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quantitative restriction on the product categories listed in the Annex will be significantly liberalized year-by-year until the year that the Chinese Government has agreed to eliminate the quantitative restriction. A joint working group will monitor the implementation of this liberalization.
(ii) will publish no later than 90 days after signature of this MOU a list of all organizations, including those organizations delegated such authority from the central government, that are responsible for authorizing or approving imports whether through grant of license or other approval. Procedures for obtaining these import licenses and approvals and the criteria for deciding whether a license will be granted will also be published.
(iii) confirms that only import bans, quotas, licensing requirements, restrictions, and controls imposed by the central government are enforceable and that unauthorized import bans, quotas, licensing requirements, restrictions, and controls will not be given effect.
(iv) will not condition issuance of import licenses upon transfer of technology or meeting requirements related to investment in China or, subject to the provisions of the Annex, whether there exist competing domestic suppliers of such products.
(v) will take appropriate steps by March 31, 1993, to ensure that procurement of digital switching systems equipment is conducted on the basis of internationally accepted procedures of open tender and bidding without discrimination as to the source of the equipment or the entity seeking to acquire the equipment.
2. The Chinese Government may apply measures to prohibit the importation of goods when such measures comply with the provisions of Articles XX or XXI of the GATT.
ARTICLE III IMPORT SUBSTITUTION
The Chinese Government confirms that it has eliminated all import substitution regulations, guidance and policies and will not subject any products to any import substitution measures in the future.
ARTICLE IV STANDARDS AND TESTING
All sanitary and phytosanitary standards and testing requirements must be based on sound science and must be
administered in a manner that does not impede or create barriers to imported products. To this end:
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