Provisions For The Export Of Light Industrial Machinery Products (Ⅰ)

State administration for the inspection of import & export commodity/ministry of light industry provisions for the administration of quality license for the export of light industrial machinery products (Promulgated by the State Administration of Import and Export Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Requirements For Quality License

Chapter III Procedures For The Application And Issuance Of Quality License

Chapter IV Supervision And Administration

Chapter V Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in order to well carry out the work of application, issuance of licenses and administration of quality licenses for the export of light industrial machinery products in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection" and the relevant provisions prescribed by the State.

Article　2　These Provisions apply to all exports of light industrial machinery products, the catalog of the export of light industrial machinery products under quality license shall be published by the State Administration of Import and Export Commodity Inspection (hereinafter referred to as the State Administration of Commodity Inspection) and China National Council of Light Industry.

Article　3　The State Administration of Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry shall exercise leadership, organization coordination, supervision and administration on the work of quality licenses for the export of light industrial machinery products, accredit the inspection and testing units, examine and approve the detailed rules for implementation and issue and revoke the export quality license.

Article　4　The import and export commodity inspection authorities directly under the State Administration of Commodity Inspection and the light industrial bureaus, departments, the general association (the head corporation) of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and cities practicing separate plans (hereinafter referred to as the light industrial bureaus, departments) are in charge of the assessment on factories of the local applying enterprises, supervision and administration over the export quality licenses upon the entrustment of the State Administration of Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry within the validity period of the quality license.

Article　5　The inspection and testing on the export light industrial machinery products under quality license shall be conducted by the inspection and testing units subject to the examination and accreditation jointly made by the State Administration of Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry in accordance  with the relevant provisions or by the qualified laboratories.

Article　6 The inspection and testing units are in charge of inspection and testing on products, formulate the implementing detailed rules on quality license for the export of light industrial machinery products, and may also join in the work of assessment on factories.

Article　7 For those light industrial machinery products  under quality license, the enterprises, before exporting these products, must obtain the quality license. No products shall be allowed to be exported without such quality license. In some special circumstances, these products subject to approval of the State Administration of Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry may be allowed for export. For those export of light industrial machinery products under license, the local commodity inspection authorities shall accept the application for inspection against the quality license and the Customs shall check and release the exports upon presentation of the inspection certificates or the releasing notices issued by the commodity inspection authorities or the seals of the commodity inspection authorities affixed on the Customs declaration.

Chapter II Requirements For Quality License

Article　8 The enterprises applying for the quality license must have a complete quality assurance system in compliance with the stipulations prescribed in the "Requirements for Assessment on Quality System of Factories under Quality License for the Export of Light Industrial Machinery Products" (hereinafter referred to as the Requirements for Assessment on System).

Article　9 The export of light industrial machinery products applying for quality license must meet the following requirements:

1. The products must conform to the standards set by the State or by the trade;

2. The products without the standards set by the State or by the trade, may conform to the standards set by the enterprises certificated by China National Council of Light Industry according to the contractual stipulations;

3.　If the foreign trade contracts or agreements contain the inspection standards and requirements, the products must meet such standards and requirements agreed in the contracts or agreements;

4.　If the products are processed according to supplied designs or samples, the quality of such products must meet the technical requirements jointly made by the export enterprises and the local commodity inspection authorities according to the supplied designs and samples. The quality license obtained by the enterprises according to the standards defined in items 2. 3. or 4 shall be only valid for the special contracts.

Article　10 The packaging of the export of light industrial machinery products must conform to the requirements set by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the State Administration of Commodity Inspection and China National Council of Light Industry.