Announcement on the Promulgation of Three Environmental Protection Standards Including the Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals

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SEPA Document No. 66 (2004)

April 13, 2004

In order to enforce the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and the Provisions on the Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances, safeguard human health and conserve the ecological environment, three environmental protection standards including the Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are hereby ratified and approved for promulgation.

The code and title of the three standards are as follows:

HJ/T 153-2004 The Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals

HJ/T 154-2004 The Guidelines for the Hazard Evaluation of New Chemical Substances

HJ/T 155-2004 The Guidelines for Chemical Testing Good Laboratory Practices

The above-mentioned three standards are recommendatory standards published by the China Environmental Sciences Press and shall enter into force as of June 1 of 2004.

Detailed information of the three standards is available at the official website of State Environmental Protection Administration ( www.mee.gov.cn ) and the website of China Environment Standards ( www.es.org.cn ).

This announcement is hereby especially made.

(This English version is for your reference only.In case any discrepancy exists between the Chinese and English context, the Chinese version shall prevail.)