General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People 's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Decree No.3 Laying down the Measures on the Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Entry-Exit Express Deliveries.

These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry-exit Animal and Plant Quarantine, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Frontier Hygiene Quarantine, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Food Hygiene and other relevant laws and regulations in order to strengthen the administration of inspection and quarantine on entry-exit express deliveries. The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) shall uniformly administer the national inspection and quarantine of the entry-exit express deliveries. The inspection and quarantine institutions shall apply the system of record to the express delivery operators. The entry-exit express deliveries that should be inspected and quarantined in accordance with these Measures shall include: (1)the entry-exit express deliveries that should be subject to animal and plant quarantine or hygiene quarantine in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry-exit Animal and Plant Quarantine and the regulations for its implementation, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Frontier Hygiene Quarantine and the detailed rules for its implementation, as well as the relevant international treaties and bilateral agreements; (2)the entry-exit express deliveries listed into the Catalogue of Entry-exit Commodities to be Inspected and Quarantined by Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Institutions; (3)the entry-exit express deliveries that should be subject to the system of import permit on safety and quality, the system of export permit on quality or the system of hygiene registration; (4)other entry-exit express deliveries that should be inspected and quarantined in accordance with the relevant laws or regulations.

China · 2001-09-17