进出口商品报验的规定(附英文)
国家商检局
进出口商品报验的规定(附英文)
1989年9月1日，国家商检局
前言
为了加强进出口商品报验管理工作，根据《中华人民共和国进出口商品检验法》的有关条款，特制定本规定。
第一条 报验单位
一、有进出口经营权的国内企业；
二、进口商品收货人或其代理人；
三、出口商品生产企业；
四、对外贸易关系人；
五、中外合资、中外合作和外商独资企业；
六、国外企业、商社常驻中国代表机构等。
第二条 报验范围
一、《种类表》内的进出口商品；
二、出口食品卫生检验和检疫，以及出口动物产品的检疫；
三、出口危险品包装容器的性能鉴定和使用鉴定；
四、装运出口易腐烂变质食品的船舱，集装箱等；
五、其它法律或者行政法规规定必须经商检机构检验的进出口商品；
六、我国与进口国主管部门协定必须凭我国商检机构证书方准进口的商品；
七、对外贸易合同、信用证规定由商检机构检验出证的商品；
八、对外贸易关系人申请的鉴定业务；
九、委托检验业务。
有下列情况之一者，商检机构一般不予受理报验：
一、应施检验的出口商品，未经检验已装运出口的；
二、按分工规定，不属商检工作范围的。
第三条 报验时必须提供的单证
一、进口商品报验时，报验人应提供外贸合同、国外发票、提单、装箱单和进口货物到货通知单等有关单证；
申请进口商品品质检验的还应提供国外品质证书，使用说明及有关标准和技术资料，凭样成交的，须加附成交样品；
申请残损鉴定的还应提供理货残损单、铁路商务记录、空运事故记录或海事报告等证明货损情况的有关单证；
申请重（数）量鉴定的还应提供重量明细单，理货清单等；
进口商品经收、用货部门验收或其他单位检验的，应加附有关验收记录，重量明细单或检验结果报告单等；
二、出口商品报验时，报验人应提供外贸合同（确认书），信用证以及有关单证函电等。凭样成交的应提供买卖双方确认的样品。申请预验的商品，应提供必要的检验依据。
经本地区预验的商品需在本地区换证出口时，应加附由该局签发的预验结果单；
经其他商检机构检验的商品，必须加附发运地商检机构签发的“出口商品检验换证凭单”正本。
凡必须向商检机构办理卫生注册及出口质量许可证的商品，必须交附商检机构签发的卫生注册证书、厂检合格单或出口质量许可证。 冷冻、水产、畜产品和罐头食品等须办理卫生证时，必须交附商检机构签发的卫生注册证书及厂检合格单。
三、申请鉴定业务的报验
对外贸易关系人申请的鉴定业务，根据鉴定工作需要应附交有关合同、国外发票、提单（运单）、商务记录、重量明细单，拟装货物清单、舱单、配载图、船方函电或书面说明，海事报告或其它有关证明。
四、申请危险品包装检验的报验
（一）申请危险品包装性能鉴定时，申请人须提供有关产品标准和工艺规程等有关资料；
（二）申请危险品包装使用鉴定时，申请人须提供包装性能鉴定报告及有关单证。
五、申请委托检验的报验
（一）申请人应提交检验样品、列明检验要求，必要时提供有关检验标准或检验方法；
（二）国外委托人委托检验和鉴定业务时，应提供有关函电或资料。
第四条 报验时限和地点
必须经商检机构检验的进口商品到货后，由收货单位或代理接运单位凭《进口货物到货通知单》或其它有关单证向到货口岸或到达站商检机构办理进口商品登记；
《种类表》内的进口商品以及须商检机构检验出证对外索赔的《种类表》外的进口商品，收用货部门或代理人均应在索赔有效期前不少于三分之一的时间内向货物目的地商检机构报验，如索赔期已近，来不及完成检验出证者，报验人须预先向国外办理延长索赔手续；
进口商品的残损检验应在口岸报验；
大宗散装进口商品鉴重一般应在口岸报验；
一批到货分拨数地的进口商品，收货部门或代理人应报请口岸商检机构检验出证，因故不能在口岸进行整批检验的，应申请办理易地检验手续。
出口商品最迟应于报关或装运出口前十天报验，对个别检验周期较长的商品，应留有相应扦样、检验等方面的时间。
第五条 报验要求
一、报验人必须按规定认真填写要求报验的检验申请单，每份申请单只限填报一批商品，做到书写工整，字迹清楚，不得随意涂改，项目填写齐全，译文准确，中英文内容一致，加盖报验单位公章；
二、报验人对所需检验证书的内容如有特殊要求的应预先在检验申请单上申明；
三、申请报验时应按规定缴纳检验费；
四、报验人应预先约定抽样检验、鉴定的时间提供进行抽样和检验鉴定等必要的工作条件；
五、已报验的出口商品，如国外开来信用证修改函时，凡涉及与商检有关的条款，报验单位须及时将修改函送商检机构，办理更改手续；
六、报验人如因特殊原因需撤销报验时，经书面申明原因后，可办理撤销；
七、报验人领取证书时应如实签署姓名和领证时间。对证书应妥善保管，不得丢失。各类证书应各按其特定的范围使用，不得混用。
第六条 证单的更改
一、商检机构签发的各种证单，报验人有正当理由需要更改或者增减内容时，必须向原签证的商检机构申请，并随附原签发的全部证单，经审核同意后，由原商检机构予以更改或者换发有关证单；
二、内地商检机构签发的证书，如发现问题，属于检验项目内容的更改和补充，应由报验人与原签证商检机构联系处理；
三、报验人须严格遵守商检法和有关行政法规的规定，对商检证单不得擅自涂改、伪造、变造和非法转让。
第七条 出运限期
经商检机构检验合格发给检验证书或者放行单的出口商品，一般应在证单签发之日起两个月内装运出口，鲜活类出口商品应当在两周内装运出口。超过上述期限的应向商检机构重新报验，并交回原签发的所有检验证书和放行单。
第八条
第八条 本规定由国家商检局负责解释。
第九条
第九条 本规定自公布之日起实施。
