State Administration for Market Regulation, Amendment Draft for the PRC Regulations on Certification and Accreditation (Draft for Public Comments)

国家市场监督管理总局中华人民共和国认证认可条例修订草案 (公开征求意见稿)

December 03, 2021 | BY

Susan Mok

New rules are set forth for foreign-related certification

Issued: November 12, 2021

Main contents: Where a certification institution outside of mainland China directly assigns personnel to conduct certification and related activities in mainland China, it shall comply with the laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and the outcome of its certifications may only be used outside of mainland China.

Where a certification institution accepts the appointment of an organization outside of mainland China to conduct certification and related activities in accordance with the certification rules formulated by such organization, it shall review and conduct reasoning on the certification rules before it commences the certification and related activities and submit the certification rules and reasoning materials to the State Council's market regulator (Article 16).

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