Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revising the Law of the PRC on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revising the Law of the PRC on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution

Order of the President No. 54

August 29, 1995

(Adopted at the 15th Session of the Eighth Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on August 29, 1995)

At its 15th Meeting, the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress decides to revise the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution as follows:

I. One paragraph is added to Article 8 as Paragraph 1: "The State adopts economic and technological policies and measures to facilitate the prevention and control of atmospheric pollution and comprehensive utilization."

II. One article is added as Article 9: "The people's governments at various levels shall redouble their efforts in afforestation and urban greening to improve the atmospheric environment."

III. One article is added as Article 15: "Enterprises shall give priority to the adoption of cleaner production techniques that are instrumental to high-efficient use of energy and reduced discharge of pollutants so as to decrease the generation of atmospheric pollutants.
"The State practises an elimination system for the backward production techniques and backward equipment which seriously pollutes the atmospheric environment.
"The competent department for comprehensive economic and trade affairs under the State Council shall, in conjunction with other relevant departments under the State Council, publish a catalog of the techniques which seriously pollute the atmospheric environment and the use of which shall be prohibited within a time limit, and a catalog of the equipment which seriously pollutes the atmospheric environment and the production, sale, importation and use of which shall be prohibited within a time limit.
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