Measures for the Implementation of Work Safety License for Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises

Order of the State Administration of Work Safety

No. 41

The newly revised Measures for the Implementation of Work Safety Licenses for Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises, as deliberated and adopted at the director's executive meeting of the State Administration of Work Safety on July 22, 2011, are hereby issued, and shall come into force on December 1, 2011. The Measures for the Implementation of Work Safety Licenses for Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises promulgated by the former State Administration of Work Safety (State Administration of Coal Mine Safety Supervision) on May 17, 2004 (former State Administration of Work Safety Order No. 10) shall be abolished at the same time.

Luo Lin, Director of the State Administration of Work Safety

August 5, 2011

Measures for the Implementation of Work Safety License for Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 In order to strictly regulate the safety production conditions of hazardous chemical production enterprises and do a good job in the issuance and management of safety production licenses for hazardous chemical production enterprises, these Implementation Measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on Safety Production Licenses, the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals and other laws and administrative regulations.

Article 2 The hazardous chemical production enterprises (hereinafter referred to as enterprises) as mentioned in these Measures refer to enterprises that are established in accordance with the law and have obtained industrial and commercial business licenses or industrial and commercial approval documents to engage in the production of final products or intermediate products listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals.

Article 3 An enterprise shall obtain a work safety license for hazardous chemicals (hereinafter referred to as the work safety license) in accordance with the provisions of these Measures. Enterprises that have not obtained a production safety license shall not engage in the production of hazardous chemicals.

If an enterprise involves the use of toxic substances, it shall, in addition to the production safety license, obtain an occupational health and safety license in accordance with the law.

Article 4 The administration of the issuance of work safety licenses shall follow the principles of enterprise application, two-level issuance of licenses, and territorial supervision.

Article 5 The State Administration of Work Safety shall guide and supervise the issuance and administration of work safety licenses throughout the country, and shall be responsible for the issuance and administration of work safety licenses for central enterprises involved in the production of hazardous chemicals and their direct holding enterprises (headquarters) involved in the production of hazardous chemicals.

The production safety supervision and administration departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government (hereinafter referred to as the provincial production safety supervision and administration departments) shall be responsible for the issuance and administration of production safety licenses for enterprises within their respective administrative regions other than those specified in the first paragraph of this Article.

Article 6 The provincial work safety supervision and management department may entrust the work of issuing work safety licenses that it is responsible for to the work safety supervision and management department at the city or county level where the enterprise is located. The issuance of production safety licenses for enterprises involved in the production of highly toxic chemicals shall not be entrusted. The issuance of work safety licenses for enterprises involving hazardous chemical processes and key supervision of hazardous chemicals announced by the State Administration of Work Safety shall not be entrusted to the county-level work safety supervision and management department.

The entrusted district-level or county-level production safety supervision and management department shall implement the license in the name of the provincial production safety supervision and management department within the entrusted scope, but shall not entrust other organizations or individuals to implement it.

The State Administration of Work Safety, the provincial-level work safety supervision and management department, and the entrusted district-level or county-level work safety supervision and management department are collectively referred to as the implementing agency.

Article 7 The provincial work safety supervision and management department shall announce the entrusted work safety supervision and management department at the city or county level divided into districts and the entrusted matters.

The provincial-level production safety supervision and management department shall guide and supervise the issuance of production safety licenses by the entrusted district-level or county-level production safety supervision and management department, and shall be responsible for its legal consequences.

Chapter II Conditions for Applying for Work Safety License

Article 8 The site selection, layout, planning and design of an enterprise and the distance from important places, facilities and areas shall meet the following requirements:

(I) the national industrial policy; the planning and layout of the local people's government at or above the county level (including the county level); the newly established enterprise is built in the area specially used for the production and storage of hazardous chemicals planned by the local people's government;

(II) hazardous chemical production facilities or storage facilities that store hazardous chemicals in quantities that constitute major hazards, and the distance from the eight categories of places, facilities, and areas specified in the first paragraph of Article 19 of the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals shall comply with relevant laws, Regulations, rules and national standards or industry standards;

The overall layout of the (III) conforms to the requirements of the General Plan and Transportation Design Code for Chemical Enterprises (GB50489), the General Plan Design Code for Industrial Enterprises (GB50187), and the Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings (GB50016).

