TSG 07-2019Regulation for production and filling licensing of special equipment (including Amendments 2021XG1 and 2024XG2) (English PDF)

Foreword

In May 2017, the Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau (hereinafter referred to as "the SESSB") of the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “the former AQSIQ”) issued the drafting assignment of the Regulation for production licensing of special equipment (hereinafter referred to as the "Licensing Regulation") to China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "CSEIRI"), in order to cooperate with the administrative licensing reform of special equipment and improve relevant supporting requirements. According to this assignment, a comprehensive safety technical regulation for production and filling licensing of special equipment shall be formed on the basis of the original licensing related regulations, normative documents, safety technical regulations and the revision of relevant equipment licensing rules and conditions that have been successively carried out in the previous period. In May 2017, the CSEIRI established a drafting team composed of relevant experts and held a working conference in Beijing to formulate a drafting scheme for the Licensing Regulation and determine the formulation principles, main issues, to-be-resolved key points and structural (clause) framework of the Licensing Regulation; it also established a comprehensive team and drafting groups for licensing conditions of various equipment, specifically divided the drafting works and specified the time schedule requirements. The Draft of Licensing Regulation was finalized in October 2017. After that, the drafting team of the Licensing Regulation and various groups held several working conferences according to the relevant requirements of the administrative licensing reform of special equipment and the adjustment of the licensing catalog, to revise and improve the contents of the draft. The Exposure Draft was finalized in January 2019. In February 2019, the State Administration of Market Supervision issued a public announcement to solicit opinions from basic departments, organizations concerned, experts and citizens, and reported to WTO/TBT at the same time. In March 2019, the drafting groups held separate meetings to study and discuss the opinions received, and then formed the Draft for Review through revision. The SESSB submitted the Draft for Review to the Special Equipment Safety and Energy Saving Technical Committee for review. The drafting group formed the Draft for Approval through revision and improvement according to the review opinions. On May 13, 2019, the Licensing Regulation was approved and issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation. The Licensing Regulation is appropriately adjusted according to the requirements of laws, regulations and documents such as Special Equipment Safety Law, Administrative Licensing Law, Regulations on Safety Supervision of Special Equipment and Production Licensing Catalog of Special Equipment, on the basis of the original licensing conditions for various equipment, to unify the general conditions, procedures and requirements for production and filling licensing of special equipment, clarify the special licensing conditions for various special equipment and form a comprehensive regulation for production and filling licensing of special equipment.

1 General provisions

2 Licensing conditions

3 Licensing procedures and requirements

4 Supplementary provisions

Annex A Format of Production License of Special Equipment

After review, it is approved to engage in the following special equipment production activities: 1. The office address is only filled in by the organization applying for design, installation and repair license, and the "/manufacturing address" is not printed. 2. The manufacturing address is only filled in by the organization applying for manufacturing license, and the "office address/" is not printed. 3. Any correspondence between the licensing sub-item and the manufacturing address shall be indicated in the remarks. 4. According to different design capabilities, the production license of the pressure vessel manufacturer shall be indicated with the restricted scope in the remarks, such as the design outsourcing of pressure vessel, stationary (transportable) pressure vessel rules and stationary non-metal pressure vessel, and the separate design licensing; while no such indication is required for the production license of the manufacturer having the same design capability as the manufacturing item. 5. The licensing scope may be restricted in the remarks according to the requirements of different licensing sub-items, including the restriction on the varieties or components, materials, manufacturing methods and purposes of products. 6. […]

Annex B Licensing conditions for manufacturing organization

The manufacturer shall, according to the needs of the product manufacturing procedure, allocate and appoint quality assurance engineers and responsible person of quality control system for the procedures such as design, process, materials, welding, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, inspection-test, physical-chemical inspection, etc. The job requirements for quality assurance system personnel are as follows: (1) the quality assurance engineer shall be experienced in manufacturing quality management or inspection of boils and have professional education background in science-technology and the engineer title; (2) the responsible person of design quality control system shall be experienced in boiler design and have relevant professional education background; the responsible person of design quality control system of Class A boiler manufacturer shall have the engineer title. (3) the responsible person of welding quality control system shall be experienced in welding and have education background in welding or welding related disciplines (material and mechanical disciplines); the responsible person of welding quality control system of Class A boiler manufacturer shall have the engineer title. (4) the responsible person of inspection-test quality control system shall be experienced in boil inspection and have professional education background in science-technology; […]

