Recently, the executive meeting of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has adopted after deliberation the Decision of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Revising Certain Rules and Regulations (the "Decision") for implementation as of the date of promulgation.
The Decision combines and revises Articles 11 and 12 of the Administrative Measures for the Qualification of Equipment Supervision Institutions as "An application of an institution for the qualification of Class A or Class B equipment supervision institution shall be made to and accepted by the provincial quality and technical supervision department at the locality of the institution. Relevant institutions may be entrusted to organize review. If the institution passes the review, the provincial quality and technical supervision department will approve its application, and issue a corresponding qualification certificate of equipment supervision institution to it." Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Administrative Measures on Certification of Organic Products is revised as "An organic product certification institute shall obtain the legal person status in accordance with the law, and shall engage in organic product certification within the approved scope upon being approved by the CAA." In addition, the Decision also revises other four rules and regulations.