The purpose of this Regulation is to prevent environment pollution cause by vessel dismantling, protect ecological balance, safeguard human health and promote the development of vessel dismantling business. The Regulation consist of 28 Articles. Local people's governments shall, where necessary and possible, combining the characteristics of the region, environmental conditions and technical conditions, make overall planning and reasonably establish vessel dismantling enterprises. In order to establish a vessel dismantling enterprise, an environment impact assessment must be prepared. Its contents include: the location of the vessel dismantling enterprise, surrounding environment conditions, the scale, conditions and technologies of vessel dismantling, anti-pollution measures, expected prevention effects. The remaining part of this Regulation deals with matters related to supervision and inspection, and legal liabilities.
China · 1988-05-18