The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Order of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the People’s Republic of China No.11 The Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas which is enacted according to the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation : Shi Guangsheng October 20, 2001 Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 The present Measures have been formulated according to the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Regulation Article 2 An invitation for bid may be carried out for the export of commodities subject to the administration of quotas. The export enterprises Article 3 The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as “MOFTEC”) is in charge of the uniform administration Article 4 The principles of “efficiency, impartiality, openness and fair competition” shall be followed in the invitation for bid for the quotas Article 5 The present Measures shall be applicable to the commodities subject to the invitation for bid which are to be exported to the global Article 6 The principles for determining the commodities subject to the invitation for bid are: 1. bulk resources commodities that are not renewable; 2. the commodities that occupy a leading position in the international market and the prices of which are not easily affected by the 3. the commodities that are in oversupply, in relatively dispersed management and are liable to dumping at low prices and thus causing 4. the commodities that are subject to the administration of export quotas as prescribed in the multi-lateral and bilateral agreements Chapter II Administrative Organs for the Invitation for Bids Article 7 The MOFTEC is responsible for the leadership and supervision of invitations for bids via the Committee for the Invitation for Bid Article 8 The CIBECQ has the following functions and duties: 1. determining, according to the different circumstances, the times of invitations for bids for specific commodities, the quantity of 2. examining the plans for the invitations for bids for the export commodity quotas, taking charge of the opening and appraisals of bids, 3. releasing all kinds of notices, public announcements and decisions, etc concerning the invitations for bids for quotas; 4. accepting the quotas submitted by the office of invitation for bids and the record-keeping of the transfer of quotas; 5. inspecting the collection of the caution money for winning bids and bid-winning money as well as the use of the quotas; 6. checking and ratifying the list of enterprises for tendering bids according to the qualifications for the tendering of bids. The department in-charge under the MOFTEC shall be responsible for the routine work of the CIBECQ. Article 9 The CIBECQ shall set up offices for the invitation for bid for export commodity quotas (hereinafter referred to as “OIB”) within the The OIBs shall be responsible for the specific work of implementing the invitations for bids. The OIBs shall consist of representatives The relevant chambers of commerce for import and export shall be responsible for the routine work of their respective OIB. Article 10 The functions and duties of the OIBs are: drawing out plans of invitations for bids for specific commodities according to the opinions Chapter III Qualifications for the Invitation for Bid Article 11 Qualifications for the invitation for bid The invitation for bid for export commodity quotas shall be carried out by means of public invitations and negotiated invitations. Any export enterprise (including enterprises with foreign investment) that has the qualifications for import and export business operations, Article 12 Examination of the qualifications for the tendering of bids The commissions, departments and bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government Article 13 The export performances of the bid-tendering enterprises shall be based on the statistics of the customs offices. Chapter IV Rules and Procedures for the Appraisal of Bids Article 14 The CIBECQ shall take charge of the bid invitations for export commodity quotas. Article 15 In any of the following circumstances, an electronic bid shall be deemed as an invalid bid: 1. a bid that the enterprise applies to the OIB for invalidation prior to the opening of bids; 2. a bid serviced after the prescribed deadline; 3. a same enterprise has successfully serviced more than two (including two) bids before the deadline without regard whether the bids 4. other circumstances under which a bid shall be invalidated according to the present Measures. Article 16 In the case of a public invitation, the enterprises may independently decide the price for tendering their bids. The CIBECQ may, according If the price in the bid tendered by an enterprise is too high or is obviously against the history of prices, the bid shall be deemed The minimum price for tendering a bid in negotiated invitations may be determined by the CIBECQ according to the average profits of Article 17 In order to avoid the over-concentration or over-decentralization of bid-winning quotas, the CIBECQ may set a maximum and minimum Article 18 The enterprises shall tender their bids by way of electronic bids prior to the prescribed time limit, and the electronic version of Article 19 The determination of the bid-winning enterprises In the case of public invitations: All the eligible bid-tendering enterprises shall be arrayed in terms of the prices of the bids If the sum of the bids tendered by the enterprises that fall within the minimum limit for winning the bid exceeds the quantity of In the case of a negotiated invitation: All the enterprises whose bidding prices are not lower than the minimum prices as