In addition to meeting the conditions specified in the first paragraph of this Article, petrochemical enterprises shall also meet the requirements of the Code for Fire Protection Design of Petrochemical Enterprises (GB50160).

Article 9 The factory buildings, workplaces, storage facilities and safety facilities, equipment and processes of an enterprise shall meet the following requirements:

(I) new construction, reconstruction and expansion projects are designed, manufactured and constructed by units with national qualifications; devices involving hazardous chemical processes and key supervision of hazardous chemicals are designed by chemical and petrochemical design units with comprehensive Class A qualifications or Class A design qualifications for chemical and petrochemical majors;

(II) shall not adopt processes and equipment that are explicitly eliminated, prohibited or endangered by the state; the newly developed production process of hazardous chemicals must be gradually scaled up to industrial production on the basis of small-scale, pilot-scale and industrial tests; chemical processes used for the first time in China must go through safety and reliability demonstration organized by the relevant departments of the people's government at the provincial level;

(III) installations involving hazardous chemical processes and key supervision of hazardous chemicals are equipped with automatic control systems; large-scale chemical installations involving hazardous chemical processes are equipped with emergency shutdown systems; places involving flammable, explosive, toxic and harmful gas chemicals are equipped with flammable, explosive, toxic and harmful medium leakage alarms and other safety facilities;

(IV) the production area and non-production area set separately, and meet the national standards or industrial standards of the distance;

The distance between (V) hazardous chemical production and storage facilities and buildings (structures) shall comply with relevant standards and specifications.

The arrangement of equipment, facilities and buildings (structures) in the same plant area must be subject to the provisions of the same standard.

Article 10 An enterprise shall have corresponding protection facilities against occupational hazards, and provide employees with labor protection articles that meet the national standards or industry standards.

Article 11 An enterprise shall, in accordance with the Identification of Major Hazard Installations of Hazardous Chemicals (GB18218), identify major hazard installations in its production, storage and use installations, facilities or places.

For the production and storage facilities that have been identified as major hazard sources, the Interim Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Major Hazard Sources of Hazardous Chemicals shall be implemented.

Article 12 An enterprise shall, in accordance with the law, set up a production safety management organization with full-time production safety management personnel. The full-time safety production management personnel must be able to meet the needs of safety production.

Article 13 An enterprise shall establish a full-staff safety production responsibility system to ensure that the safety production responsibilities of each employee match their duties and positions.

Article 14 An enterprise shall, in accordance with the actual conditions of chemical processes, installations and facilities, formulate and improve the following main rules and regulations on production safety:

(I) safety production meeting system such as safety production regular meeting;

(II) safety input guarantee system;

(III) safety production reward and punishment system;

(IV) safety training and education system;

(V) the system of leading cadres taking turns to lead on the spot;

(VI) special operation personnel management system;

(VII) safety inspection and hidden danger investigation and management system;

(VIII) major hazard assessment and safety management system;

(IX) change management system;

(X) emergency management system;

(11) Management system for production safety accidents or major incidents;

(12) management system for fire prevention, explosion prevention, poisoning prevention and leakage prevention;

(13) Safety management system for process, equipment, electrical instruments and public works;

(XIV) Operation safety management system for hot work, entry into confined space, hoisting, elevation, blind plate plugging, earth moving, breaking circuit, equipment inspection and maintenance, etc;

(15) Safety management system for hazardous chemicals;

(16) Occupational health-related management system;

(17) the use and maintenance management system of labor protection articles;

(18) Contractor management system;

(19) The safety management system and operating procedures are regularly revised.

Article 15 An enterprise shall prepare post operation safety regulations according to the production process, technology and equipment characteristics of hazardous chemicals and the danger of raw and auxiliary materials and products.

Article 16 The main person in charge of the enterprise, the person in charge of safety and the safety production management personnel must have the safety production knowledge and management ability suitable for the production and business activities they are engaged in, participate in the safety production training according to law, and pass the examination to obtain the safety qualification certificate.

The person in charge of safety, the person in charge of production, and the person in charge of technology of the enterprise shall have certain chemical professional knowledge or corresponding professional qualifications, and the full-time safety production management personnel shall have a national education chemical chemistry (or safety engineering) secondary vocational education or above Or the intermediate professional and technical title of chemical chemistry, or have the qualification of registered safety engineer for dangerous goods safety.

Special operations personnel shall, in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Safety Technical Training and Assessment for Special Operations Personnel, obtain a special operation certificate after special safety technical training and examination.

