Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, on Effectively Implementing the Administration Work of Carbonated Beverages with Foreign Trademark
China import & export Policy 2006-01-16 09:44:27
The responsible commercial sections in all the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, separately listed cities, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
For the purpose of well managing carbonated beverages with foreign trademark and promoting the health and orderly development of domestic beverage industry, related departments stipulated and announced several regulations and regulative documents. Since China’s entry into WTO, related departments h ave cleaned up regulations and documents that fall short of WTO rules. At present, there are 9 documents (refer to appendix) involving administration of carbonated beverages with foreign trademark still being effective.
Recently, local related departments have approved establishment and alteration of several carbonated beverages production enterprises with foreign trademark, and some of those fail to accord with the present regulations. Please all local administrative commercial departments effectively implement wo rk of approval and administration on carbonated beverages with foreign trademark in accordance with related regulations, detect problems and coordinate to resolve problem in time, and report those of significance to Ministry of Commerce.
Appendix: Present Effective Regulations Involving Carbonated Beverages with Foreign Trademark
