Environmental Protection Law (环境保护法)
	Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law (固体废物污染环境防治法)
	Energy Conservation Law (节约能源法)
	Clean Production Promotion Law (清洁生产促进法)
	Circular Economy Promotion Law (循环促进法)
	Regulation on the Management of Hazardous Chemicals (危险化学品安全管理条例)
	Measures on the Pollution Control of Waste Hazardous Chemicals (废弃危险化学品污染环境防治办法)
	Management Measures for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Product (电子信息产品污染防治管理办法) - 28 Feb. 2006
	Management Measures on Resource Recycling (再生资源回收管理办法)
	Measures on the Energy Conservation of Heavy Energy Users (能源效率标识管理办法)
	Measures on Pollution Prevention from Electronic Waste (电子废物污染环境防治管理办法)
	Guideline on the Classification of Solid Waste (Trial) (固体废物鉴别导则(试行))
	List of National Hazardous Waste (国家危险废物名录)
	Management Measures on using the China Eco-Label (中国环境标志使用管理办法)
	Regulation on Recycling and Treatment of Discarded Electrical and Electronic Products (废弃电器电子产品回收处理管理条例)
	First List of Controlled Electronic Information Products (电子信息产品污染控制重点管理目录 (第一批)) - 29 Sept. 2009
	Procedure for Development of the Key Administrative Catalog for the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products (电子信息产品污染控制重点管理目录制定程序) - 10 Oct. 2008
	Standard of Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products (SJ/T 11363-2006) (电子信息产品中有害物质的限量要求 (SJ/T 11363-2006)) - 6 Nov. 2006
	Standard of Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products (SJ/T 11364-2006) (电子信息产品污染控制标识要求 (SJ/T 11364-2006)) - 6 Nov. 2006
	Standard of Testing Methods for Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products (SJ/T 11365-2006) (电子信息产品中有毒有害物质的检测方法 (SJ/T 11365-2006)) - 6 Nov. 2006
	General Disassembly Requirements for Testing Hazardous Substances in. Electrical and Electronic Products (GB/Z 20288-2006) (电子电气产品中有害物质检测样品拆分通用要求 (GB/Z 20288-2006)) - 20 Jun. 2006
	Packaging Recycle Mark (GB/T 18455-2001) (包装回收标志) - 18 Sept. 2001

Background

 

On 29 September 2009, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the First List of Controlled Electronic Information Products (电子信息产品污染控制重点管理目录 (第一批), so-called First China RoHS Product Catalogue, for public consultation. The proposed First List of 29 September 2009 only contains three product categories including mobile phones and printers connected to computers. Pursuant to the proposed First List, there would be only 10 months to comply with the restriction on the use of hazardous substances for controlled products after the entry into force of the proposed First List. Exemption is available for controlled products under the China RoHS Act only when exemption is applied and officially included in the List of Controlled Electronic Information Products. The deadline to submit opinions to the proposed First List of 29 September 2009 is 9 November 2009 and has to be submitted to Zhen-Jie GAO (gaozhenjie@miit.gov.cn).

 

After the issuance of the draft Management Measures for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (MMPCPEEE) of 25 August 2003, the Management Measures for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products were adopted by the Joint Ministerial Ordinance composed of 7 central governmental departments on 28 February 2006 (In the proposed Management Measures of 25 August 2003, the Ministry of Information Industry intended to be a sole competent authority). Thus, implementation and enforcement functions of the Management Measures of 28 February 2006 were allocated to the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the General Administration of Customs (GAC), the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), the State Environmental Protection Administrating (SEPA), the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC). The Management Measures for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products of 28 February 2006 stipulate a general duty on producers of electronic information products by incorporating the concepts of design for the environment (DfE), energy efficiency, efficiency recycling and non-use of hazardous substances over 10 categories of electronic information products which include electronic radars, telecommunication equipment, broadcasting equipment and televisions, household electrical appliances, monitoring and control equipment, cables and wires, parts and components of electronic equipment, applied electronic equipment, and electronic materials and parts. A detailed list of electronic information products will be determined by the Ministry of Information Industry in consultation with the State Environmental Protection Administration, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Development and Reform Commission.

The Clean Production Promotion Law of 29 June 2002, the amended Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law of 29 December 2004, the 10th 5-Year Plan on Recovery and Use of Recyclable Resources of 10 January 2002 and the Circular on 11th 5-Year Plan on National Environmental Protection Legislation of 28 November 2005 have provided a framework for the use of clean technology, non-toxic or non-hazardous materials and reuse and recycling of discarded products in China.