Employees other than those specified in the first and 2. three paragraphs of this Article shall be qualified through safety education and training in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 17 An enterprise shall, in accordance with the provisions of the State, withdraw the expenses related to production safety and ensure the investment of funds necessary for production safety.

Article 18 An enterprise shall participate in work-related injury insurance in accordance with the law and pay insurance premiums for its employees.

Article 19 An enterprise shall, in accordance with the law, entrust a safety evaluation institution with the qualifications prescribed by the state to conduct safety evaluation, and rectify the existing safety production problems in accordance with the opinions of the safety evaluation report.

Article 20 An enterprise shall register hazardous chemicals in accordance with the law, provide users with technical specifications for chemical safety, and paste or hang chemical safety labels on the packaging of hazardous chemicals (including outer packaging) that are consistent with the hazardous chemicals in the packaging.

Article 21 An enterprise shall meet the following emergency management requirements:

The (I) shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, prepare emergency plans for hazardous chemical accidents and report to the relevant departments for the record;

(II) establish an emergency rescue organization or specify emergency rescue personnel, equip necessary emergency rescue equipment, equipment and facilities, and conduct regular drills.

Enterprises that produce, store and use chlorine, ammonia, phosgene, hydrogen sulfide and other inhaled toxic and harmful gases, in addition to complying with the provisions of the first paragraph of this article, shall also be equipped with at least two sets of fully enclosed chemical protective clothing; constitute a major hazard In the case of a source, a gas protection station (group) shall also be established.

Article 22 In addition to meeting the conditions for safe production stipulated in this Chapter, an enterprise shall also meet other conditions for safe production stipulated in relevant laws, administrative regulations, national standards or industry standards.

Chapter III Application for Work Safety License

Article 23 Central enterprises and their direct holding enterprises (headquarters) involved in the production of hazardous chemicals shall apply to the State Administration of Work Safety for work safety licenses.

Enterprises other than those specified in the first paragraph of this article shall apply for a work safety license to the local provincial work safety supervision and administration department or the work safety supervision and administration department entrusted by it.

Article 24 An application for a production safety license of a newly-established enterprise shall be submitted within 10 working days after the completion and acceptance of the safety facilities of a hazardous chemical production and construction project.

Article 25 When applying for a work safety license, an enterprise shall submit the following documents and materials, and shall be responsible for the authenticity of their contents:

(I) documents and applications for safety production license;

(II) safety production responsibility system documents, safety production rules and regulations, post operation safety regulations list;

(III) set up a safety production management organization, with copies of full-time safety production management personnel;

Copies of the safety qualification certificates or special operation operation certificates of the main person in charge of the (IV), the person in charge of safety, the safety production management personnel and the special operation personnel;

(V) the report on the extraction and use of expenses related to production safety, and the newly established enterprise shall submit the documents related to the provisions on the extraction and use of production safety expenses;

(VI) certification materials for the payment of work-related injury insurance premiums for employees;

Record documents of emergency rescue plan for (VII) hazardous chemical accidents;

Duplicate copy of (VIII) hazardous chemical registration certificate;

Duplicate copy of (IX) industrial and commercial business license or industrial and commercial approval documents;

(X) safety evaluation report issued by qualified intermediary institutions;

(11) A copy of the acceptance of the completion of the new enterprise;

(12) A list of emergency rescue organizations or emergency rescue personnel, as well as emergency rescue equipment, equipment and facilities.

Central enterprises and their directly controlled enterprises (headquarters) involved in the production of hazardous chemicals shall submit documents and materials other than the copy of the special operation certificate in item 4 of paragraph 1 of this article and the provisions of items 8, 10 and 11.

Enterprises with major hazard sources of hazardous chemicals shall, in addition to submitting the documents and materials specified in the first paragraph of this article, also provide the major hazard sources and their emergency plans for the record supporting documents and materials.

