Notice on Implementing Green Printing for Bills and Vouchers Is Issued

[ppzhan Abstract] Driven by environmental awareness, green printing has become the main direction of development for the printing industry. After three years of implementation, China's green printing has achieved results and is now to be extended to the bill printing industry. Recently, the state issued the "Notice on the Implementation of Green Printing for Bills and Vouchers".

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China have recently jointly issued the "Notice on the Implementation of Green Printing for Bills and Vouchers" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), arranging and deploying the work related to the implementation of green printing for bills and vouchers.

The "Notice" requires that the scope of implementing green printing for bills and vouchers covers tax invoices, fiscal bills, customs documents, bank bills and other commercial bills, as well as various payment vouchers and securities. Starting from 2013, all localities should begin to publicize and promote green printing in the field of bills and vouchers; by the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, government-procured printed bills and vouchers should basically achieve green printing; and other types of bills and vouchers should be guided and encouraged to gradually achieve green printing.

The "Notice" points out that bill and voucher printing enterprises that make green printing self-declarations but fail to print bills and vouchers in accordance with the standards will be placed under "blacklist" management. Where a green printing certification body issues a false certification conclusion, or an inspector arbitrarily adds or reduces the procedures stipulated in the certification rules, the certification and accreditation supervision and administration department shall investigate and handle the matter in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Relevant local administrative departments shall not charge enterprises any fees related to green printing under any name.

The "Notice" requires that the implementation of green printing for bills and vouchers should ensure the environmental safety of taxation, finance, commerce and other national economic activities, reduce harmful substances in printed bills and vouchers that the general public and printing practitioners come into contact with in their daily lives, and reduce pollutant emissions during the printing process.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China have jointly established a leading group for the implementation of green printing for bills and vouchers, with an office under it to be specifically responsible for organizing and coordinating the implementation work.

——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-361858.html