Order of China Securities Regulatory Commission
No. 31 The Measures for the Issuance Examination Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission, which were deliberated and adopted May 9, 2006 Measures for the Issuance Examination Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission Article 1 With a view to ensuring to follow out the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality in the stock issuance examination and Article 2 The China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “CSRC”) establishes the Issuance Examination Committee Article 3 The IEC shall, according to the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China The IEC shall vote on the applications for stock issuance by balloting, and advance examination opinions. The CSRC shall, in light of the statutory conditions and procedures, make decisions on approving or disapproving the applications Article 4 The IEC shall fulfill its duties through the work meeting of the IEC (hereinafter referred to as the IEC meeting). Article 5 The CSRC shall be responsible for the routine management of the affairs of IEC and the examination and supervision over the members Chapter II Composition of the IEC Article 6 The IEC shall comprise the professionals of the CSRC and the relevant experts outside the CSRC, who shall be appointed by the CSRC. The number of IEC members shall be 25, among whom some may be full-time staff members. Thereto, five IEC members shall be from the The IEC shall have 5 conveners. Article 7 The tenure of an IEC member shall be one year. The IEC member may be reappointed upon the expiration of the term for lower than 3 Article 8 An IEC member shall meet the following qualifications: (1) Persisting in the principles, being impartial and clean, devoting to his duties and posts, and strictly complying with the laws, (2) Knowing well the securities and accounting business as well as the relevant laws, administrative regulations and rules; (3) Being proficient in the special knowledge of his profession, and enjoying a higher reputation in his practicing field; (4) With no records of violation of any law or discipline; and (5) Other requirements as considered necessarily by the CSRC. Article 9 Under any of the following circumstances, an IEC member shall be dismissed by the CSRC: (1) Violating any law, administrative regulation, rule or discipline related to the work of issuance examination; (2) Failing to be diligent and fulfill his duties according to relevant provisions of the CSRC; (3) Filing an application for resignation by himself; (4) Failing to attend the IEC meetings without reasons for twice or more; or (5) Other circumstances under which, after examination, the CSRC considered that he is unsuitable for assuming the post as an IEC member. Whether an IEC member is dismissed or not shall be not restricted by the expiration of the tenure. And after an IEC member is dismissed, Chapter III Responsibilities of the IEC Article 10 Responsibilities of the IEC are as follows:, according to the relevant laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the Article 11 The IEC member shall attend the IEC meeting in his own name, fulfill his duties according to laws, and issue examination opinions Article 12 The IEC member may, through the relevant functionary departments of the CSRC, consult the relevant documents in relation to the issuers, Article 13 The IEC member shall abide by the following provisions: (1) Attending the IEC meetings as required, and keeping diligent and fulfilling his duties in the examination work; (2) Keeping the secrets of the state and the business secrets of the issuers; (3) Being prohibited from disclosing any content discussed in the IEC meetings, the voting condition and any other relevant information; (4) Being prohibited from taking advantage of the status as an IEC member or the non-public information he has accessed to when performing (5) Being prohibited from having any interest with any applicant, from directly or indirectly accepting any gift such as money, goods (6) Being prohibited from colluding with any other IEC member to cast votes or inducing any other IEC member to cast votes; or (7) Other relevant provisions of the CSRC. Article 14 The IEC member is in duty bound to report to the CSRC any issuer or any other related entity or individual that imposes influence Article 15 Under any of the following circumstances when examining the application documents for stock issuance, the IEC member shall offer (1) The IEC member or any of his relatives is the director (including the independent director, the same hereinafter), supervisor, manager (2) The IEC member, any of his relatives or the entity where he works holds the shares of the issuer, which may influence his fair fulfillment (3) The IEC member or the entity where he works has provided services such as recommendation, underwriting, auditing, evaluation, legal (4) The company in which the IEC member or any of his relatives is a director, supervisor, manager, or other senior management member (5) Before convening an IEC meeting, the IEC member has met with the issuer being examined for this time or any other related entity (6) Other circumstances as determined by the CSRC, which may lead to conflicts of interests, or as regarded by the IEC member that may The “relatives” as mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to the spouse, parents, sons or daughters, brothers or sisters of the Article 16 Where an issuer and other related entities or individuals think that any IEC member has any conflict of interests or potential conflict The CSRC shall, in light of the written application filed by the issuer and other related entities or individuals, decide whether Article 17 After an IEC member accepts an appointment, he shall promise to observe the relevant