Measures of the Ministry of Agriculture for Testing and Appraising Agricultural Machinery
Measures of the Ministry of Agriculture for Testing and Appraising Agricultural Machinery
Measures of the Ministry of Agriculture for Testing and Appraising Agricultural Machinery
Order of the Ministry of Agriculture [2005] No. 54
July 26, 2005
The Measures of the Ministry of Agriculture for Testing and Appraising Agricultural Machinery, which have been deliberated and adopted at the 15th executive meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on July 7, 2005, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of November 1, 2005.
Minister, Du Qinglin
Measures of the Ministry of Agriculture for Testing and Appraising Agricultural Machinery
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The Measures are formulated according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization and the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Popularization of Agricultural Technology with a view to promoting the popularization and application of sophisticated and applicable agricultural machinery and maintaining the lawful rights and interests of the users, manufacturers and sellers of agricultural machinery.
Article 2 The "testing and appraisal of agricultural machinery" as mentioned herein (hereinafter referred to as the "Appraisal") refers to activities of an agricultural machinery testing and appraising agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Appraising Agency") making technical appraisals of the applicability, safety and reliability of agricultural machinery through scientific testing, inspection and appraisal so as to provide basic data and information for the selection and popularization of agricultural machinery.
According to the purpose, the Appraisal can be divided into:
1. Popularization-oriented appraisal: comprehensive performance appraisal for the purpose of assessing the suitability of agricultural machinery for popularization;
2. Model selection-oriented appraisal: comparative testing of similar agricultural machinery for the purpose of selecting applicable models; and
3. Special appraisal: inspecting and assessing the performances of special items of agricultural machinery.
Article 3 Application for the Appraisal, which includes ministerial appraisal and provincial appraisal, shall be made by the manufacturer or seller of agricultural machinery of their own accord. Products that have passed ministerial appraisal shall not be subject to provincial appraisal.
Article 4 The Ministry of Agriculture shall take charge of the Appraisal work across the country, and shall formulate, regularly adjust and issue appraisal guidelines and plans, and promulgate appraisal outlines.
The agricultural mechanization departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall take charge of the appraisal work within their respective jurisdiction, and shall formulate, regularly adjust and issue provincial appraisal guidelines and plans, and promulgate appraisal outlines.
Article 5 The Appraisal shall be made in accordance with the principles of fairness, openness, rationality and high efficiency, and shall be supervised by the users, manufacturers and sellers of agricultural machinery and the general public.
Article 6 Any product that has passed the Appraisal can be incorporated into the national policy support system for the promotion of agricultural mechanization technologies, including financial subsidies, preferential credits and government procurement policies.
The agricultural (or agricultural mechanization) administrative authorities and agricultural technology promotion agencies shall take steps to promote the products that have passed the Appraisal.
Chapter II Appraising Agencies
Article 7 The Appraisal shall be conducted by appraising agencies under the agricultural mechanization departments of the people's governments at or above the provincial level.
Article 8 The Appraising Agency shall meet the following requirements:
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