PROVISIONS ON THE APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION OF IMPORT AND EXPORTCOMMODITIES
(Promulgated by the State Administration of Import and Export Com-modity Inspection on August 21, 1989)
Whole Doc.
With a view to strengthening the administrative work of application
for inspection of import and export commodities, these provisions are
formulated in accordance with the relevant articles of the Law of the
People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection.
Article 1 Application Units
(1) Domestic enterprises authorized to engage in import and export
business;
(2) Receivers (consignee) of import commodities or their agents;
(3) Manufacturers producing export commodities;
(4) Parties involved in foreign trade;
(5) Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures, Chinese-foreign
contractual joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises;
(6) Representative offices of foreign enterprises and trade
corporations in China.
Article 2 Scope of Application for Inspection
(1) Import and export commodities included in the List of
Commodities;
(2) Sanitary inspection and quarantine of export food and quarantine
of export animal products;
(3) Performance testing and usage testing of packagings (pressure
vessels or containers) for dangerous export goods;
(4) Vessels and containers used for carrying export perishable food;
(5) Import and export commodities subject to inspection by the
commodity inspe ction authorities under other laws or administrative rules
and regulations;
(6) Commodities which can be permitted for import must be subject to
the certificates issued by the commodity inspection authorities in
accordance with the agreement between the competent departments of China
and those of the importing countries;
(7) Commodities subject to inspection and certification by the
commodity inspection authorities as specified in the foreign trade
contracts or letter of credits;
(8) Superintending and surveying services upon application by the
parties involved in foreign trade;
(9) Inspection services upon entrustment.
The commodity inspection authorities will not accept the application
for inspection, if there is any one of the following conditions:
(1) Export commodities subject to inspection have been shipped out
without inspection;
(2) Commodities do not belong to the scope of commodity inspection in
accordance with the division of work.
