These Measures are formulated in accordance with the “Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China” (hereinafter referred to as the Commodity Inspection Law), the detailed rules for the implementation thereof, aiming to regulate coal import and export inspection, protect people's health and safety, protect environment, improve the quality of imported and exported coal and promote the development of coal trade. The Text consists of 41 Articles divided into 6 Chapters: General provisions (I); Coal import inspections (II); Coal export inspections (III); Supervision and administration (IV); Supplementary provisions (V). The Text provides for the rules, requirements and procedures to be satisfied on the work of coal import and export inspections, supervision and administration. The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (SAQSIQ) shall take charge of superintending import and export coal inspections throughout China, while the entry and exit inspection and quarantine institutions established by the SAQSIQ in all localities shall conduct inspections on, supervision over and administration of import and export coal (art.3). Entry and exit inspection and quarantine institutions shall adopt the means of port superintendence of inspections to import coal, and adopt the means of combining supervision and administration at the place of origin with the port superintendence of inspections to export coal (art.4). According to Article 7, the import coal which has not been inspected or which is found unqualified upon inspection shall not be sold or used.
Chine · 2006-06-26