第一条 为保证保障措施工作的公平、公正、公开，根据《中华人民共和国保障措施条例》的有关规定，制定本规则。

　　第二条 根据《中华人民共和国保障措施条例》第五条、第十五条、第十六条、第十八条、第二十一条的规定，对外贸易经济合作部（以下简称外经贸部）在保障措施立案公告以及保障措施裁定公告（以下简称保障措施公告）中确定保障措施立案调查的产品范围和适用保障措施的产品范围（以下简称保障措施产品范围），海关自公告规定之日起实施。

　　第三条 保障措施公告实施期间，保障措施产品范围的调整均需在外经贸部相关对外公告中确定，海关自公告规定之日起实施。

　　第四条 外经贸部保障措施公告产品范围的调整程序按本规则进行。

　　保障措施公告产品范围的调整程序包括申请程序和外经贸部受理申请、调查、决定及相关公告的程序。

　　第五条 申请程序：

　　（一） 保障措施立案公告后，有关利害关系方对调查产品范围提出异议，应在公告规定的时间内或经外经贸部同意延长的期限内向外经贸部提出调整调查产品范围的申请。

　　（二） 保障措施初裁公告后，有关利害关系方对适用保障措施产品范围提出异议，应在公告规定的时间内或经外经贸部同意延长的期限内向外经贸部提出调整适用保障措施产品范围的申请。

　　（三） 本规则所称利害关系方是指保障措施申请人、国外生产商、出口商、进口商以及其他有利害关系的组织、个人。

　　（四） 申请应以书面形式提出。

　　第六条 申请书包括以下内容：

　　（一） 申请人名称及其简况，申请调整的产品；

　　（二） 要求调整的理由、理由的详细说明及相关证据；

　　（三） 申请调整产品的详细描述和说明。产品按如下顺序依次描述：税则号、物理特征、化学特性等，描述至能够体现该产品的唯一性和排他性；上述描述方式无法体现该产品的唯一性和排他性时，需详细说明产品的用途；

　　（四） 申请调整的进口产品与国内同类产品或直接竞争产品的异同点和可替代性的详细描述和说明；

　　（五） 申请调整的进口产品前五年的进口量和进口金额以及对后三年预测的进口量；

　　（六） 国外生产商、出口商、进口商及下游用户；

　　（七） 申请人法定代表人或其合法授权人的盖章或签字。

　　第七条 受理、调查、决定和公告程序：

　　（一） 外经贸部对申请人递交的申请书进行核对，对符合第六条要求的申请，予以受理；

　　（二） 外经贸部通过问卷、实地核查、听证会等方式对申请内容的真实性进行调查和核查；

　　（三） 外经贸部对申请内容的合理性和包括保障措施申请人在内的各利害关系方的利益进行调查，对产品的描述和说明等情况进行核查。必要时，可以聘请专家进行论证；

　　（四） 按照上述程序规定，对符合保障措施产品范围调整条件的申请，外经贸部可以决定对保障措施产品范围进行调整并予以公告；

　　（五） 外经贸部没有收到调整产品范围的申请，根据对利害关系方提交材料的审查，也可以决定调整产品范围；

　　（六） 最终保障措施终裁决定实施后，如有必要对公告内容进行调整的，可以参照上述程序决定后，均由外经贸部予以公告。

　　第八条 涉及有关保障措施复审的，产品范围的调整参照本规则执行。

　　第九条 本规则由外经贸部负责解释。

　　第十条 本规则自公布之日后30天开始实施。

对外贸易经济合作部
2002年12月13日

Interim¹ Rules on The Procedures for Adjusting The Range of Products under Safeguards

　　Article 1 In order to guarantee the fairness, justice and openness of the safeguards work, these Rules are enacted² in accordance with the Safeguards Regulations of the People''s Republic of China.

