Measures for the Administration on the Inspection and Quarantine of the Genetically Modified Products Entering and Exiting the Territor (2023 Amendment)

Measures for the Administration on the Inspection and Quarantine of the Genetically Modified Products Entering and Exiting the Territor (2023 Amendment)

(Promulgated by Order No. 62 of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on May 24, 2004; amended for the first time according to the Decision of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to Repeal and Amend Some Rules issued by Order No. 196 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on March 6, 2018; amended for the second time according to the Decision of the General Administration of Customs to Amend Some Rules issued by Order No. 238 of the General Administration of Customs on April 28, 2018; amended for the third time according to the Decision of the General Administration of Customs to Amend Some Rules issued by Order No. 243 of the General Administration of Customs on November 23, 2018; amended for the fourth time according to the Decision of the General Administration of Customs to Amend Some Rules issued by the Order No. 262 of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China on March 9, 2023)

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The present Measures are hereby formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Quarantine of the Animals and Plants Entering and Exiting the Territory and its detailed implementation regulations, the Regulation on the Administration of the Safety of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism, and the provisions of other laws and regulations, for the purpose of strengthening the administration on the inspection and quarantine of the genetically modified products entering and exiting the territory, ensuring the human health and the safety of animals and plants and microorganisms, and protecting the environment.

Article 2 The present Measures shall be applicable to the inspection and quarantine on the genetically modified products entering and exiting the territory through various ways (including trade, processing customer's materials, mailing, carrying, production, reproduction for others, scientific research, exchange, exhibition, aid, and donation, and other ways).

Article 3 The “Genetically Modified Products” as mentioned in the present Measures shall refer to the agricultural genetically modified organisms as prescribed in the Regulation on the Administration of the Safety of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism, and the genetically modified organisms and products as prescribed in other laws and regulations.

Article 4 The General Administration of Customs shall be responsible for the national work of the administration of inspection and q......