Measures on the Management of Environmental Standards
Measures on the Management of Environmental Standards
Measures on the Management of Environmental Standards
Order of the State Enviromental Protection Administration of China [1999] No. 3
April 1, 1999
The Measures on the Management of Environmental Standards was adopted upon the discussion at the executive meeting of the State Environmental Protection Administration on January 5, 1999 are now promulgated for implement.
Minister Xie Zhenhua
State Environmental Protection Administration
Measures on the Management of Environmental Standards
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The Measures are formulated for the purpose of strengthening the management of environmental standards, according to related stipulations of the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 The Measures shall apply to formulating, implementing environmental standards and supervising the implementation of environmental standards.
Article 3 To prevent and control environmental pollution, to safeguard the ecological balance and to protect people's health, the competent departments of environmental protection administrations under the State Council and provincial, autonomous region and municipality governments should, in line with related rules and regulations of the State, formulate environmental standards for various technical code and specifications that require uniformity in environmental protection.
The environmental standards consist of national standards, local standards and the standards of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA standards).
National environmental standards include national environmental quality, national pollutant emission (or control) standards, standards for national environmental monitoring methods, standards for national environmental standard samples and national environmental basic standards.
Local environmental standards cover local environmental quality standards and local pollutant emission (or control) standard.
Article 4 The national environmental standards and the SEPA standards shall be implemented nationwide. Upon issuance of the national environmental standards, the corresponding standards of the SEPA shall be automatically repealed.
The local environmental standards shall be implemented within the scope of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, where the standards are issued.
Article 5 The environmental standards consist of mandatory environmental standard and recommended environmental standards.
The environmental standards, pollutant emission standards and other environmental standards that must be implemented as stipulated in the laws and administrative rules and regulations are part of the mandatory environmental standards. The mandatory environmental standards must be implemented.Those environmental standards other than the mandatory environmental standards shall be belong to recommended standards which are encouraged to be adopted by the State. If the recommended environmental standards are quoted in the mandatory environmental standards, they must be also implemented compulsorily.
Article 6 The SEPA shall be responsible for managing the national environmental standards, formulating national environmental standards and the SEPA standards, inspecting the local environmental standards for the record, and guiding the management of the local environmental standard.
The competent departments of the environmental protection administrations of the people's governments above the county level shall be responsible for the environmental standards within their jurisdiction. They shall organize the local people to implement the national environmental standards, the SEPA standards and the local environmental standards.
Chapter II Formulation of Environmental Standards
Article 7 Corresponding environmental standards shall be formulated for the following technical code and specifications that require uniformity:
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