Measures for the Administration of the State Council on Participation of Foreign Firms in the Salvage of Sunken Ships and Objects in Chinese Coastal Waters (Revised in 2016)
Measures for the Administration of the State Council on Participation of Foreign Firms in the Salvage of Sunken Ships and Objects in Chinese Coastal Waters (Revised in 2016)
Measures for the Administration of the State Council on Participation of Foreign Firms in the Salvage of Sunken Ships and Objects in Chinese Coastal Waters (Revised in 2016)
Order of the State Council No. 666
February 6, 2016
(Promulgated by Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 102 on July 12, 1992; and revised for the first time according to the Decisions of the State Council on Repealing and Amending Certain Administrative Regulations on January 8 ,2011; and revised for the second time according to the Decision of the State Council on Revising Certain Administrative Regulations on February 6, 2016)
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in order to strengthen the control of the participation of foreign firms in salvage of sunken ships and objects in the Chinese coastal waters and to ensure the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned.
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the participation of foreign firms in salvage of sunken ships and objects with commercial value in the Chinese coastal waters.
These Measures shall not apply to the cases where the owners of the sunken ships and objects engage in the salvage themselves or invite salvage agencies to undertake the salvage in the Chinese coastal waters.
Article 3 For the purpose of these Measures, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively defined hereunder:
1. "Foreign firm" means enterprises or other economic organizations or individuals of foreign countries.
2. "Coastal waters" means the inland seas and territorial seas of the People's Republic of China as well as all other sea areas under its jurisdiction.
3. "Sunken ships and objects" mean all kinds of vessels and objects which have sunken under the surface of water or have been buried beneath the mud surface at seabed in the Chinese coastal waters, including the main bodies of the sunken ships or objects and their equipment, and all of the cargoes or other sundries loaded thereon.
Sunken warships and weaponry with important military value and sunken ships and objects confirmed as cultural relics are not covered in the scope of salvage by the participation of foreign firms.
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Order of the State Council No. 666
February 6, 2016
(Promulgated by Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 102 on July 12, 1992; and revised for the first time according to the Decisions of the State Council on Repealing and Amending Certain Administrative Regulations on January 8 ,2011; and revised for the second time according to the Decision of the State Council on Revising Certain Administrative Regulations on February 6, 2016)
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in order to strengthen the control of the participation of foreign firms in salvage of sunken ships and objects in the Chinese coastal waters and to ensure the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned.
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the participation of foreign firms in salvage of sunken ships and objects with commercial value in the Chinese coastal waters.
These Measures shall not apply to the cases where the owners of the sunken ships and objects engage in the salvage themselves or invite salvage agencies to undertake the salvage in the Chinese coastal waters.
Article 3 For the purpose of these Measures, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively defined hereunder:
1. "Foreign firm" means enterprises or other economic organizations or individuals of foreign countries.
2. "Coastal waters" means the inland seas and territorial seas of the People's Republic of China as well as all other sea areas under its jurisdiction.
3. "Sunken ships and objects" mean all kinds of vessels and objects which have sunken under the surface of water or have been buried beneath the mud surface at seabed in the Chinese coastal waters, including the main bodies of the sunken ships or objects and their equipment, and all of the cargoes or other sundries loaded thereon.
Sunken warships and weaponry with important military value and sunken ships and objects confirmed as cultural relics are not covered in the scope of salvage by the participation of foreign firms.
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