Article 3 Documents / Certificates Required for Application for Inspection
(1) The applicants when applying for inspection of import
commodities, shall submit the foreign trade contracts, foreign invoices,
bill of lading, packing list and the Notice for Arrival of Imported Goods;
Those applying for quality inspection of import commodities shall
submit the quality certificates of foreign countries, instruments of usage
relative standards and technical materials. If the contract is concluded
based on samples, the transaction samples must be attached accordingly;
Those who applying for survey on damage goods shall submit the
relative documents/certificates, such as tallying sheet of damage goods,
the railway commercial records, the air accident records or the marine
reports;
Those who applying for weight (quantity) survey shall submit the
description of weight and tallying sheet, etc.;
Import commodities subject to inspection and receipt by the receivers
and end-users, or subject to inspection by other units, are required to be
attached with the inspection and receipt records, weight description and
report of inspection findings.
(2) The applicants when applying for inspection of export commodities
shall submit foreign trade contracts, (confirmation letters), L/C and
relative documents/certificates and letters. If the contract is concluded
based on samples, the samples confirmed by two parties are required to be
attached. Those who apply for preliminary inspection of export commodities
shall submit the necessary inspection basis.
If the commodities subject to preliminary inspection are to be
exported against the inspection certificates issued by the local commodity
inspection authorities the preliminary inspection results shall be
attached.
Commodities subject to inspection by the other commodity inspection
authorities must be attached with the original copy of "List of Exchanging
Inspection Certificates of Export Commodities".
Any commodities which must make sanitary registration and export
quality license with the commodity inspection authorities shall be
attached with the sanitary registration certificates issued by the
commodity inspection authorities, the qualified inspection report issued
by the factory or the export quality license.
If frozen, aquatic, animal products and canned food are required to
go through formalities for sanitary registration certificates, the
sanitary registration certificates issued by the commodity inspection
authorities and the qualified inspection report issued by the factory must
be presented to the commodity inspection authorities.
(3) Application for inspection of superintending and surveying
services The pa rties involved in foreign trade when applying for
superintending and surveying services shall submit the relevant contracts,
foreign invoices, bill of lading (transport bill of lading), commercial
records, weight descriptions, cargo manifests, storage plan, letters by
shippers or writing instruments, marine reports or other relative
certificates.
(4) Application for inspection of packaging inspection of dangerous
goods
((1)) The applicants when applying for testing on performance of
packagings of dangerous goods must submit the relevant documents such as
standards for products and processing specifications, etc.;
((2)) The applicants when applying for testing on usage of packagings
of dangerous goods must submit the performance testing report and the
relative documents and certificates.
(5) Application for inspection of entrustment inspection
((1)) The applicants shall submit the samples for inspection and
state the inspection requirements, and if necessary shall submit the
relevant standard for inspection or inspection methods;
((2)) Foreign parties when applying for entrustment inspection and
surveying services shall submit the relevant letters and materials.
Article 4 Time-limit and Place of Application for Inspection
After arrival of the import commodities which are subject to
inspection by the commodity inspection authorities, the receivers or the
forwarding agents shall make registration for import commodities with the
commodity inspection authorities located at the arrival port or the
station of arrival against the "Notice of Arrival of Imported Goods" or
other relative documents/certificates;
For import commodities which are included in the List of Commodities
and for import commodities which are not included in the List of
Commodities, but subject to inspection certificates issued by the
commodity inspection authorities, against which claim may be claimed, the
receivers and end-users or their agents shall apply for inspection to the
commodity inspection authorities located at the destination of goods
within the time-limit at least before 1/3 valid period for claim. If the
valid period for claim is limited to accomplish the inspection procedures
for issuing certificates the applicants must make an application for
extension of the claim period with the foreign parties in advance;
Application for inspection of damage survey on damaged import
commodities are in general made at the arrival port;
Application for inspection of weight survey on large quantity of
import commodities in bulk are in general made at the arrival port;
For a batch of import commodities which will be distributed to
several places, the receivers or their agents shall apply to the commodity
inspection authorities located at the port for inspection and issuance of
certificates. Those which can not be inspected at the port by batches due
to some certain reasons shall apply for inspection at another place.
For export commodities, application for inspection shall be made at
least 10 days before declaration to the Customs or before shipment. For
some special export commodities which need longer time for inspection,
appropriate time shall be kept for sampling and inspection.