Chapter IV Issuance of Work Safety License

Article 26 After receiving the application documents and materials of an enterprise, the implementing organ shall deal with them according to the following circumstances:

If the (I) application does not need to obtain a safety production license according to law, immediately inform the enterprise that it will not accept it;

If the (II) application does not fall within the scope of the responsibilities of the implementing agency in accordance with the law, it shall immediately make a decision not to accept the application and inform the enterprise to apply to the corresponding implementing agency;

If there are errors in the (III) application materials that can be corrected on the spot, the enterprise is allowed to correct them on the spot and its application is accepted;

If the (IV) application materials are incomplete or do not conform to the legal form, inform the enterprise on the spot or issue a notice of correction within 5 working days, and inform the enterprise of all the contents that need to be corrected at one time; if the application materials are not informed within the time limit, it shall be accepted from the date of receipt of the application materials;

If the application materials of the (V) enterprise are complete and conform to the legal form, or all the supplementary materials are submitted according to the requirements of the implementing organ, the application shall be accepted immediately.

When accepting or refusing to accept an application for administrative license, the implementing organ shall issue a written certificate stamped with its own special seal and dated.

Article 27 After the application for a work safety license is accepted, the implementing agency shall organize the review of the application documents and materials submitted by the enterprise. If there is any doubt about the substance of the documents and materials submitted by the enterprise and it is necessary to go to the site for verification, the staff shall be assigned to conduct on-site verification of the relevant contents. The staff shall truthfully put forward on-site verification opinions.

Article 28 The implementing organ shall make a decision on whether to grant a license within 45 working days from the date of acceptance. The time required for on-site verification during the review process is not included in the time limit specified in this article.

Article 29 If the implementing organ makes a decision to grant a license, it shall issue a production safety license within 10 working days from the date of the decision.

If the implementing organ makes a decision not to grant the license, it shall inform the enterprise in writing within 10 working days and explain the reasons.

Article 30 If an enterprise changes the main person in charge, the name of the enterprise or the registered address within the validity period of the work safety license, it shall submit an application for change to the implementing authority within 10 working days from the date of the change of the industrial and commercial business license or the subordinate relationship, and submit the following documents and materials:

Duplicate copy of industrial and commercial business license after (I) change;

If the (II) changes the main person in charge, it shall also provide a copy of the safety qualification certificate issued by the main person in charge after passing the examination by the safety production supervision and management department;

If the (III) changes its registered address, it shall also provide relevant supporting materials.

For the application for change that has been accepted, the implementing organ shall, after examining the documents and materials submitted by the enterprise, go through the formalities for changing the production safety license.

If an enterprise changes its affiliation within the validity period of the safety production license, it only needs to submit the proof of the change of affiliation to the implementing authority for the record.

Article 31 During the validity period of the safety production license, when the new products of the original production device or the change of process technology have a significant impact on the safety production of the enterprise, the enterprise shall conduct a special safety evaluation on the production device or process technology, and The problems raised in the safety evaluation report shall be rectified; after the rectification is completed, an application for change shall be submitted to the original implementing agency and the safety evaluation report shall be submitted. The implementing organ shall go through the procedures for change in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of these Measures.

Article 32 If an enterprise has a new construction, reconstruction or expansion project of hazardous chemicals (hereinafter referred to as a construction project) within the validity period of the work safety license, it shall, within 10 working days from the date of completion and acceptance of the safety facilities of the construction project, submit an application for change to the original implementing authority, and submit relevant documents and materials such as opinions on the completion and acceptance of the safety facilities of the construction project. The implementing organ shall go through the formalities of change in accordance with the provisions of Articles 27, 28 and 29 of these Measures.

Article 33 A work safety license shall be valid for three years. If an enterprise continues to produce hazardous chemicals after the expiration of the period of validity of the work safety license, it shall file an application for extension three months before the expiration of the period of validity of the work safety license, and submit an application for extension and the application documents and materials specified in Article 25 of these Measures.

The implementing organ shall conduct a review in accordance with the provisions of Articles 26, 27, 28 and 29 of these Measures and make a decision on whether to grant an extension.

Article 34 If an enterprise meets the following conditions within the validity period of the safety production license, upon the expiration of its safety production license, with the consent of the original implementing authority, it may not submit the documents and materials specified in Item 11 of the first paragraph of Article 25 and the 7. 8. 10., and directly go through the extension procedures:

(I) strictly abide by the laws and regulations concerning production safety and these Measures;

After obtaining the safety production license, the (II) strengthens the daily safety production management, does not reduce the safety production conditions, and reaches the safety production standardization level two or more;

(III) no fatalities have occurred.

Article 35 The production safety license is divided into the original and the duplicate. The original is hanging and the duplicate is folded. The original and the duplicate have the same legal effect.