　　Article 2 According to Articles 5, 15, 16, 18 and 21 of the Safeguards Regulations of the People''s Republic of China, the Ministry³ of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation （hereinafter referred to as MOFTEC） shall determine in the safeguards case filing proclamations and award proclamations （hereinafter referred to as safeguards proclamations） the range of products under safeguards investigation⁴ and that of products subject to safeguards （hereinafter referred to as range of products under safeguards）. The customs shall implement⁵ the range from the date of the proclamation.

　　Article 3 During the implementation⁶ period of safeguards proclamations, any adjustment in the range of products under safeguards shall be determined⁷ by MOFTEC through the relevant proclamations, and the customs shall implement the adjustment from the date of the proclamation.

　　Article 4 Procedures for adjusting the range of products in safeguards proclamations of the MOFTEC shall comply with these Rules.

　　Procedures for adjusting the range of products in safeguards proclamations include the application procedures and the procedures for acceptance of application, investigation, decision and the relevant proclamation by the MOFTEC.

　　Article 5 Application procedures:

　　（1） After a safeguards case filing proclamation is made, if any relevant interested party raises objections to the range of products under investigation, it shall file an application for adjusting the range with the MOFTEC within the time period stipulated⁸ in the proclamation or within the period extended upon the approval of the MOFTEC.

　　（2） After a proclamation of safeguards preliminary award is made, if any relevant interested party raises objections to the range of products subject to safeguards, it shall file an application for adjusting the range with the MOFTEC within the time period stipulated in the proclamation or within the period extended upon the approval of the MOFTEC.

　　（3） The interested party as used in these Rules shall refer to the applicant⁹ for safeguards, foreign manufacturer, exporter, importer as well as other organization or individual with interest relations.

　　（4） The application shall be in filed in written form.

　　Article 6 An application form shall include the following information:

　　（1） The name and basic information of the applicant, and the product to be adjusted;

　　（2） Reasons for the adjustment, detailed¹⁰ explanation of the reasons and the relevant evidence;

　　（3） Detailed description and specification¹¹ of the product to be adjusted. The product shall be described in the following order: tariff¹² number, physical characteristics, chemical characteristics etc, and the description shall reflect the uniqueness and exclusiveness of that product; if the description through the aforesaid methods can not reflect the uniqueness and exclusiveness of that product, the usage of the product shall be specified¹³;

　　（4） Detailed description and explanation of the similarities and differences, and replaceable nature between the import product to be adjusted and the domestic product of the same kind or the directly competitive products;

　　（5） The import volume and sum of the import product to be adjusted of the previous five years and the forecasted import volume of the next three years;

　　（6） The foreign manufacturer, exporter, importer and end user;

　　（7） Seal or signature of the legal representative of the applicant or the person legally authorized¹⁴ thereby¹⁵.

　　Article 7 Procedures for acceptance, investigation, decision and proclamation:

　　（1） MOFTEC shall check the application submitted by the applicant, and accept the application if it meets the requirements ofArticle 6;

　　（2） MOFTEC shall investigate and verify the authenticity¹⁶ of the application through questionnaire, on-spot verification and hearing etc;

　　（3） MOFTEC shall investigate the rationality of the application and the interests of the interested parties concerned including the applicant for safeguards, and verify the description and specification of the product, and may retain experts to make a demonstration¹⁷ when necessary;

　　（4） If the application meets the conditions for adjusting the range of products under safeguards according to the aforesaid procedures, MOFTEC may decide to adjust the range of products under safeguards and make a proclamation;

　　（5） Where MOFTEC hasn''t received an application for adjusting the product range, it may decide to adjust the product range upon the examination of the materials submitted by the interested parties;

　　（6） After the final decision on safeguards is implemented¹⁸, if it is necessary to adjust the proclamation contents, a decision may be made by referring to the aforesaid procedures and be proclaimed by MOFTEC.

　　Article 8 Where safeguards review is involved, the adjustment of product range shall be carried out by referring to these Rules.

　　Article 9 The power to interpret these Rules shall remain with MOFTEC.

　　Article 10 These Rules shall enter into force on the 30th day after their proclamation.

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
December 13,2002

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