Laws of the People's Republic of China

The State Administration for Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine

Order of the State Administration for Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China

No.1

The Measures for the Inspection on Imported Vehicles are hereby promulgated, and shall come into force as of Jan.1,2000.

Director general of the State Administration for Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Li Changjiang

November 22,1999

Measures for the Inspection on Imported Vehicles

Article 1

These Measures have been formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Inspection of Imported and Exported Commodities and the corresponding implementing rules for the purpose of enhancing the administration of inspection on imported vehicles.

Article 2

The State Administration for the Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as State Administration for Inspection and Quarantine) shall be in charge of the inspection on imported vehicles throughout the country. Entry and exit inspection offices shall be in charge of the inspection on imported vehicles within the quality guarantee period.

Article 3

When imported vehicles are transferred to the inland, the clearance location shall be regarded as the customs port. Inspection shall be conducted by inspection offices of the port in accordance with These Measures.

Article 4

After imported vehicles have been transported to the customs port, the consignee or his agents shall make inspection application to the port inspection offices for inspection, subject to the submission of contracts, invoices, bills of lading, packing lists and other relevant certificates and technical materials. After checking and approving, the customs inspection offices shall issue "a clearance note for entry".

Article 5

Inspections on imported vehicles conducted by the customs port inspection offices shall include the inspection of ordinary items, safety performance and quality.

Article 6

In the inspection of ordinary items, the safety symbols of imported vehicles shall be checked one by one upon their entry into the territory. The items for inspection shall include the specifications, models, quality, appearance, utensil attached to the vehicle, spare parts of technical materials, etc..

Article 7

Safety inspection shall be conducted in accordance with the laws, regulations and mandatory criteria on safety and environment protection, and the Procedures for Safety Inspection on Imported and Exported Vehicles (SN/T0792-1999).

Article 8

For the quality inspection, the inspection, the criteria and method to be applied shall be stipulated in the contract or its Attachment. When there is no such stipulation in import contract or the stipulation is not clear, the Procedures for Quality Inspection on Imported and Exported Vehicles (SN/T0971-1999) shall be applied. When importing for the first time more than 300 new brand vehicles by the gross (including 300 vehicles, calculated on the basis of the same contract, the same brand and the same producer) or the imported value is more than US$ 1 million (including US$1 million), quality inspection must be conducted. When importing fewer than 300 new brand vehicles or the imported value is less than US $1 million, or importing new brand vehicles after the first time, quality inspection may be conducted on samples by inspection and quarantine offices according to the conditions of quality.

Quality inspection results shall be reported to State administration of Inspection and Quarantine and other competent relevant inspection and quarantine offices.

Article 9

Inspection on imported vehicles shall be conducted by the inspection and quarantine offices independently or jointly with other agencies or by the inspection agencies authorized by inspection and quarantine offices. Inspection certificates shall be issued by the inspection and quarantine offices.

Article 10

In foreign trade contracts, foreign trade units and administrative units of receivers or users of imported vehicles shall stipulate the pre-inspection, supervision on production or shipping before a large number of imported vehicles are shipped in exporting country. When necessary, inspection and quarantine offices may send their staff to participate in or organize such inspection in exporting country.

Article 11

Customs port inspection and quarantine offices shall issue !0certificate of inspection and quarantine on imported goods to inspection qualified imported vehicles, and each vehicle shall be issued inspection card attached to imported motor vehicle when quality inspection on imported vehicles is conducted. The quality inspection report shall be annexed to "certificate of inspection and quarantine on imported goods".

In the event that the vehicles could not pass the inspection, the inspection and quarantine office shall issue a certificate of inspection and quarantine so that it may be used for claim from the providers.

Article 12

Sellers of imported vehicles shall go through the formalities of registration with local industrial and commercial administrations for the sale of imported vehicles within the territory, subject to the submission of "inspection card attached to imported motor vehicle" issued by inspection and quarantine offices and other relevant certificates.

Article 13

When purchasing imported vehicles within the country, users must obtain "an inspection card attached to imported motor vehicle" issued by the inspection and quarantine offices and invoices of purchase of vehicles. Before applying for formal vehicle licenses, users shall be registered for inspection at local inspection and quarantine offices so as to obtain "a certificate of inspection on imported motor vehicle" which can be used as proof of getting formal licenses from vehicle administrative departments.

Article 14

Within the quality guarantee period, if users find quality problems in registered imported vehicles, they shall ask local inspection and quarantine offices to inspect these vehicles and issue certificates.

Article 15

All inspection and quarantine bureaus directly under State Administration of Inspection and Quarantine may, when necessary, authorize or appoint an eligible vehicle testing line to conduct safety inspections on imported vehicles and report to the State Administration of Inspection and Quarantine for record. The State Administration of Inspection and Quarantine may supervise the tests and management capacities of these testing lines by random checking.

Article 16

Inspection and quarantine offices shall handle with any imported vehicle without a safe import quality license, or any vehicle having safe import quality license but without inspection and quarantine safety symbols, or any vehicle having not been inspected nor registered in accordance with These Measures pursuant to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Inspection of Imported and Exported Commodities and its corresponding Measures for Implementation.

Article 17

Inspection on imported motorcycles and other imported motor vehicles shall be conducted by local inspection and quarantine offices of the place where the consignee reside with reference to These Measures.

Article 18

All inspection and quarantine offices directly under the State Administration of Inspection and Quarantine shall send quality analyses on imported vehicles to the State Administration every six months, before July 15th and January 15th of the next year.

Article 19

The right of interpretation of These Measures shall remain with the State administration of Inspection and Quarantine.

Article 20

These Measures shall enter into force as of January 1st, 2000. The Circular of the State Administration of Inspection and Quarantine Concerning Carrying out the Sprite of the National Conference on the Inspection of Vehicles for Export and Import (GuoJianYan [1990] No.468) and the Circular Concerning "the Implementation of the New Approach for Inspection of Imported Motor Vehicle" and "the Uniform Making of the Special Seal for Inspection of Imported Vehicles" (GuoJianYan [1994] No.30) as previously issued by the State Administration shall be repealed simultaneously.