Laws of the People's Republic of China

Circular of the General Office of State Environmental Protection Administration on Relevant Issues Concerning the Deferred Use of Import License for Solid Waste

Huan Ban [2006] No. 149

(This document was signed by Liu Guangping with the General Office of State Environmental Protection Administration, and Liu Deping with the General Office of

the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine)

The Environmental Protection Bureaus (Departments) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Guangdong branch of General Administration of the Customs, and its special commissioners' offices in Tianjin and Shanghai, and all Customs directly under General Administration of Customs, bureaus of quality and technical supervision in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, administrations for entry-exit inspection and quarantine directly under GAQSIQ:

In accordance with Announcement of the State Environmental Protection Administration, the General Administration of Customs and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine ([2005] No. 47) (Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning the Introduction of the New Edition of Import License for Solid Waste that Can Be Used as Raw Materials), the examination and approval work for waste import and the Electronic Port of China Customs have been formally integrated in one networking as of October 10, 2005. The new edition of Import License for Solid Waste that Can Be Used as Raw Materials was introduced with the provision that the license of the new edition shall be effective in the year concerned, and in case of special demand for using it over the year, the period of validity shall not surpass March 31 of the next year. Seeing that the year 2006 is the first year after the introduction of the license of the new edition and thus some enterprises have just used it for a relatively short period, for the purpose of facilitating the use of the license of the new edition by relative parties, and upon deliberation by the General Administration of Customs and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the period of validity of Import License for Solid Waste (including the automatically-permitted and the restricted) signified and issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration that shall expire on December 31, 2006 shall be automatically deferred to March 31, 2007. Within the limitation of automatic deferral, enterprises may directly handle the formalities of inspection and quarantine and customs clearance by virtue of the Import License for Solid Waste for the Year 2006 they have already received.

General Office of State Environmental Protection Administration

December 18, 2006