The implementing organ shall respectively upload the number, enterprise name, main person in charge, registered address, economic type, license scope, validity period, license issuing organ, license issuing date and other contents in the original and duplicate of the work safety license. Among them, the "permitted scope" on the original should indicate "production of hazardous chemicals", and the "permitted scope" on the copy should indicate the address of the production site and the corresponding specific varieties and production capacity.

The starting date of the validity period of the safety production license is the date when the implementing agency makes the licensing decision, and the closing date is the day before the same date from the starting date to three years later. If there are changes within the validity period, the start date and the end date shall remain unchanged, and the date of change shall be stated.

Article 36 An enterprise shall not lease, lend, trade or otherwise transfer the production safety license it has obtained, or fraudulently use the production safety license obtained by others or use a forged production safety license.

Chapter V Supervision and Administration

Article 37 The implementing organ shall adhere to the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, and issue production safety licenses in accordance with these Measures and the relevant laws and regulations on production safety administrative licenses.

The staff of the implementing agency shall not solicit or accept property from the enterprise or seek other illegal benefits in the issuance of safety production licenses and their supervision and management.

Article 38 The implementing organ shall strengthen the supervision and management of the work safety license, and establish and improve the file management system of the work safety license.

Article 39 Under any of the following circumstances, the implementing organ shall revoke the safety production license already issued:

The (I) exceeds its authority to issue the safety production license;

(II) issuing a work safety license in violation of the procedures stipulated in these Measures;

(III) obtaining a work safety license by deception, bribery or other improper means.

Article 40 Where an enterprise has one of the following circumstances after obtaining a work safety license, the implementing organ shall cancel its work safety license:

The expiration of the (I) safety production license is not approved to be renewed;

(II) termination of hazardous chemical production activities;

The (III) safety production license is revoked according to law;

The (IV) safety production license is revoked according to law.

After the cancellation of the safety production license, the implementing agency shall publish an announcement in the main local news media or on the website of the agency, and notify the people's government where the enterprise is located and the safety production supervision and management department at or above the county level.

Article 41 The provincial production safety supervision and administration department shall, before January 15 of each year, report to the State Administration of Work Safety the issuance and administration of the previous year's production safety license within its administrative area.

The State Administration of Work Safety and the provincial-level work safety supervision and administration departments shall regularly announce to the public the situation of enterprises obtaining work safety licenses and accept social supervision.

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Article 42 Any staff member of an implementing organ who commits any of the following acts shall be given a sanction of demotion or dismissal; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:

(I) issuing a work safety license to an enterprise that does not meet the conditions for work safety stipulated in Chapter II of these Measures;

The (II) discovers that the enterprise engages in the production of hazardous chemicals without obtaining the safety production license according to law, and fails to deal with it according to law;

The (III) discovers that the enterprise that has obtained the safety production license no longer has the safety production conditions stipulated in Chapter 2 of these measures, and fails to deal with it according to law;

After receiving the report of the violation of the provisions of these measures, the (IV) fails to deal with it in time according to law;

(V) soliciting or accepting property from the enterprise, or seeking other illegal benefits in the issuance, supervision and management of work safety licenses.

Article 43 If an enterprise finds that it does not have the safety production conditions stipulated in these Measures after obtaining the safety production license, it shall temporarily withhold its safety production license for not less than 1 month but not more than 6 months according to law; if it still does not have the safety production conditions stipulated in these Measures at the expiration of the temporary withholding period, its safety production license shall be revoked according to law.

Article 44 Where an enterprise leases, lends or transfers its production safety license in other forms, its illegal income shall be confiscated, a fine of not less than 100000 yuan but not more than 500000 yuan shall be imposed, and its production safety license shall be revoked; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Article 45 Under any of the following circumstances, an enterprise shall be ordered to stop the production of dangerous chemicals, the illegal income shall be confiscated, and a fine of not less than 100000 yuan but not more than 500000 yuan shall be imposed; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:

The (I) produces hazardous chemicals without obtaining a safety production license;

(II) accept the transfer of the safety production license;

(III) fraudulent use or use of forged production safety licenses.

Article 46 If an enterprise continues production without going through the extension procedures at the expiration of the validity period of the production safety license, it shall be ordered to stop production, complete the extension procedures within a time limit, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine of 50000 yuan up to 100000 yuan; if it still fails to go through the extension procedures within the time limit and continues production, it shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 of these Measures.

