SOA: civic organizations visit the Antarctic shall first submit the application | |, SOA, Antarctica _ news
June 4, according to the State Oceanic Administration Web site message, the State Oceanic Administration recently issued regulations on the management of administrative license for the Antarctic expedition (hereinafter the regulations), clear future Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations that want to go to Antarctica to certain types of visits, applications must be submitted in advance to the relevant departments of the State. Only after the filing and approval of the administrative approval before they can leave.
Total 5 article 33 of Chapter VI of the regulations, from the application and acceptance, examination and decisions, supervision and management by standardizing the Chinese Antarctic expedition.
The regulations require, China 6 categories of citizens, legal persons or other organizations may be damage to the Antarctic environment and ecosystem investigation of activity shall apply to the national marine administrative departments. These activities include: take with you into the Antarctic non-native to the Antarctic organisms, such as animals, plants and micro-organisms, food except for hunted mammals, birds and invertebrates, harvesting and gathering and other activities that may interfere with the animals and plants; collection of Antarctic meteorites into Antarctic specially protected area activities; establishment of man-made compounds in Antarctic activities other activities that may damage the environment and ecosystems of the Antarctic.
The regulations require that Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations to carry out these 6 types of Antarctic research activities, can be submitted between April 1 of each year and 30th in the year from June 1 to May 31 next year to South Pole expedition between applications. Applications include name and programme of activities, information, brought into the list of goods, the applicant can arise from activities, such as environmental impact assessments, emergency contingency plans. Application approval is granted, citizens, legal persons and other organizations carry a licence from the relevant departments, before visiting Antarctica-related activities.
It is learnt that in recent years, with increasing diversification of Antarctic activities, an increasing number of people involved in Antarctic research activities, organization and visits more social, personnel are increasingly diverse, especially the social organizations of Antarctic tourism, adventure and interdisciplinary study and other activities on a rapidly rising trend, the Antarctic research activities has made new demands.
According to the polar expedition Office of State Oceanic Administration personnel, 2004 State Council Decree No. 412 North or South Pole expedition as a necessary administrative approval items be retained, SOA has developed the regulations accordingly. Whose purpose is to further standardize the Antarctic research activities of license management and implementation, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and safeguard China's national image and order of Antarctic research, fulfilment of the rights and obligations under the Antarctic Treaty system to ensure effective implementation of administration and supervision of administrative bodies.
Except as expressly specified outside the Antarctic research activities require a license, the provisions on environmental impact assessment in Antarctica, national marine administrative departments explanation of the duties of supervision and inspection. The regulations noted in particular that when activities may have on the environment and ecosystems of the Antarctic have a slight or temporary impact, preliminary environmental impact assessment report shall be submitted when activities may have on the Antarctic environment and ecosystems is more than minor or transient effects, comprehensive environmental impact assessment report should be submitted.
(Original title: China asks citizens and organizations to Antarctic research must first submit the application)
(Edit: SN077)
10:46 June 04, 2014 China News Network
