Compliance of provisions of the E-waste Management Rules, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, (IMPORT-I) CUSTOMS ZONE-I, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI- 400 001

F. No. S/26-Misc-32/2018-19 Part-I
Date: 19.04 .2018

Public Notice No: 64/2018

Sub:- Compliance of provisions of the E-waste Management Rules, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change-reg.

Attention of all the Importers, Custom Brokers, Shipping Lines/Agents, Logistics Service Providers, CFS Custodians/Terminal Operators and all other Stakeholders is invited to the provisions of the notification dated 23.03.2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide which E-waste Management Rules, 2016 has been implemented.

As per section 3 (1) (CC) of the E-waste Management Rules, 2016, „Producers’ has been defined as - “any person who offers to sell imported electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares”.

Further, Section 5 of Chapter II of the above mentioned Rules casts certain responsibilities on the producers and mandates certain procedure to be followed including some requirement of authorization termed as “Extended Producer Responsibility Authorization” from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) when importing the electrical and electronic equipment including their components, consumables, parts and spares categorized under schedule I of said rules.

Schedule I of the rules provides categories of electrical and electronic equipment including their components, consumables, parts and spares covered under the rules. The same is produced as under-

Sr. No. Categories of electrical and electronic equipment

i. Information technology and telecommunication equipment : Centralized data processing: Mainframes, Minicomputers

Personal Computing: Personal Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices)

Personal Computing: Laptop Computers(Central Processing Unit with input and output devices)

Personal Computing: Notebook Computers

Personal Computing: Notepad Computers Printers including cartridges

Copying equipment

Electrical and electronic typewriters

User terminals and systems

Facsimile

Telex

Telephones

Pay telephones

Cordless telephones

Cellular telephones

Answering systems

ii. Consumer electrical and electronics:

Television sets (including sets based on (Liquid Crystal Display and Light Emitting Diode technology)

Refrigerator Washing Machine

Air-conditioners excluding centralized air conditioning plants Fluorescent and other Mercury containing lamps

In order to comply with the conditions/responsibilities provided under the said rules, Importers have to produce an “Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Authorization” from

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), whenever importing the electrical and electronic equipment including their components, consumables, parts and spares categorized under schedule I above, from the date of issuance of this notice.

Difficulties, if any, in implementation of the prescribed procedure may be brought to the notice of the undersigned.

Action to be taken in terms of decision taken in this Public Notice should be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of Officers.

-Sd-

(PRACHI SAROOP)

COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, IMP-I, NCH

Copy to:

1. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I.
2. All the Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I.
3. All Addl. /Joint Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I.
4. All Deputy/Asst. Commissioner of Customs Mumbai Zone-I.
5. The DC/EDI for uploading on the NCH Website.
6. Office Copy.