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Article: China's New Environmental Impact Assessment Qualification Rules.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- November 22, 2006
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By Dorothy Deng and Alex Wang
In October 2005, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) strengthened the domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA) market by conducting a nationwide review of the environmental impact assessment agencies (EIA Agencies) and re-issuing qualification certificates. This action follows SEPA's issuance of the PRC Administrative Rules Concerning Construction Project Environmental Impact Assessment Qualifications (EIA Qualification Rules) on August 15, 2005. The new EIA Qualification Rules replaced the old rules promulgated by SEPA in 1999 (Old Rules)1 and became effective on January 1, 2006.
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