prescribed Article 20 The determination of the bid-winning prices and quantities 1. The bid-winning prices of the bid-tendering enterprises in a public invitation shall be the prices of the tendered bids. The bid-winning 2. The determination of the bid-winning quantities (1) In a public invitation, the bid-winning quantity of the bid-winning enterprise shall be the quantity of the tendered bids. If the (2) The bid-winning quantity in a negotiated bid: a. The bid-winning quantity of an enterprise shall be calculated according to the following formula: Bid-winning quantity of the enterprise = total amount of bid invitation * [amount of money tender by the enterprise (price for quota b. The maximum bid-winning quantity of an enterprise shall be the quantity of the bids tendered thereby. The total bid-winning amount shall of an enterprise with foreign investment for a whole year shall be limited to the scale of export Article 21 The CIBECQ shall publicize public announcements of bid invitations on designated mass media. Article 22 The OIBs shall publicize the preliminary results of bid winning within the prescribed time limit after the bid appraisal is finished. Article 23 After examining and approving the result of bid winning, the CIBECQ shall inform the OIBs in time and publicize the names of the bid-winning Chapter V Bid-winning Money Article 24 The payment of the bid-winning money The bid-winning enterprises determined according to the rules for appraising the bids shall pay caution money for winning the bid The CIBECQ shall open special accounts at designated banks for the collection of caution money and bid-winning money. The specific The OIBs shall report to the CIBECQ about the collection of the caution money within 5 working days after the deadline for collecting Article 25 The bid-winning enterprises shall pay caution money and bid-winning money according to the following provisions and such money may 1. The bid-winning enterprises shall transfer the caution money for winning bids to the accounts at designated banks by way of checks, 2. Prior to applying for an export license each time, the bid-winning enterprise shall pay the balance of the bid-winning money to the Article 26 The OIB concerned shall, after receiving the bid-winning money paid by the enterprise, issue a certification document to the enterprise Chapter VI Turn-over, Transfer, Acceptance and Withdrawal of Quotas Article 27 Where a bid-winning enterprise cannot use or use up the bid-won quotas, it shall turn over or transfer the quotas according to prescribed Article 28 The time for turning over the quotas of export commodities subject to bid invitation shall be determined by the CIBECQ according to Article 29 A bid-winning enterprise may not file an application for transferring its quotas of export commodities until it has paid the bid-winning Article 29 Both parties to the transfer of the quotas shall submit their application for transferring and accepting the quotas to the OIB concerned Article 30 The bid-won quotas for which the bid-winning money is not paid in full amount at the expiration of the prescribed time limit shall Article 31 With regard to the quotas that have been withdrawn or turned over and other remained quotas, the CIBECQ may hold additional bid invitations Chapter VII Export Licenses Article 32 The bid-won quotas shall be valid for the current year. After obtaining the quotas, the enterprise shall apply to the designated authorities The list of names of the enterprises that have won bids of quotas together with the bid-winning quantities shall be subject to the Article 33 All relevant license-issuing authorities shall issue export licenses according to the Rules on the Administration of Export Licenses Chapter VIII Penalty Provisions Article 34 Any individual, organization or enterprise that violates the provisions of the present Measures by disturbing the bid invitations Article 35 Any enterprise or individual shall be enpost_titled to report or complain about the fraudulent activities that occur as against the provisions Article 36 Any member from the CIBECQ or the OIBs that violates the provisions of the present Measures may be given a punishment by the MOFTEC Article 37 If any enterprises collude in tendering bids or make false reports of their qualifications for bid tendering or disturbing the bid Article 38 If any enterprise that has won a bid fails to pay caution money for winning bids according to relevant provisions, the CIBECQ shall Article 39 The quotas that are not turned over or transferred according to relevant provisions nor are they acquired before the valid period Article 40 If activities of any of the offending enterprise as mentioned in the circumstances of the present chapter have constituted the intentional Article 41 If any bid-winning enterprise fails to pay bid-winning money (including caution money for winning bids) according to relevant provisions Article 42 If the rate of obtaining export licenses for a certain commodity is relatively low due to the international market, the relevant bid-winning Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions Article 43 The expenses incurred from the bid invitation for export quotas itself by the MOFTEC, the CIBECQ, the OIBs and all local departments Article 44 No entity, organization or individual may disseminate any rule, public announcement or notice, etc relating to the bid invitation Article 45 The power to interpret the present Measures shall remain with the MOFTEC. Article 46 The present Measures shall enter into force as of January 1, 2002. The original Measures for the Bid Invitation for Quotas of Export |
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
2001-12-20