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Prohibiting the use of plastic bags

 Chinese retailers could be fined up to 10,000 yuan ($1,428) for providing shoppers with free plastic shopping bags from June 1, the Ministry of Commerce has announced.The maximum penalty, included in a new draft regulation, was sharply down from 30,000 yuan previously reported by domestic media.

The draft stated the prices of plastic bags could be set by shop owners themselves, but they should not be below cost. Market places would be prohibited from offering discounts or using other methods to sell consumers plastic shopping bags at prices lower than those stated on the price tags. Free bags, even under other guises, would be banned. Retailers would also have to list the number and prices of shopping bags separately on the sales documents given to consumers. Supermarkets and stores violating the rules could be fined up to 10,000 yuan, while those failing to clearly price bags could be fined up to 5,000 yuan. The regulation would not be applied to plastic packaging for the hygiene and safety of products like fresh and cooked food, said the draft.

The ministry has published the document on its website and will be seeking public submissions till April 14. The move followed a ban in January on the manufacture, sale and use of ultra-thin plastic bags (defined as less than 0.025 mm thick) from June 1 as part of China’s efforts to protect the environment and save energy.

中國商務部宣布:自六月一日起,零售商如向顧客提供免費的塑料袋,將會被處以最高1萬元(1428美元)的罰款。最新草案中規定的處罰上限比之前國內媒體報導的3萬元有了大幅下調。

該草案允許商店業主自行對塑料袋定價,但不可低於其成本價。禁止商場以打折或其它方式低於其標價出售塑料袋。只要是免費塑料袋,不論以何形式提供都予以禁止。零售商還必須對塑料袋明碼標價,列出數量和單價,並與其它商品分開擺放。違反規定的超市和商場將被處以最高1萬元的罰款,而未能按規定對塑料袋定價的罰款最高可達5000元。而那些用以確保衛生和安全的塑料袋,如鮮食和熟食的包裝,則不適用於該草案的相關規定。

商務部在官方網站公佈了相關文件,在4月1號前接受公眾反饋意見。繼1月份出台“將從6月1日起禁止生產,銷售,使用超薄塑料袋(即厚度小於0.025)”的規定之後,再次推出該草案,這些舉措均係中國政府致力保護環境以及節能計劃的一部分。

Zhōngguó shāngwù bù xuānbù: Zì liù yuè yī rì qǐ, língshòu shāng rú xiàng gùkè tígōng miǎnfèi de sùliào dài, jiāng huì bèi chǔ yǐ zuìgāo 1 wàn yuán (1428 měiyuán) de fákuǎn. Zuìxīn cǎo’àn zhōng guīdìng de chǔfá shàngxiàn bǐ zhīqián guónèi méitǐ bàodào de 3 wàn yuán yǒule dàfú xiàtiáo.
Gāi cǎo’àn yǔnxǔ shāngdiàn yèzhǔ zìxíng duì sùliào dài dìngjià, dàn bùkě dī yú qí chéngběn jià. Jìnzhǐ shāngchǎng yǐ dǎzhé huò qítā fāngshì dī yú qí biāojià chūshòu sùliào dài. Zhǐyào shi miǎnfèi sùliào dài, bùlùn yǐ hé xíngshì tígōng dōu yǔyǐ jìnzhǐ. Língshòu shāng hái bìxū duì sùliào dài míngmǎ biāojià, liè chū shùliàng hé dānjià, bìng yǔ qítā shāngpǐn fēnkāi bǎi fàng. Wéifǎn guīdìng de chāoshì hé shāngchǎng jiāng bèi chǔ yǐ zuìgāo 1 wàn yuán de fákuǎn, ér wèi néng àn guīdìng duì sùliào dài dìngjià de fákuǎn zuìgāo kě dá 5000 yuán. Ér nàxiē yòng yǐ quèbǎo wèishēng hé ānquán de sùliào dài, rú xiān shí hé shúshí de bāozhuāng, zé bù shìyòng yú gāi cǎo’àn de xiāngguān guīdìng.
Shāngwù bù zài guānfāng wǎngzhàn gōngbùle xiāngguān wénjiàn, zài 4 yuè 1 hào qián jiēshòu gōngzhòng fǎnkuì yìjiàn. Jì 1 yuèfèn chūtái “jiāng cóng 6 yuè 1 rì qǐ jìnzhǐ shēngchǎn, xiāoshòu, shǐyòng chāo bó sùliào dài (jí hòudù xiǎoyú 0.025)” De guīdìng zhīhòu, zàicì tuīchū gāi cǎo’àn, zhèxiē jǔcuò jūn xì zhōngguó zhèngfǔ zhìlì bǎohù huánjìng yǐjí jiénéng jìhuà De yībùfèn.