BIR meets with AQSIQ in Beijing

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) announced that during a recent mission to China, BIR Director General Francis Veys achieved important clarification regarding the application procedures (new and renewal) for the registration of overseas suppliers of recyclable to the People’s Republic.

Together with the BIR Ambassador for China, David Chiao of Uni-All, Atlanta, USA, and CMRA Vice-President Ma Hongchang, Veys met with the Deputy Director of the Department for Supervision and Inspection of AQSIQ.

During the meeting, BIR representatives had the opportunity to reassess the current registration procedures and ask a number of additional questions on which BIR members still seemed to have some doubts.

AQSIQ confirmed that new applicants will in the future need to be ISO 9001 certified or have a recognized national quality management system such as RIOS (ISRI, USA).

Another important issue was the question on how to register an additional category of material and also on how to incorporate change in an existing registration.

Moreover, BIR received clarification as to whether AQSIQ had a list of accredited agencies for applications. AQSIQ stated that they had no special arrangement with any agency and that the applicant was free to decide who to contact for help with the application.

They also specified that no more than 3 contraventions to CCIC rules were accepted and that subsequently each shipment would be 100 percent inspected.

With regards to shipments from a third country, AQSIQ officially agreed that a registered company could also ship from a country that was not their country of origin.

The detailed report of the meeting on 22 February 2010 in Beijing can be found on the Members Only pages of the BIR website.