Article 5 Requirements of Application for Inspection
(1) The applicants must fill in the application in accordance with
the requirements. Being of clear writing, accurate, complete in filled
items, and identical Chinese and English version, and with stamps of the
application units, one copy of the application is only to refer to one
batch on commodities. No change or alternation of the contents of the
application can be made;
(2) If the applicants, have some special requirements about the
contents of the inspection certificate, they shall make a statement on the
application of inspection in advance;
(3) The applicants when applying for inspection shall pay the
inspection fee in accordance with the provisions;
(4) The applicants shall arrange the time for sampling inspection
procedures, and testing and provide the necessary working conditions for
sampling, inspection and testing.
(5) For export commodities which have completed the application
procedures for inspection, if the L/C is required to be revised by foreign
letters, which refers to some commodity inspection clauses, the applicants
must present the revised letter to the commodity inspection authorities
and go through the formalities for modifying the clauses related.
(6) The applicants when withdrawing the application for inspection
due to some special reasons, shall proceed with the cancellation of
application for inspection by making a written statement.
(7) The applicants, what taking the inspection certificates shall
sign their accurate names and time, and keep the certificate in a proper
way. The various kinds of certificates shall be used in accordance with
their special requirements and will not be mixed up for use.
Article 6 Modification of Certificates and Documents
(1) The applicants when deemed necessary, have reasonable reasons to
require t o modify or add/remit the contents of the various kinds
certificates and documents issued by the commodity inspection authorities,
they must make an application to the original commodity inspection
authority which issued the certificates and present all the certificates
and documents originally issued. Subject to examination and approval, the
relevant certificates documents may be modified or reissued by the
original commodity inspection authority.
(2) If the inspection certificates issued by the inland commodity
inspection authorities are found some problems which refer to the
modification and the contents of inspection items, the applicants shall
contact with the original commodity inspection authority which issued the
inspection certificate to deal with the relative matters.
(3) The applicants must strictly abide by the Law of the People's
Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection and the
relevant administrative laws, rules and regulations, no commodity
inspection certificates can be allowed purposely to be altered, falsified,
remade and illegally assigned.
Article 7 The Time-limit for Shipment
The export commodities subject to inspection by the commodity
inspection authorities which have been issued the inspection certificate
or releasing notices shall be in general shipped out within 2 months since
the date of issuing the certificates or documents, while the fresh and
live commodities shall be shipped out within two weeks. If the export
commodities are not shipped out within the above- mentioned time-limit,
the application for reinspection must be made with the commodity
inspection authorities, and all inspection certificates and releasing
notices issued originally must be returned respectively.
Article 8
The right of interpreting these Provisions resides in the State
Administration of Import and Export Commodity Inspection.
Article 9
These Provisions shall go into effect on the date of their
promulgation.
Partnership - New option for foreign investment in China
Zhiguo Li
A new door to partnership is opened by the Chinese government to the foreign investors under this post-financial turmoil era in order to attract more foreign investment and provide more employment. On November 25, 2009, the State Council of the PRC promulgated the Measures for the Administration on the Establishment of Partnership Business by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals in China adopted at the 77th executive meeting of the State Council on August 19, 2009, which shall come into effect as of March 1, 2010 (“the Foreign Partnership Measures”). The Foreign Partnership Measures is regarded as supplementary to the Partnership Business Law of the People's Republic of China (“the Partnership Law”), article 108 of which provides that the measures for the administration on the establishment of partnership business by foreign enterprises or individuals shall be formulated by the State Council. Therefore the Partnership Law is the basic law for foreign enterprises or individuals (collectively “foreign partners”) to establish the partnership business in China (“foreign partnership”).
The initial effort to formulate this kind of measures with the authorization of the Partnership Law can be tracked to January 2007 when the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOC), as requested by the Legislative Affair Office of the State Council, promulgated a draft of the Measures for the Administration on the Foreign Funded Partnership Business (“the Draft”) for public consultation. The Draft mostly reflect the intention of the MOC to remain the approval authority for the foreign partnerships as it does in the setup of the other three types of FIEs, such as equity joint venture, contractual joint venture and wholly foreign owned enterprise (i.e., EJV, CJV and WFOE, collectively FIEs). But the final Foreign Partnership Measures kick the MOC and its local branches (“the MOC local branches”) out from the charging authority with the replacement by the local authorized branch of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC local branch), which is unexpected to but welcome by the professionals and entrepreneurs. This article will do analysis on the Foreign Partnership Measures from four perspectives: foreign partnership models, foreign partners’ qualification, thresholds and registration of the foreign partnership, in aiming to describe a clear foreign partnership roadmap for foreign partners.
