Compliance of provisions of the E-waste Management Rules, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO.67/2018

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EXPORT) PRO CELL AIR CARGO COMPLEX SAHAR, ANDHERI (EAST), MUMBAI - 400099 F.NO.:S/3-Misc-PRO-04/2017-18/ACC(I) Date: 16.05.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE NO.67/2018 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 Brok rs, Shipping Lines/Agents, Logistics Service Providers, CFS Custodians/ Termina 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. 2. As per section 3 (1) (CC) of the E-waste Management Rules, 2016, 'Producers' any person who offers to sell imported electrical and has been defined as - electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares . 3. 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. 4. 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 Computea (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 5. 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. 6. Difficulties, if any, in implementation of the prescribed procedure may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. 7. Action to be taken in terms of decision taken in this Public Notice should be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of Officers. (VINAYAK AZAAD) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS(IMPORT)