. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/140 
28 September 2005 
 (05-4298) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Information Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 [  X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CAN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Electronic radar 
products, electronic communication products, broa dcast and television products, computer 
products, household electronic products, electr onic measurement and instrument products, 
electronic products for special use, electroni c component products, electronic application 
products, electronic material products, and all their parts, etc. (export products are not 
included). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Administration on the 
Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products  (8 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   In order to control and reduce environmental pollution caused by 
discarded waste electronic information products, save resources and promote sustainable development of the electronic information industry, the Administration on the Control of 
Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products  (hereinafter referred to as the 
“Administration” ) is hereby promulgated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the  
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promotion of Clean Production, the Law of the 
People’s Republic of China on the Preventi on and Control of Environmental Pollution by 
Solid Waste, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Products Quality and other laws 
and regulations.   The Administration  totally has 4 Chapters with 27 Articles.  
 
 According to the provision of the Administration , the electronic information 
products sold in the market within the territo ry of China shall satisfy with the following 
requirements:  the environmental protection ma terials, technologies and processes shall be 
introduced according to the National Standard s or sectoral standards; the safe-use life, 
names and contents of toxic and harmful subs tances contained therein and recovery marks 
shall be clearly indicated on the products; non-toxic, harmless, readily degradable and 
recyclable materials shall be used as the pack aging materials, and the materials ingredientsG/TBT/N/CHN/140 
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 of the packaging shall be clearly marked.  Th e method of Catalogue shall be adopted for the 
restriction and prohibition of the use of toxic and harmful substances in electronic information products. From the date of enforcement of this document, the electronic information products listed in the Catalogue for Pollution  Control in  Key Electronic 
Information Products shall not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, 
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominate d diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and other toxic 
and harmful substances. For those products wh ich toxic and harmful substances cannot be 
completely replaced, the contents of such t oxic and harmful substances shall not exceed the 
limit provided by relevant national or sectoral  standards on electronic information products 
pollution control. This Catalogue will be adjusted annually according to the actual 
conditions and with the developm ent of science and technology. 
 
 The Ministry of Information Industry , the National Development and Reform 
Commission ，the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs ，the 
State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality 
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Environmental Protection Administration 
will work together in controlling the pollutio n caused by electronic information products 
within their respective competence, and est ablish a harmonized mechanism when necessary. 
According to the relevant laws, regulations and the Administration , the General 
Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the 
General Administration of Quality Supervis ion, Inspection and Quarantine and other 
administrative departments of the State Counc il shall penalize those producers, sellers and 
importers who would have violated the requirements of the Administration. 
  The Administration  will come into effect from 1 July 2006. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 For the protection of human safety and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promotion of Clean 
Production, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Products Quality  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 Proposed date of entry into force:   31 December 2005 
1 July 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: