Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cotton Quality (Revised in 2006)
Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cotton Quality (Revised in 2006)
Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cotton Quality (Revised in 2006)
Order of the State Council No. 470
July 4, 2006
(Promulgated by Order No. 314 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on August 3, 2001, and amended in light of the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cotton Quality promulgated on July 4, 2006)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 With a view to strengthening the supervision and administration over cotton quality, maintaining the order of cotton market, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of each party to cotton trading, the present Regulations are formulated.
Article 2 When cotton business operators (including cotton purchasers, processors, sellers and storage undertakers, the same hereafter) engage in cotton business activities, the undertaking of supervision and administration over cotton quality by cotton quality supervision institutions shall accord with the present Regulations.
Article 3 When a cotton business operator intends to engage in cotton processing business, it shall obtain its qualification certification according to the relevant provisions of the state.
The cotton business operator shall establish an internal cotton quality management rules and improve them, strictly carry out position-based quality norms, quality responsibilities and corresponding assessment measures.
Article 4 The competent department of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine of the State Council shall be responsible for the national cotton quality supervision work, and its subordinate China Fiber Inspection Institute shall take charge of organizing and implementing such work.
The quality supervision department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for the cotton quality supervision work within its own jurisdiction. At a place where a professional fiber inspection institution is set up, the professional fiber inspection institution shall undertake supervision over cotton quality within its jurisdictional division; at a place where no professional fiber inspection institution is set up, the quality supervision department shall undertake supervision over cotton quality within its jurisdictional division (when a professional fiber inspection institution and a local quality supervision department are coordinately used, they shall be uniformly referred to as cotton quality supervision institutions).
Article 5 The local people's governments at each level and the functionaries thereof may not enshield or connive the illegal acts related to cotton quality within their respective regions, or obstruct or interfere with the cotton quality supervision institution's lawful investigation and shall punish the violations of the present Regulations in cotton purchase, processing, sale or storage undertaking.
Article 6 Any entity or individual shall have the right to impeach any illegal act concerning cotton quality.
Chapter II Obligations Concerning Cotton Quality
Article 7 Cotton business operators shall, when intending to purchase cotton, establish and perfect the quality inspection and acceptance rules for the purchase of cotton, and shall have the physical standards for cotton grades and the indispensable equipment and instruments for cotton quality inspection.
Cotton business operators shall, when purchasing cotton, determine the category, grade and quantity of the cotton purchased in light of the national standards and technical norms after excluding the foreign fibers and other noxious materials; if the purchased cotton goes beyond the national moisture standard, it shall be subject to technical treatment such as airing in the sun or drying with machine and etc., so as to guarantee the cotton quality.
Cotton business operators shall place purchased cotton by category or by grade.
Article 8 Cotton business operators shall, when processing cotton, satisfy the following requirements:
1. It shall, in light of national standards, select and exclude the foreign fibers and other noxious substances in the cotton for processing;
2. It shall, in light of national standards, grade and process cotton, pack the processed cotton and attach marks compatible to the cotton quality;
3. It shall, in light of national standards, pack the processed cotton and place it in batches.
Cotton business operators may not process cotton by using leather rollers, cotton ginning machine, packaging machine or other cotton processing equipment, which are prohibited by the state through public proclamation.
Article 9 Cotton business operators shall, when selling cotton, satisfy the following requirements:
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