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- Chinese exporters facesuspension for violatingenvironmental rules
Date: 16-Oct-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
THE Ministry of Commerce (MOC) will ban Chinese exporters from trading overseas if they are found violating environmental protection rules.
The suspension of trade, varying from one year to three years, will punish companies that discharge excessive pollutants or seize environmental resources illegally.
Some exporters have ignored the country's regulations on environmental protection while striving for lower costs, according to a notice jointly issued by the MOC and the State Environmental Protection Administration.
The notice urged local environmental watchdogs to strengthen supervision over exporting companies, especially those that consume too much energy and resources, such as copper smelting, and report violations to local commerce administrations.
The MOC, based on reports from local environmental watchdogs, will authorize local departments to cease the approval of export-related applications, such as export quotas and licenses, contracts on processing, and applications for participating in national or regional trade fairs, of violating companies.
The applications will be processed only when local environmental watchdogs confirm that corrections had been made by the companies, according to the notice.
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