The new "Shandong Province Enterprise Environmental Credit Evaluation Measures" will come into effect on July 1

"Global Coatings Network News"

In order to standardize the environmental credit evaluation of enterprises and implement the main responsibility for environmental protection of enterprises, the Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province has issued the "Shandong Enterprise Environmental Credit Evaluation Measures" (hereinafter referred to as the "Methods") a few days ago.

Article 1: In order to standardize the environmental credit evaluation of enterprises and implement the main responsibility for environmental protection of enterprises, these measures are formulated in accordance with the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", "Interim Regulations on Enterprise Information Disclosure" and other laws and administrative regulations, combined with the reality of the province.

The violations of environmental laws and regulations by enterprises referred to in these Measures refer to the enterprises' failure to comply with environmental protection laws, regulations, rules, regulatory documents, environmental standards, and failure to fulfill their environmental protection responsibilities during production and business activities, as well as being included in the scope of the company's compulsory environmental liability insurance.
Refusing to apply for insurance, and refusing to perform the obligation of compensation after signing the ecological environment damage compensation contract.

Article 4: The Provincial Environmental Protection Department is responsible for formulating the scoring standards for corporate environmental violations, establishing a corporate environmental credit evaluation information management system, and organizing the province’s corporate environmental credit evaluation work.

The environmental protection bureau of the city divided into districts is responsible for the environmental credit evaluation of enterprises in the administrative area.

Article 5: Corporate environmental credit evaluation adopts an annual scoring system for violations of environmental laws and regulations.
Enterprises with no scoring record in the year are environmental credit green label enterprises and are identified by green cards; enterprises with scoring records in the current year and accumulative scores of less than 11 points are environmental credit yellow label enterprises and are identified by yellow cards; enterprises with accumulative scores of 12 or more in the current year are Environmental credit red label enterprises are identified by red cards.

Article 6: The environmental protection department shall immediately enter the company’s environmental violations, administrative punishment decisions, rectification requirements and deadlines and other information into the company’s environmental credit evaluation information management system after the company’s environmental violations have made an administrative punishment decision, in accordance with the company’s environmental credit evaluation information management system.
Corresponding scoring standards for environmental violations of laws and regulations shall be made, and the administrative penalty handling decision and the registration instructions of the enterprise environmental credit evaluation information management system shall be sent to the enterprise in a timely manner.

For enterprises that have not completed rectification and violations of environmental laws and regulations before the implementation of these Measures, the environmental protection department shall handle them in accordance with the relevant provisions of the preceding paragraph within 15 working days after the implementation of these Measures.

Article 7: Enterprises can log in to the enterprise environmental credit evaluation information management system by themselves to inquire about their environmental violations and scoring information.

Article 8: If an enterprise disagrees with the information and scoring of environmental violations, it shall file an objection in writing to the environmental protection department that made the scoring, and provide relevant evidence and materials.

Article 9: The environmental protection department shall conduct a review within five working days from the date of receipt of the company’s objection, and notify the company in writing of the review opinion.
Where the review requires on-site inspection, monitoring or appraisal, the time required shall not be included in the review period.

Article 10: Enterprises subject to environmental administrative penalties shall rectify their violations of environmental laws and regulations in accordance with the rectification requirements of the environmental protection department; after the rectification is completed, the rectification report and relevant certification materials shall be submitted to the environmental protection department that scored.

Article 11: The environmental protection department shall verify the rectification status of the enterprise within five working days from the date of receiving the rectification report of the company's environmental violations.
If the verification requires monitoring or appraisal, the time required shall not be included in the verification period.
After verification, enter the corporate rectification information into the corporate environmental credit evaluation information management system.
For environmental violations with a one-time score of less than 11 points, the corresponding scores will be written off; for environmental violations with a one-time score of 12 points, they will be retained.
The corresponding score will be written off next year.

Article 12: The information and scores of environmental violations that the company has not completed rectification in the current year shall be transferred to the next year's records.

Article 13: For environmental credit green label enterprises, the environmental protection department may appropriately reduce the frequency of on-site inspections and support participation in environmental protection evaluation activities.

Article 14: For environmental credit yellow label enterprises, the environmental protection department shall appropriately increase the frequency of on-site inspections and restrict participation in environmental protection evaluation activities.

Article 15: For environmental credit red-label enterprises, the environmental protection department shall list them as key supervision targets, and order them to restrict production and suspend production for rectification if they are applicable to restricted production or suspend production for rectification; for those applicable to suspension of business or closure, they shall be ordered to restrict production or suspend production for rectification according to law.
Report to the people's government that has the right to approve according to law, and order it to suspend business or close down.

Article 16: The environmental protection department shall publish the real-time situation of the company's environmental credit score and annual evaluation results on its official website, and accept social supervision.

The Provincial Environmental Protection Department annually informs the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission, the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Provincial Administration of Industry and Commerce, the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, the People's Bank of Jinan Branch, and the Shandong Banking Regulatory Commission of the company's environmental violation information and the annual environmental credit evaluation results every year.
Bureau, Shandong Securities Regulatory Bureau, Shandong Insurance Regulatory Bureau and other relevant departments and institutions.

Article 17: The Provincial Environmental Protection Department is responsible for the interpretation of these measures.

Article 18: These Measures shall come into effect on July 1, 2018, and shall be valid until June 30, 2023.