China Customs Regulations on Pipelined Energy Imports
[2012-01-18 15:02:10]
In order to regulate customs supervision of energy imports through pipeline transport, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has released, in its Decree No. 204 on October 24, 2011, the Measures of the P. R. China for Customs Supervision & Control over Energy Imports through Pipeline Transport, which shall take effect from December 1, 2011.
According to regulations of these Measures:
1. Regarding the imports of energy resources through cross-border pipelines, any metering stations within Chinese territory shall be subject to supervision by China Customs as per the Measures of the P. R. China for Administration over Customs-Supervised Places.
Any pipeline operators shall, in compliance with China State regulations, undertake the operation of metering stations, the metering of pipeline transport data, the transmission of electronic metered data, and relevant declarations to China Customs authorities.
The pipeline operators shall, in compliance with the regulations of these Measures, undertake registration with local customs directly subordinate to the GACC, which have power to supervise local metering stations.
2. Prior to completion of customs declaration, tax payment and other customs procedures, any energy resources imported through pipeline transport shall be regarded as customs-supervised goods that shall be forbidden from sale, mortgage, pledge or any other disposals without customs permission.
The pipeline operators shall, prior to operation of the metering stations, declare to the customs the volume and processing modes of water, nitrogen and so on used for opening up the pipelines, together with their regular declaration of any energy loss and consumption.
3. Upon the customs approval, any consignees of such imported energy shall, during 1st-14th of each month, regularly declare the energy resources imported in a previous month and pay corresponding duties and taxes to the customs.
Where the consignees exceed stipulated deadline to declare, the customs may levy corresponding Delayed Declaration Fees according to law.
Source: ETCN
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