Beijing Municipal Notice on Strictly Implementing the Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives

The Beijing Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued the "Notice on Strictly Implementing the Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives (Draft for Public Comment)", requiring that architectural coatings and adhesives produced, sold and used in Beijing City The content of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the product should meet the requirements of the Beijing local standard "Standards for the Content Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives" (DB11/ 1983-2022).

Announcement on Strictly Implementing the Limit Value Management of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives

(Draft for public consultation)

In order to implement the "Beijing Air Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations", reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds during the use of architectural coatings and adhesives, and improve the quality of Beijing's atmospheric environment, approved by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Municipal Market On April 1, 2022, the Supervision and Management Bureau jointly issued the Beijing local standard "Standards for the Content Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives" (DB11/ 1983-2022) (the standard text can be found at the Beijing Market Supervision and Administration Bureau View and download in the query service column of the official website). This standard is applicable to coatings and adhesives for buildings, bridges and guardrails in structures produced, sold and used in Beijing. It specifies product classification, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) content limit requirements, test methods, and inspection rules. , packaging marks and the implementation of standards, etc. The full text of the standard is mandatory and will be implemented on October 1, 2022.

In order to further strengthen the management of the content limits of volatile organic compounds in architectural coatings and adhesives, and solidly promote safety production and large-scale investigation and rectification of fire hazards, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 44 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution", " The second paragraph of Article 55 of the Beijing Municipal Air Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations and the "Notice of the General Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government on Printing and Distributing the "Beijing Industrial Pollution Industry Production Process Adjustment and Exit and Equipment Elimination Catalog (2022 Edition)" requirements, now The relevant matters are notified as follows:

1. The content of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in architectural coatings and adhesives produced, sold and used in this city shall comply with the Beijing local standard "Standards for the Content Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives" (DB11/ 1983- 2022) requirements.

2. In accordance with the requirements of the "Beijing Industrial Pollution Industry Production Process Adjustment and Exit and Equipment Elimination Catalog (2022 Edition)", the city prohibits the production of organic solvent-based coatings and adhesives. All architectural coatings and adhesives production units in this city should conduct VOC (volatile organic compound) ( VOCs) content inspection, the products that have passed the inspection should clearly implement the standard on the minimum sales package mark and product manual, and issue a product quality inspection certificate before they can be sold out of the factory.

3. All sales units of architectural coatings and adhesives in this city shall establish and implement a purchase inspection and acceptance system in accordance with Article 33 of the "Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China", and verify that the product quality conforms to the local standard of Beijing "Architectural Coatings and Adhesives" Volatile organic compound content limit standard "(DB11/ 1983-2022) inspection certificate, truthfully record and save relevant certificates; take measures to maintain the quality of sales products. Clean up the inventory in an all-round way, and prohibit the purchase and sale of buildings with unknown sources and volatile organic compound (VOCs) content that do not meet the Beijing local standard "Standards for the Content of Volatile Organic Compounds in Architectural Coatings and Adhesives" (DB11/ 1983-2022) Coating and Adhesive Products.

4. The market organizers and e-commerce platforms that sell architectural coatings and adhesives in this city should strengthen internal governance, earnestly perform management responsibilities, and supervise and guide the two types of product sellers in the market and the platform to do a good job of purchasing inspections in accordance with the requirements of the preceding paragraph Acceptance work.

5. Relevant municipal and district departments will strengthen the content limits of volatile organic compounds in architectural coatings and adhesives in accordance with laws and regulations such as the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution, the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Beijing. Value supervision and management, and strictly investigate and deal with illegal activities in accordance with the law.