What are the environmental protection requirements for enterprises

The new Environmental Protection Law stipulates the obligations that enterprises must fulfill, and also specifies the rights that enterprises can enjoy. These rights are summarized in eight "can".

Ten shoulds

1. clean production

Article 40

2. prevention of pollution and hazards

Article 6 Article 42

Article 48 Article 64

3. acceptance of on-site inspection

Article 24

4. implementation of the "three-simultaneity" principle. The "three simultaneous" system

Article 41

5. Shall establish a system of responsibility for environmental protection

Article 42

6. Shall install and utilize monitoring equipment

Article 42

7. Shall pay sewage charges

Article 43

8. Emissions shall be discharged in accordance with the sewage discharge permit

Article 45 Article 63

9. A plan for environmental emergencies shall be formulated

Article 47

10. Information on sewage discharges shall be made public

Article 55 Article 62

Seven prohibitions

1. No construction without approval

Article 19 Article 61

Article 63

2. No illegal discharge of sewage through concealed pipes and other means of evading supervision

Article 42

Article 63

3. No production, sale, or transfer, or use of seriously environmentally polluting processes, equipment, or products

Article 46

4. Pollutants that do not meet the standards shall not be applied to farmland

Article 49

5. Pesticides whose production and use are prohibited by the State shall not be produced or used

Article 63

6. Pollutants shall not be discharged in excess of the standard or the total amount of pollutants

Article 44 Article 60

7. Pollutants shall not be discharged in violation of the law