Regulation for production and filling licensing of special equipment
1 General provisions
1.1 Purpose and basis
The Regulation is formulated based on relevant laws and regulations such as Special Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, Administrative Licensing Law of the People's Republic of China and Regulations on Safety Supervision of Special Equipment to regulate the production (design, manufacturing, installation, reformation and repair) and filling licensing of special equipment.
1.2 Application scope
The Regulation is applicable to the design, manufacturing, installation, reformation, repair and filling licensing of special equipment used within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
1.3 Licensing entity
The entities performing the production and filling licensing of special equipment are the State Administration for Market Regulation and the department of provincial people's government in charge of the special equipment safety supervision and administration (the State Administration for Market Regulation, hereinafter referred to as “SAMR”, and the department of provincial people's government in charge of the special equipment safety supervision and administration, hereinafter referred to as the provincial special equipment safety supervision and administration department, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the issuing authority).
1.4 Licensing catalog
The categories, items, sub-items, parameters and levels (hereinafter collectively referred to as licensing scope) and the issuing authority of the production and filling licensing of special equipment are implemented in accordance with the Production Licensing Catalog of Special Equipment issued by the SAMR; the types, categories and varieties of equipment in licensing items and sub-items are implemented in accordance with the Special Equipment Catalog.
1.5 License and its validity period
The special equipment licenses include the "Production License of Special Equipment of the People's Republic of China” and the "Filling License of Transportable Pressure Vessel/Cylinder of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as “l(fā)icenses”, with formats shown in Annex A), of which, the validity period is 4 years.
2 Licensing conditions
2.1 General requirements
The applicant of production and filling license of special equipment (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) shall have legal qualification and the resources suitable for licensing scope, establish and effectively implement the quality assurance system and safety management system suitable for the licensing scope, and be equipped with the technical capability of ensuring the safety performance of special equipment.
2.1.1 Resources
The applicant shall have the following resources suitable for licensing scope and meeting the production needs:
(1) personnel, including management personnel, technical personnel, testing personnel, operating personnel, etc.;
(2) workplaces, including sites, factories, offices, warehouses, etc.;
(3) equipment and facilities, including production (filling) equipment, technological equipment, testing instruments, test apparatus, etc.;
(4) technical data, including design documents, technological documents, construction schemes, inspection procedures, etc.;
(5) regulations and standards, including laws, regulations, rules, safety technical regulations and relevant standards.
Specific resources and requirements are detailed in Annexes B~L of the Regulation respectively.
2.1.2 Quality assurance system
The applicant shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Regulation, establish a quality assurance system suitable for the licensing scope and implement it effectively; thereof, the quality assurance system of the special equipment manufacturing, installation, reformation and repair units shall conform to the requirements of Annex M "Basic requirements for quality assurance system of special equipment production unit", that of pressure vessel and pressure pipeline design units shall conform to the requirements of C1.4 and E1.4, and that of transportable pressure vessel and cylinder filling units shall conform to the requirements of C3.7 and D2.7.
2.1.3 Technical capability ensuring safety performance and filling safety of special equipment
The applicant shall be equipped with technical capability ensuring the safety performance and filling safety of special equipment, and carry out product design, manufacturing, installation, reformation, repair and filling activities in accordance with the requirements of the safety technical regulations for special equipment and relevant standards.
2.2 General requirements for resources
2.2.1 Personnel
The technical personnel in resources shall have professional education background in science and technology, obtain technical titles of relevant discipline and have relevant working experience.
The safety management personnel, testing personnel and operating personnel in resources, where included in the administrative licensing of special equipment, shall obtain the corresponding qualification certificate for special equipment personnel.
For the engineering and technical title requirements for personnel in resources, the personnel without corresponding engineering and technical title shall have corresponding academic qualification in science and technology and technical working years. See Table 2-1 for comparison between the engineering and technical titles and the academic qualification and technical working years.
Table 2-1 Comparison between the engineering and technical titles and the academic qualification and technical working years (Note 1)
Contents
Foreword i
1 General provisions
2 Licensing conditions
3 Licensing procedures and requirements
4 Supplementary provisions
Annex A Format of Production License of Special Equipment
Annex B Licensing conditions for production unit of boilers
Annex C Licensing conditions for pressure vessel production units and transportable pressure vessel filling units
Annex D Production and filling licensing conditions of cylinder
Annex E Licensing conditions for pressure pipeline production unit
Annex F Licensing conditions for production unit of safety accessories
Annex G Licensing conditions for elevator production unit
Annex H Licensing conditions for production unit of lifting appliance
Annex J Licensing conditions for production unit of passenger ropeways
Annex K Licensing conditions for production unit of large-scale amusement devices
Annex L License conditions for production unit of special purpose motor vehicles in defined fields
Annex M Basic requirements for quality assurance system of special equipment production unit