Foreign Partnership Models
Foreign partners can set up the foreign partnership in China in three models: a. with the other foreign partners; b. with the Chinese individuals, legal persons and the other organizations registered and located in Mainland China; c. through participating the existing domestic partnership.
In the models above, the foreign partners have the option to take the form of general partnership, limited liability partnership or limited partnership stipulated by the Partnership Law, among which the limited liability partnership is only for the professional institutions such as law firms and accounting firms. Comparing with model a and b, model c seems more feasible and time-and-cost saving for the foreign partners. A complete due diligence will be conducted in order to minimize the risk from the operation of the domestic partnership before the participation date of the foreign partners. In consideration of the current administration and nature of the partnerships, lack of credibility and the other elements in China, it will be difficult to get a complete due diligence report satisfied with the foreign partners. Therefore, models a and b are highly recommended. Which model of a or b take needs the consideration and balance of the foreign partners based on their business plan, legal structuring, such as whether foreign partners themselves intend to do the business competing with the foreign partnership and how to exit by transferring the contribution in the partnership, ect., and the thresholds discussed below.
Foreign Partners’ Qualification
The difference in the expression on the partners from overseas and China should be noted. Foreign partners only include foreign enterprises and individuals. The Chinese partners include Chinese individuals, legal persons and the other organizations. There is no unified legal interpretation on the “enterprise”, though mostly it refers to the profitable organizations. This uncertainty may come from the prudency of the legislator of China on the qualifications of foreign partners. Under article 184 of the Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues concerning the Implementation of the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China for Trial (“the Opinions”), this expression of “enterprise” on the foreign partners allow the SAIC local branch more discretion to judge whether the foreign partner is a qualified “enterprise” or not in accordance with the relevant Chinese laws. In this scenario, the foreign partners need to note that they should not fall into the types of entities prescribed in article 3 of the Partnership Law if they aim to be a general partner, which says that wholly state-funded company, state-owned company, listed company, public-welfare-oriented institution or social organization may not become a general partner.
Regarding the foreign individuals, they must have full capacity for civil conduct in accordance with article 14 of the Partnership Law. The international private law problem will also be involved here. Pursuant to article 180 of the Opinions, the foreign individuals who conduct civil activities in the territory of China, shall be regarded as having full capacity for civil conduct if they have that in accordance with China laws, no matter what their national laws requires for their capacity for civil conduct. Foreign individuals at or above the age of 18 years old are qualified to be the foreign partners if they are not mentally ill.
Thresholds for Foreign Partnership
Some thresholds, such as the approval by the MOC, imposed on the FIEs are lifted for foreign partnership. This means that the foreign partnership and the domestic partnership will be treated with unified threshold in the aspect of approval, which will definitely reduce the criticism from the international community, but may cause more from the domestic public (including those FIEs). But it does not mean that there will be no thresholds review on foreign partnership.
Article 3 of the Foreign Partnership Measures lists the general thresholds for the foreign partnerships. The establishment of foreign partnership shall abide by the Partnership Law and the other relevant laws, regulations and rules, and comply with the industrial policies for foreign investment. These general thresholds need to be analyzed together with the reference to the other relevant laws, regulations, rules and policies.
First, the threshold provided by the Partnership Law is the pre-approval on the business scope. Where the business cope of a foreign partnership contains any item, for example oil distribution, that is subject to approval prior to registration according to laws or regulations, such approval shall be sought in advance and submitted at the time of registration with SAIC local branch. These pre-approvals involve , but not limited to, the Ministry of Land, the Ministry of Transport, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, etc., which depends on the business of the foreign partnership.
