Seven departments: serious investigation and punishment of illegal online sales of dangerous chemicals

Seven departments, including the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Cyberspace Administration of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the State Post Bureau, have jointly issued a notice to strengthen safety management of hazardous chemicals sold over the Internet.

In recent years, with the rapid development of e-commerce, the Internet sales of hazardous chemicals activities are increasing, which brings safety risks and hidden problems that cannot be ignored. The circular called for strengthening safety management of online sales of hazardous chemicals, cracking down on illegal information release and sales of hazardous chemicals, effectively preventing major safety risks and ensuring social security and stability.

The circular requires strict regulation of Internet sales of hazardous chemicals. An enterprise that sells hazardous chemicals through the Internet shall, in accordance with the law, obtain a safe production license for an enterprise producing hazardous chemicals or a management license for hazardous chemicals, and shall, in accordance with the Provisions on the Administration of Information Release of Hazardous Substances on the Internet, obtain a business operation license or record related to Internet information services, before Posting the sale information of hazardous chemicals on its website. It is not allowed to publish sales information of hazardous chemicals or establish relevant links in Internet application services other than the website of the company (excluding daily chemicals and medical supplies). An e-commerce platform shall not provide services for the operators within the platform to release the sales information of hazardous chemicals. Individuals are prohibited from Posting information on the sale of hazardous chemicals on the Internet.

Notice clearly, increase online illegal dangerous chemicals information management. Network service providers shall not provide network access services for the release of hazardous chemical information to individuals, units that have not obtained the safety production license of hazardous chemical production enterprises or the operation license of hazardous chemicals, and shall strengthen the management of the information released by their access websites and users, and conduct regular inspection of the released information. For information about hazardous chemicals whose release or transmission is prohibited by laws, regulations, rules and relevant provisions of the State, it shall immediately stop the transmission, take disposal measures such as elimination, keep relevant records and report to the competent department. E-commerce platforms shall strengthen the verification and inspection of the commodity or service information sold by operators within the platforms, timely discover and remove the illegal release of hazardous chemicals sales information, and timely report to the relevant competent authorities.

The circular stressed strengthening the procurement management of hazardous chemicals by universities, research institutes and other users. Universities, scientific research institutes and other hazardous chemicals are used frequently and in various varieties. Therefore, the procurement management system of hazardous chemicals should be further improved to strictly prevent and control safety risks in all links. Relevant regions and units shall explore the construction of a hazardous chemicals procurement management platform, form a database covering the types, quantities, hazardous characteristics, emergency treatment, packaging and transportation, procurement, use and suppliers of hazardous chemicals commonly used by their own units, strictly review the eligibility of hazardous chemical suppliers to enter the platform, and dynamically adjust the list of suppliers that meet the statutory qualifications as needed. Realize "unified procurement, unified management and effective control" of hazardous chemicals. It is necessary to rely on hazardous chemicals production and management enterprises or logistics warehouses with safe conditions, adopt the mode of "mass procurement, small batch distribution and standardized distribution", and effectively control the safety risks of procurement and storage while meeting the needs of scientific research and testing.

The circular called for serious investigation of illegal online sales of dangerous chemicals. Focus on the investigation and punishment of illegal sales of hazardous chemicals without obtaining safety permits, illegal release of hazardous chemical information without obtaining Internet information service business licenses, illegal provision of hazardous chemical sales information release services by e-commerce platforms, and illegal delivery of hazardous chemicals. Online inspections should be intensified to promptly clean up harmful information such as propaganda, promotion and illegal purchase and sale of hazardous chemicals. Internet companies with prominent problems should be regulated in accordance with the law, and websites should be urged to carry out regular self-inspection and self-cleaning, so as to cut off the illegal online sales chain of dangerous chemicals. We need to strengthen the tracing of illegal activities to their source, strengthen information sharing and cooperation between departments, strictly implement administrative law enforcement measures, strengthen coordination in execution, and crack down on illegal and criminal activities involving dangerous chemicals.

The circular is clear, strengthening the supervision of the whole chain of Internet sales of hazardous chemicals. The emergency management department shall strengthen the safety supervision and inspection of the Internet information release and sales ledger of the production and trading enterprises of hazardous chemicals, and jointly with relevant departments crack down on the sale of hazardous chemicals without licenses according to law; Enterprises are urged to improve the information management ledger of hazardous chemicals, so that hazardous chemicals can be traced from source to destination. The Internet and information department shall strengthen the supervision and management of Internet information content, cooperate with relevant departments to timely clean up the online information of illegal purchase and sale of hazardous chemicals, and deal with illegal accounts according to law. The competent department of telecommunication shall strengthen the coordination and linkage with relevant departments, and dispose the websites (apps) that are identified as publishing the sales information of hazardous chemicals without authorization or beyond the scope of the license according to law and regulations. Public security organs should strengthen supervision and management of network operators in accordance with their duties, and investigate and punish network operators who fail to fulfill their obligations of network security protection according to law. Market supervision departments should cooperate with relevant departments to urge e-commerce platforms to fulfill their main responsibilities, clean up the illegal release of hazardous chemical information on the platform, and remove related products. The administrative departments of postal services shall supervise and inspect the delivery enterprises in accordance with the law, and urge the enterprises to implement the "three systems" of real-name receipt and Posting, receipt and Posting inspection and airport security check, so as to strictly prevent and control security risks in the link of delivery and Posting. Education departments shall guide colleges and universities to strengthen the management of the procurement and use of hazardous chemicals, and, together with relevant departments, promote the pilot construction of an integrated platform for the archival procurement and management of hazardous chemicals in colleges and universities, and gradually promote its application. All relevant departments shall strengthen the guidance and supervision over the procurement of hazardous chemicals by their subordinate units.