Chapter I General Principles

Article 1 For the purposes of controlling and reducing the pollution caused by the discarded electronic information products, promoting the production and sales of low-pollution electronic information products and protecting the environment and human health, these measures are formulated in accordance with Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People' s Republic of China and Law of the People' s Republic of China for Preventing and Remedying Pollution Caused by Solid Wastes and other relative laws and administrative rules.

Article 2 These measures are applicable to Controlling and Reducing the environmental pollution and other public hazard caused by electronic information products during the period of producing, selling and importing electronic information products, except for the production of the exported products, within the territory of the People' s Republic of China.

Article 3 The implication of the following terms in these Measures are:

(1) Electronic information products refers to electronic radar products, electronic communication products, broadcast and television products, computer products, household electronic products, electronic measurement instrument products, security products for electron, electronic component products, electronic application products, electronic material products, and other relative products and their accessory parts.

(2) Pollution caused by electronic information products refers to electronic information products contains toxic, harmful substances or elements, or the toxic, harmful substances or elements contained in the electronic information products is above the standard of the state or industry and have caused damage, injury, waste or other harmful effects on the environment, resource, human health and property safety.

(3) Pollution control of electronic information products refers to following measures in order to reduce or eliminate the toxic, harmful substances or elements contained in electronic information products:

1. During the process of design and production, change the research and design plan, readjust process flow, change the materials to be used, renovate production mode and take other technical measures;

2. During the process of design, production, sale and import, indicate the names and the contents of toxic or harmful substances or elements, indicate the environment-friendly use period of electronic information products;

3. During the process of sale, strictly control the purchase channels, reject selling the electronic information products which do not accord with the standard of the state and industry for controlling toxic or hazardous substances or elements caused by electronic information products;

4. It is forbidden to import the electronic information products which do not accord with the standard of the state or industry for controlling toxic or hazardous substances or elements caused by electronic information products;　and

5. Other measures for pollution control as stipulated in these measures.

(4) Toxic or harmful substances or elements refers to the following substances or elements contained in the electronic information products:

1. Lead

2. Mercury

3. Cadmium

4. Hexavalent Chromium

5. Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)

6. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)

7. Other toxic or harmful substances or elements prescribed by the State

(5) Environment-friendly use period of electronic information products refers to the period during which the toxic and harmful substances or elements contained in electronic information products will not leak or mutate. The electronic information products will not cause serious environmental pollution and serious damage to human health and property while the consumers of electronic information products are using the products.

Article 4 The Ministry of Information Industry of the People' s Republic of China (MII), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Commerce of the People' s Republic of China (MOC), the General Administration of Customs of the People' s Republic of China (GAC), the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), and the State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA) shall administer and supervise the pollution control of electronic information products within the scope of their official duty. If necessary, above competent administrations shall establish coordinative mechanism to solve the important issues relating to the pollution control of electronic information products.

Article 5 MII shall draw up the measures beneficial to the pollution control of electronic information products through consultation with the relevant competent administrations of the State Council.

MII and other relevant competent administrations of the State Council shall, within the scope of their official duty, promote the technology of the pollution control of electronic information products and comprehensive utilization of the resources, encourage and support scientific research, technical development, and international cooperation on the pollution control of electronic information products, implement the relevant rules on the pollution control of electronic information products.

Article 6 MII may provide certain support to the organizations and individuals actively involved in the research and development of new types of environment-friendly electronic information products.

Article 7 All competent administrations for information industry, development and reformation, business affairs, customs, industry and commerce, quality inspection, environmental protection of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central government shall, within the scope of their official duty, administer and supervise the pollution control of the manufacture, import and sale of electronic information products. If necessary, the above administrations shall establish regional cooperative mechanism for pollution control of electronic information products, perform unified coordination and division of responsibility.