provisions and disciplinary requirements of Chapter IV IEC Meetings Section 1 General Prescriptions Article 18 The IEC shall conduct examination through convening IEC meetings. Article 19 The way of open ballots shall be adopted for voting at the IEC meetings. And the votes shall include the consentient votes and negative Article 20 An IEC member shall, according to the laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the CSRC and based upon his own professional An IEC member shall, in a prudent and responsible manner, roundly examine the application documents of the issuers for stock issuance (1) Where an IEC member has any objection to any issue that calls for the attention of IEC members in the preliminary examination report (2) Where an IEC member thinks that the issuer has other problems than those that call for attention in the preliminary examination report, (3) Where an IEC member thinks that an issuer has any serious problem to be investigated and verified, which may affect his impartial An IEC member shall deliver his own examination opinions at the IEC meeting on the basis of his own working paper. Meanwhile, he shall The IEC meeting shall, after sufficient discussion, form the examination opinion of the meeting on the application of the issuer for Article 21 The convener of the IEC meeting shall, according to the relevant provisions of the CSRC, be responsible for convening the IEC meetings, After the IEC meeting is over, the IEC members attending the meeting shall sign their names for confirmation on the documents of the Article 22 Before the formation of the examination opinion on the application of the issuer for stock issuance, the IEC meeting may invite the Article 23 The IEC meeting shall only conduct one examination on the application of an issuer for stock issuance. In case there is obvious disagreement between the examination opinion of the IEC meeting and the voting result, or the voting result Article 24 The relevant functionary departments of the CSRC shall be responsible for organizing the IEC meeting, serving relevant examination Article 25 The IEC meeting may, in pursuance of the requirements of the examination work, invite other professional experts other than the IEC Article 26 The IEC shall convene the plenary session at least once a year to summarize the examination work. Section 2 Common Procedures Article 27 The examinations of the IEC meeting on applications of the issuers for the public stock issuance and the applications for other securities Article 28 The relevant functionary departments of the CSRC shall, 5 days before the IEC meeting is convened, serve the notice of the meeting, Article 29 The number of IEC members attending each IEC meeting shall be 7. If the consentient votes achieve 5, it may be deemed as a pass, Article 30 Where any of the IEC members finds that there are still serious problems needed to be investigated and verified, which may affect The IEC meeting shall first vote on whether or not to suspend the application for stock issuance. If there are 5 consentient votes, When the application for issuance being suspended is submitted to the IEC meeting for examination once again, it shall be subject The IEC meeting can suspend the voting for the application of an issuer for stock issuance for only once. Article 31 After the IEC meeting votes for the application of an issuer for stock issuance, the CSRC shall publicize the voting result on its The relevant functionary departments of the CSRC shall make written feedbacks to the recommenders as employed by the issuer the voting Article 32 Where an issuer has any major event inconsistent with the reported application documents for stock issuance after it passes the voting Section 3 Special Procedures Article 33 The examinations of the IEC on the applications of listed companies for non-public stock issuance and the applications for other Article 34 The relevant functionary departments of the CSRC shall, before an IEC meeting is convened, serve a notice of the meeting, the application Article 35 The number of IEC members attending in each IEC meeting shall be 5. If the consentient votes achieve 3, it may be deemed as a pass, Article 36 The IEC members shall not propose to suspend the voting on the applications of the listed companies for non-public stock issuance Article 37 The CSRC shall not publicize the name list of the issuers being examined at the IEC meeting, the time for the meeting, the commitment Chapter V Supervision over the Examination Work of the IEC Article 38 The CSRC shall adopt an accountability system on the IEC. In case there is any obvious disagreement between the examination opinion Article 39 In case any IEC member commits any act violating the provisions of Article 13 of the present measures, or any other act in violation Article 40 The CSRC shall establish a reporting and supervising mechanism for the acts of the IEC members in violation of any law or discipline. Where there is any clew or tip-off on an IEC member’s violation of any law or discipline, the CSRC shall make investigation into it, Article 41 The CSRC may publicize its criticism on the IEC member through the news media. Article 42 Where, before an IEC meeting is convened, there are evidences showing that the issuers or other relevant entities or individuals Where, after the application of an issuer for stock issuance is passed by the IEC meeting, there are evidences showing that the issuer Article 43 The recommendation institution of an issuer has the duty to urge the issuer to observe the relevant provisions of the present measures. Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions Article 44 The present measures shall be implemented as of May 9, 2005. The Interim Measures for the Issuance Examination Committee of China |
China Securities Regulatory Commission
2006-05-09