Annex C Licensing conditions for pressure vessel

(1) It shall have the design, checking, examination and approval personnel suitable for the design licensing scope of pressure vessel (Note C-1); (2) It shall have the special design work organization and place; (3) It shall have the necessary design equipment and design means, the capability of computer aided design and plotting, and the software and hardware necessary for transferring drawings and characters onto the internet; (4) It shall have the certain design experience and the capability of independently undertaking the design. Note C-1: personnel responsible for examination and approval are collectively referred to as examination and approval personnel. The personnel engaged in the design, checking, examination and approval of pressure vessel shall have corresponding professional design capability, be able to correctly use the software related to pressure vessel design and be subjected to professional capability assessment of pressure vessel design through theoretical knowledge examination and design defense by the appraisal and review organization. The theoretical knowledge examination includes basic theoretical knowledge related to pressure vessel design, common engineering practice knowledge in pressure vessel design, manufacturing and use, and laws and standards related to pressure vessel design. […]

Annex D Production and filling licensing conditions of cylinder

The manufacturer shall be equipped with one technical responsible person, who is experienced in manufacturing or inspection of licensed products, and has bachelor’s degree and the engineer title. The manufacturer shall, according to the needs of the product manufacturing procedure, allocate and appoint quality assurance engineers and responsible person (Note D-1) of quality control system for other procedures such as design, material, process, welding, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, physical-chemical inspection, inspection-test, as well as rotary bottom and opening closure of cylinder, wrapping and curing of fiber-wrapped cylinder, forming of non-metal liner, filling and curing of gas filler-contained cylinder as well as insulating material wrapping and vacuuming of cryogenic insulated cylinder, with their titles and qualifications not lower than the requirements in Table D-1. The job requirements for quality assurance system person are as follows: (1) the quality assurance engineer shall be experienced in manufacturing, quality management or inspection of cylinder and have professional education background in science-technology; […]

Annex E Licensing conditions for pressure pipeline

(1) It shall have the design, checking, examination and approval personnel suitable for the design licensing scope of pressure pipeline (Note E-1); (2) It shall have the special pipeline design department and design site; (3) It shall have the design equipment and design means suitable for the design licensing of pressure pipeline and the capability of designing, calculating and drawing by computer; the design and plotting rate by computer shall reach 100%, and it shall have the software and hardware required for transferring drawings and characters; (4) It shall have certain design experience and the capability of independently undertaking the pressure pipeline design. Note E-1: person in charge of examination and approval is collectively referred to as approver. The design organization shall perform technical training and evaluation for the personnel engaged in the design, checking, examination and validation of pressure pipeline. […]

Annex F Licensing conditions for manufacturing organization

The manufacturer shall, according to the needs of product manufacturing procedure and quality control, allocate and appoint quality assurance engineers and responsible person of quality control system for the procedures such as design, process, materials, physicalchemical inspection, welding, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, assembly, inspection-test and equipment management, and shall meet the following requirements: (1) the quality assurance engineer shall possess relevant professional knowledge in chemical machinery, fluid machinery, mechanical manufacturing, metal material, etc., and be familiar with the production quality control procedure of products; the quality assurance engineer of Class A manufacturer shall have the title of senior engineer and be experienced in relevant work; the quality assurance engineers of other manufacturers shall have the title of engineer and be experienced in relevant work; (2) the responsible person of design, process, material and inspection-test quality control system shall have the title of engineer; (3) the responsible person of non-destructive testing quality control system shall be qualified as Level II non-destructive testing personnel suitable for the non-destructive testing items of products. […]