General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Administration of the Inspection and Supervision of Imported Old Mechanical and Electrical Products Measures

Promulgated: December 31 2002
Effective: May 1 2003
Interpreting authority: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
Applicability: In all cases where there is a conflict between the provisions issued by the old National Bureau of Inspection of Import and Export Commodities or State Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, these Measures shall prevail (Article 25).

Main contents: These Measures refer to the inspection and supervision of five kinds of old mechanical and electrical products: used mechanical and electrical products; unused mechanical and electrical products that have already outlived their warranty; used mechanical and electrical products that have long since been assembled and have clear defects in their parts; mechanical and electrical products that have been assembled from a mixture of new and old parts; and second hand large scale sets of equipment (Article 3). The Measures then set out separate Measures for inspection before shipping such goods and inspection Measures upon arrival of the goods (Parts Three and Four).
Related legislation: PRC Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law