Subject: Compliance of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016- reg.

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....and to the Public Notice No. 24/2018 dated 07.02.2018 issued on the above mentioned subject. 2. For the sake of easy reference, important provisions of said "E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016" in relation to import and export are reproduced below: Rule 2 Application: These rules shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centres, dealers, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I, including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational but shall not apply to - (b) micro enterprises as defined in the Micr....

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....c.; (i) manufactures and offers to sell electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares under its own brand; or (ii) offers to sell under its own brand, assembled electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares produced by other manufacturers or suppliers; or (iii) offers to sell imported electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares; Rule 5. Responsibilities of the producer. - The producer of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I shall be responsible for - (1) implementing the Extended Producers Responsibility with the following frameworks, namely:- (a) collection and channelisation of ....

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....ctronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares listed in Schedule I shall ensure that, new Electrical and Electronic Equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares do not contain Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers beyond a maximum concentration value of 0.1% by weight in homogenous materials for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers and of 0.01% by weight in homogenous materials for cadmium. Sub-rule (4):Every producer of applications listed in Schedule II shall ensure that the limits of hazardous substances as given in Schedule II are to be complied. Rule 17. Duties o....