Second, the Provisions on Guiding the Orientation of Foreign Investment (2002) and the Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (revised in 2007) (collectively “foreign investment industrial policies”) set up the industrial threshold for the foreign partnerships, which are the industrial policy basis for the SAIC local branch to review registration application to establish foreign partnership in China. This will obviously increase the working load of the SAIC local branches since they are lack of the experience in this kind of foreign investment industrial policies review. We may also anticipate that there might be different explanation and implementations on the above two documents, which will be the problem faced by those foreign partners who submit the application in the first half year after the Foreign Partnership Measures comes into force on March 1, 2010.
The third threshold is that the verification is required if the project invested by the foreign partners falls into the scope described in the Provisional Measures Governing Verification of Foreign Invested Projects. The charging authority is the National Development and Reform Commission and its local branches, which depending on the amount of the total investment and the nature of the project.
It is necessary to note the forth threshold hidden in the important expression in article 3 of the Foreign Partnership Measures, which put the “rules” as the legal basis for the establishment of foreign partnerships. In the legal system of China, it indicates that the State Council authorizes the ministries or departments under the State Council (“the Ministries”) to issue necessary “rules” applicable to foreign partnerships. It also reflects that the existing valid “rules” issued by the Ministries, including those applicable to the representative offices opened by foreign law firms in China, are still the barrier for the foreign partners to access the local market in China.
The final threshold comes from the commitment of China in its WTO accession. Although the State Council encourages those foreign partners who have advanced technology and management experience to establish foreign partnership in China with the purpose to facilitate the development of the modern service industry, at this stage, the services industries may only limited to those listed in the Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services (Annex 9 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People’s Republic of China) and the openness will not be wider than the commitments therein.
Registration of the Foreign Partnership
In the FIEs regime, all investments by foreign investors need the pre-approvals of the MOC or MOC local branches. In the approval process, the MOC or MOC local branches will review, but not limited to, the content of the application, the article of associations of FIEs and contracts signed by the parties if any. Generally, this approval procedure will take 5 working days to 90 working days depending on the nature and total investment of the project. In this regard, the cancel of this approval for the foreign partnership will significantly escalate the speed of the establishment in the procedural stage and to a great extent reduce the uncertainty from the MOC or MOC local branches.
The Foreign Partnership Measures stipulates that the representative or agent of all the partners shall submit the establishment application only to the SAIC local branch and not the SAIC. The submission shall include, besides the documents required by the Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Partnership Business (revised in 2007, “Partnership Registration Regulation”), the explanation on compliance of the foreign partnership with the foreign investment industrial policies, which will ease the review by the SAIC local branch. In this regard, the review may not be limited to the formality as provided in article 16 of Partnership Registration Regulation. It seems impossible for the SAIC local branch to issue the license to the foreign partnership on the spot. In this scenario, the SAIC local branch shall make a decision on whether to issue the license to the foreign partnership within 20 working days after the date it accepts the complete application.
The Foreign Partnership Measures is the second case for MOC and MOC local branches to lose approval authority in the recent years. The first case is for the representative office opened by most of foreign enterprises in China since 2004. Although the loss of approval authority, the MOC local branches at the same level with the SAIC local branches accepting the application for establishment of foreign partnership shall be advised the registration information (including the establishment, alteration and cancel) of the foreign partnerships by the latter.
Conclusion
For those foreign partners not interested in establishing professional foreign partnerships such as law firms in China, they are now can access the Chinese market with a presence in the option of partnership. The approval procedures involved with the MOC or its local branches as set up for FIEs has been removed. The minimum investment (registered capital) requirement for FIEs has been reduced to RMB30,000 (RMB100,000 for one-person limited liability company) by the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (revised in 2005), the Foreign Partnership Measures leave the minimum investment open to the partners. The foreign partners can contribute with the currency (freely exchanged foreign currency or legally earned RMB), in kind, IPR, land use right, the other properties or labor service (limited to general partners) to the foreign partnerships. All these will minimize the cost for foreign partners to achieve their goal of profit maximization in China. But those enterprises focusing on the investment business, such as the foreign-funded venture capital investment enterprises and foreign-funded investment companies, are excluded from the Foreign Partnership Measures due to lack of experience in administrating this kind of enterprises by the government.
