Experts said the auto recall regulations draft still need to refine
Recently, AQSIQ issued a “vehicle product recall Supervision and Management Regulations” (hereinafter referred to as the new ordinance) draft, producers of deliberately concealing clear defects in automotive products, or producer fails to authorities ordered the recall and other behavior will be punished by a maximum value of the products recalled 50% of the fine.
Analysts said Toyota’s global recall of the first half of this year and in recent months, incidents of domestic frequent vehicles for the new Regulations on the catalyst, only appeared in China in June 7 car recall.
Although not yet verified the AQSIQ automobile industry, “strike out”, but frequently the recent recall of the automotive market would seem that the new regulations in response to.
From Toyota’s Lexus line, the general recalled imported cars, and then to recall Subaru Legacy, Outback, and Nissan, Volvo, China’s auto recall all of a sudden become so dense.
Highlights of new regulations
1. Legal responsibility for a specific
Draft Basic Law Article 40 clearly states: producers deliberately concealed, false or improper handling of automotive products for defects, and constitutes a quality laws and regulations of the violations, held in accordance with relevant laws and regulations related responsibilities.
Quality of products does not constitute an offense under the laws and regulations, shall be ordered to stop production, sale, import, impose illegal production, sale, import value of the products of 2% to 50% of the fine; the illegal income shall be confiscated ; circumstances are serious, shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification.
2. Necessary for the seizure and detention of vehicle
Draft Article 15 provides that: competent authorities in the investigation process defects, the right to enter the producer, importer or foreign producer in the territory of the agents, sellers, mender, lease, etc. related to production and operations managers sites to conduct site investigations; necessary, seizure, detention may be defective automotive products.
3. Clarified the scope of application
Draft provides for the scope of the Ordinance, namely in the manufacture, import, sale of automotive products, recall and their supervision management, and application of this Ordinance.
Industry Analysis
The new regulations has improved but needs refinement
Well-known car critic bell division, said the auto recall regulations in the past has much to be desired, punishment is too low, and now the new regulations increased the punishment, which is often prompted recently recalled one of the reasons.
However, auto analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers Autofacts sudarshan Asia-Pacific region in the interview with this reporter, said that a well-designed, easy to implement the recall system is a mature auto market, an important symbol of China and the United States at this point Germany and Japan, there is a gap between.
Sudarshan said that China’s current implementation of the new recall system that the Chinese government is working to reduce it to international level. However, the system of standards is not enough refining, he thought, to recall the fine, for example, the value of the vehicles 2% to 50% is very different, and can not explain how the implementation of these penalties. Similarly, the new rules did not “car safety assessment” for detailed instructions.
Sudarshan said that China should learn from the U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other global institutions, from the provisions of the Chinese can see the complete implementation process. More important, China can learn from monitoring and implementation mechanisms to help them complete systems.
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