中国 - 2021年1月1日以降、固形廃棄物の輸入を全面禁止
2021年1月1日以降、中国は固形廃棄物の輸入を完全に禁止します。本件に関するOasis P&I発行の回覧は、こちらからご覧いただけます。
Please find the below Circular from the UK Club correspondents Oasis P&I regarding the the subject of China implements the complete ban of import of solid waste from 01 Jan 2021.
In order to implement the amendment to The Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Inducing Environmental Pollution Law of the P. R. C (hereafter referred to as “the Law”) on the import management of solid waste which came into force on 01 September 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and 3 other Ministries of China jointly issued the Announcement No. 53 of 2020 on 24 November 2020, in which the Chinese government announced the complete ban of import of solid waste from 01 Jan 2021.
As per Art. 115 of the Law, “Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this law, imports solid waste into China shall be ordered by the customs to return the solid waste and shall be fined not less than CNY 500,000 but not more than CNY 5,000,000. The carrier and the importer shall be jointly and severally liable for the return and disposal of the solid waste mentioned in the preceding paragraph.”
As per Art. 124 of the Law, “The solid waste refers to solid, semi-solid and gaseous articles and substances placed in containers that have lost their original usage value or have not lost their usage value but have been abandoned, as well as articles and substances included in the management of solid waste according to laws and administrative regulations, but it excludes the waste which is not harmful to public health and ecological safety after harmless processing, and meets the mandatory national product quality standards, or is not identified as solid waste according to the solid waste identification standards and procedures.
According to the local Customs, the garbage or solid waste generated during the ship's normal operation is not regarded as imported waste, these regulations will not affect the disposal of ship’s garbage and solid sludge (operational waste) to contractors in Chinese ports.
For easy reference, we provide herewith our free translation of the Announcement No. 53 of 2020 (Annex I) as well as the national standard (GB 34330-2017) on the Identification of solid waste, that is, General Rules for Identification Standards for Solid Wastes (Annex II).
The full circular can be downloaded below.