Regarding import of hazardous waste under Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Trans-boundary) Rules, 2008.

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..... All Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Prev.) All Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise All Directors General of CBEC, All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.) All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise All Commissioners of Customs (Appeals) All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise (Appeals). Subject: Import of hazardous waste under Hazardous Waste (Managemen .....

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..... euse and not for disposal. Further, Rule 14 thereof provides that import and export of hazardous wastes specified in Schedule III shall be regulated in accordance with the conditions specified therein. A perusal of the said Schedule III shows that entries at A1180 and B1110 are relevant for electrical and electronic assemblies. 3. In this regard, the administrative Ministry viz. Ministry of Envi .....

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..... field formations should carefully and strictly implement the provisions of Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary) Rules, 2008. In particular, it should be noted that all imported goods falling within the purview of entry B 1110 of Part B of Schedule III of the said Rules, indicating second hand computers, would require the permission of the Ministry of Environment and Forests fo .....

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