Article 47: During the validity period of the safety production license, the main person in charge of the enterprise, the name, registered address, and the relationship of affiliation have changed, or the addition of new products or changes in process technology have a significant impact on the safety production of the enterprise, and the application for the change of the safety production license is not in accordance with Article 30 of these Measures. If the prescribed time limit is filed, the application shall be ordered within a time limit and a fine of 10000 yuan to 30000 yuan.

Article 48 During the validity period of the safety production license, after the completion and acceptance of the safety facilities of its hazardous chemical construction project, an enterprise fails to submit an application for the change of the safety production license in accordance with the time limit specified in Article 32 of these Measures and puts it into operation without authorization If it is ordered to stop production, apply within a time limit, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine of 10000 yuan up to 30000 yuan.

Article 49 If an enterprise is found to conceal relevant information or provide false materials to apply for a production safety license, the implementing organ shall not accept or issue a production safety license, and shall give a warning, and the enterprise shall not apply for a production safety license again within one year.

If an enterprise obtains a production safety license by deception, bribery or other improper means, the enterprise shall not apply for a production safety license again within 3 years from the date when the implementing authority revokes its production safety license.

Article 50 under any of the following circumstances, a safety evaluation institution shall be given a warning and imposed a fine of not more than 10000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, the qualification shall be suspended for half a year and a fine of not less than 10000 yuan but not more than 30000 yuan shall be imposed; the relevant responsible persons shall be dealt with according to law:

(I) employees are not on site to carry out safety evaluation activities;

(II) the safety evaluation report is inconsistent with the actual situation, or there are major omissions in the safety evaluation report, but no major losses have been caused;

(III) fail to engage in safety evaluation activities in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, rules, national standards or industry standards.

Article 51 If an institution undertaking safety evaluation, testing or inspection issues a false report and certificate, which constitutes a crime, it shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law; if it is not enough for criminal punishment, the illegal income shall be confiscated, and the illegal income shall be more than 5,000 yuan., And impose a fine of 2 times to 5 times the illegal income, no illegal income or illegal income less than 5,000 yuan, A fine of not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 20000 yuan shall be imposed alone or concurrently, and the person in charge and other persons directly responsible shall be fined not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50000 yuan; if damage is caused to others, the enterprise shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

For institutions that have illegal acts in the first paragraph of this article, their corresponding qualifications shall be revoked in accordance with the law; if the qualifications obtained by the institution are issued by other departments, their illegal acts shall be notified to the relevant departments.

Article 52 The administrative penalties stipulated in these Measures shall be decided by the State Administration of Work Safety and the provincial work safety supervision and administration departments. The provincial production safety supervision and management department may entrust the implementation of the work safety supervision and management department at the city or county level divided into districts.

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Article 53 These Measures shall apply to the purification of chemicals with lower purity into dangerous chemicals with higher purity. These Measures shall not apply to those who purchase certain hazardous chemicals for repackaging (including filling) or add non-hazardous chemical solvents for dilution, and then sell or use.

Article 54 The meanings of the following terms in these Measures:

The catalogue of (I) hazardous chemicals refers to the catalogue of hazardous chemicals promulgated by the State Administration of work Safety in conjunction with the competent departments of industry and information technology, public security, environmental protection, health, quality supervision, inspection and quarantine, transportation, railways, civil aviation and agriculture under the State Council in accordance with the regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals.

(II) intermediate products refer to the raw materials that produce one or more products to participate in chemical reactions in the next production process in order to meet the needs of production.

(III) workplace refers to any workplace where employees may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, including the production, operation, disposal, storage, loading and unloading of hazardous chemicals.

Article 55 The work safety license shall be uniformly printed by the State Administration of Work Safety.

The documents of the hazardous chemical safety production license, the format, content and numbering method of the safety production license shall be separately prescribed by the State Administration of Work Safety.

Article 56 The provincial production safety supervision and administration department may formulate detailed rules for the issuance and administration of production safety licenses in accordance with local actual conditions, and report to the State Administration of Work Safety for the record.

Article 57 These Measures shall come into force as of December 1, 2011. The "Measures for the Implementation of Work Safety Licenses for Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises" promulgated by the former State Administration of Work Safety (State Administration of Coal Mine Safety) on May 17, 2004 shall be abolished at the same time.