National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Environmental Protection, Measures for Cleaner Production Audits
国家发展和改革委员会、环境保护部清洁生产审核办法
July 05, 2016 | BY
Susan Mok &clp articles &Heavily polluting enterprises will be subject to mandatory cleaner production audits.
Promulgated: May 16 2016
Effective: July 1 2016
Applicability: For the purposes of these Measures, the term “cleaner production audit” (CPA) means the process wherein an investigation and diagnosis of a production or service process is conducted by a specific procedure, the reasons for high energy consumption, high material consumption and/or serious pollution are discerned, a plan is presented to reduce energy consumption, material consumption and/or the generation of waste, or to reduce the use and/or generation of toxic or hazardous substances or to utilize waste as a resource and then a technically, economically and environmentally feasible cleaner production plan is determined and implemented (Article 2).
These Measures shall govern all entities that engage in production and service activities and the authorities that engage in related administrative activities in the territory of the People's Republic of China (Article 3).
Main contents: The state encourages enterprises to conduct CPA of their own volition (Article 7).
An enterprise shall conduct a mandatory CPA if:
(1) its pollutant emissions exceed emission standards specified by the state or local area, or, although the same do not exceed such standards, they exceed the total key pollutant emission control norms;
(2) it exceeds the product energy consumption limit for its entity, constituting high energy consumption; or
(3) it uses toxic or hazardous raw materials in production or, in the course of production, it emits toxic or hazardous substances.
The toxic or hazardous raw materials or substances include the following types:
Type 1: hazardous wastes: including the hazardous wastes included on the National Hazardous Waste List, as well as wastes that are determined to have the characteristic of being hazardous based on the hazardous waste identification criteria and methods specified by the state.
Type 2: highly toxic chemicals, chemicals listed in the Catalogue of Key Hazardous Chemicals Subject to Environmental Administration as well as substances containing the aforementioned chemicals.
Type 3: substances containing lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and other such heavy metals and metalloid arsenic.
Type 4: substances listed in the Annexes to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Type 5: other substances that are toxic and could contaminate the environment (Article 8).
Related legislation: PRC Law on the Promotion of Cleaner Production, 2012
Repealed legislation: Tentative Measures for Cleaner Production Audits, 2004
clp reference:1600/16.05.16 promulgated:2016-05-16 effective:2016-07-01Promulgated: May 16 2016
Effective: July 1 2016
Applicability: For the purposes of these Measures, the term “cleaner production audit” (CPA) means the process wherein an investigation and diagnosis of a production or service process is conducted by a specific procedure, the reasons for high energy consumption, high material consumption and/or serious pollution are discerned, a plan is presented to reduce energy consumption, material consumption and/or the generation of waste, or to reduce the use and/or generation of toxic or hazardous substances or to utilize waste as a resource and then a technically, economically and environmentally feasible cleaner production plan is determined and implemented (Article 2).
These Measures shall govern all entities that engage in production and service activities and the authorities that engage in related administrative activities in the territory of the People's Republic of China (Article 3).
Main contents: The state encourages enterprises to conduct CPA of their own volition (Article 7).
An enterprise shall conduct a mandatory CPA if:
(1) its pollutant emissions exceed emission standards specified by the state or local area, or, although the same do not exceed such standards, they exceed the total key pollutant emission control norms;
(2) it exceeds the product energy consumption limit for its entity, constituting high energy consumption; or
(3) it uses toxic or hazardous raw materials in production or, in the course of production, it emits toxic or hazardous substances.
The toxic or hazardous raw materials or substances include the following types:
Type 1: hazardous wastes: including the hazardous wastes included on the National Hazardous Waste List, as well as wastes that are determined to have the characteristic of being hazardous based on the hazardous waste identification criteria and methods specified by the state.
Type 2: highly toxic chemicals, chemicals listed in the Catalogue of Key Hazardous Chemicals Subject to Environmental Administration as well as substances containing the aforementioned chemicals.
Type 3: substances containing lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and other such heavy metals and metalloid arsenic.
Type 4: substances listed in the Annexes to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Type 5: other substances that are toxic and could contaminate the environment (Article 8).
Related legislation: PRC Law on the Promotion of Cleaner Production, 2012
Repealed legislation: Tentative Measures for Cleaner Production Audits, 2004
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