprises.
Article 4
All overseas enterprises exporting scrap materials to China shall apply to AQSIQ for registration.
The scrap materials from overseas enterprises, which have not obtained registration, are not be permitted to be imported; and the inspection and quarantine authorities at the port of entry shall not accept the inspection application for the same scrap materials.
Chapter 2 Qualifications for Registration and Application
Article 5 An overseas enterprise applying for registration shall fulfill the following
conditions:
• It shall be a legitimate enterprise in its own country (region);
• It shall have permanent office or processing location and shall have a considerable operating scale;
• It shall have familiarity with and a good understanding of the technical regulations on environmental protection and applicable environmental protection control standards of China, and shall possess the corresponding infrastructures and testing capacity;
• It shall establish a quality assurance or environmental quality management system (with an ISO 14000 certificate) or provide a corresponding certificate of eligibility for certification, or have an established corresponding system with descriptive document which has been implemented;
• It shall have relatively stable sources of supply, and have environmental protection control measures for the sources of supply;
It shall have no record of being involved in any major quality problems related to safety, hygiene, and environmental protection in the past three years.
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