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CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON STRENGTHENING THE IMPORT ADMINISTRATION OF CD-WRITERS

The Customs General Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the General Administration of Customs on Strengthening the
Import Administration of Cd-writers

WaiJingMaoJiDianFa [2001] No.466

September 21, 2001

The commissions (departments, bureaus), the departments and the mechanical and electrical product import & export offices of the localities
of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalitie directly under the Central Government, and municipalities separately listed on
the State plan, the General Administration of Customs (“GAC”), the Guangdong division of the General Administration of Customs and
the customs offices directly under the GAC:

In order to maintain the order of the audiovisual product market, to prevent the illegal activities such as piracy, illegal publication
and dissemination, and publication of pornographic materials, and to strengthen the administration of the audiovisual products that
involve ideology, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Press and Publication Administration hereby, after
deliberation, notify the issues on the import administration of CD-Writers as follows:

1.

From October 1, 2001, all the applications for import of CD-Writers (see the attachment for goods codes) shall be reported by the
offices of mechanical and electrical product of the localities and departments to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
(MOFTEC) for examination and approval.

2.

From October 1, 2001, opinions shall be solicited from the state departments in charge of audiovisual products involving ideology,
namely the State Press and Publication Administration and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, for all the import
of CD-Writers, and the MOFTEC shall handle the import formalities according to the opinions of the aforesaid departments in charge.

3.

From October 1, 2001, the customs shall examine and release the CD-Writers on the basis of the Registration Form of Import of Mechanical
and Electrical Products issued by the MOFTEC. The CD-Writers that have been approved by the administration bodies of import of mechanical
and electrical products and that haven’t been declared to the customs prior to this Notice shall go through the import formalities
again at the MOFTEC.

This is hereby notified.

Attachment:(omitted)



 
The Customs General Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
2001-09-21