G/TBT/N/BGD/3  
20 February 2020  
(20-1303) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BANGLADESH   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Mr Monish Chakma  
Deputy Secretary  
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.  
Tel : +88 -02 9577223  
Fax : +(88) 02 9540210  
Email: monishchakma18@gmail.com  
Website: www.moef .gov.bd  
or 
Name: Shawkat Ali Mirza  
Designation: Director  
Department of Environment  
Tel : +88 -028181870  
Fax : +(88) 02 8181772  
Email: mirzasa1@yahoo.com ; dircc@doe.gov.bd  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  These 
rules will be applicable for the following categories of electrical and electronic products:  
1. Household appliance  
2. Monitoring and Control equipment  
3. Medical Equipment  
4. Automatic Machine  
5. IT and telecommunication equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Hazardous 
Waste (E -waste) Management Rules, 2019  G/TBT/N/BGD/3  
 
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  6. Description of content:   
Schedule -3 
(Rule14(1) noted)  
(Threshold limits for use of certain hazardous substances)  
SI. Substances Name  Standards  
1. Short Chain Chloro Paraffins, Alkanes, C10 -13 ≤ 25%  
2. Antimony trioxide  ≤ 1%  
3. Beryllium metal/ Beryllium oxide (Beryllia)  ≤ 0.1%  
4. Nickel/Cadmium/Cadmium oxide/ Cadmium sulphide  ≤ 0.1%  
5. Chromium VI  ≤ 0.25%  
6. Copper beryllium alloys  ≤ 3%  
7. Lead/Lead oxide  ≤ 0.1%  
8. Mercury  ≤ 0.1%  
9. Mineral Wool: [Man -made vitreous (silicate) fibers with random 
orientation with alkaline oxide and alkali earth oxide 
(Na 2O+K 2O+CaO+MgO+BaO) content greater than 18 % by weight]  ≤ 2%  
10. Octabromodiphenylether (OBDE)  ≤ 2%  
11. Polychlorobiphenyls: The level of 50 mg/kg (0.005%) should be the 
defining threshold concentration for wastes containing PCBs and 
PCTs: above that concentration such waste should be considered as 
hazardous.  ≤ 0.25%  
12. Refractory Ceramic Fibers: [Man -made vitreous (silicate) fibers with 
random orientation with alkaline oxide and alkali earth oxide 
(Na 2O+K 2O+CaO+MgO+BaO) content less or equal to 18 % by 
weight]  ≤ 20%  
13. Liquid Crystals: Commercially available liquid crystals (LC) are 
mixtures of 10 to 20 substances, which belong to the group of 
substituted phenycyclohexanes, alkylbenzenes and 
cyclohexylbenzens. The chemical substances contain oxygen, 
fluorine, hydrogen and carbon. About 250 chemical substances are 
used for formulating more  than thousand marketed liquid crystals.  ≤ 0.15%  
14. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)  ≤ 0.15%  
15. Tetrabromobisphenol -A (TBBPA)  ≤ 0.15%  
 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  These proposed Rules will be applicable for every e -waste producer, 
manufacturer, large importer, dismantler, recycler, trader or shopkeeper, hoarder, 
transporter, repairer, collection centre, auctioneer, exporter and large users of electrical 
and electro nic products and other relevant persons  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 (Amendment 2010)  G/TBT/N/BGD/3  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  2020 
Proposed date of entry into force:  2020 
10. Final date for comments:  March 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Enquiry Point  
Name: Mr. Md Golam Baki  
Designation: Deputy Director  
Bangladesh Standard Testing In stitute (BSTI)  
Main Bhaban, 116/A, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka  
Tell: +88029131582  
Fax: + (88) 029131581  
or 
National Enquiry Point  
Name: Mr Hafizur Rahman  
Designation: Director (Joint Secretary)  
WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce  
Bangladesh.  
Email: hafiz_maisoon@yahoo.com  
Cell: +8801711861056  
Web Address: www.moef.gov.bd  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/BGD/20_1260_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/BGD/20_1260_01_e.pdf