. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/140/Rev.1 
21 October 2010 
 
 (10-5467) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision  
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e -mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 
Department of Energy Conservation and Resources Utilization Post Code:  100804 
Tel.:  +(86) 10 6820 5359 
Fax:  +(86) 10 6820 5360 Website:  http://www.miit.gov.cn
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):   Electrical and electronic 
product (equipment and its supporting products with voltage rating not exceeding 1500 
volts for alternating current and 1000 volts for direct current). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  "Administration on 
the Control of Pollution Caused by Electrical and Electronic Products" (11 pages, in Chinese). 
6. Description of content:  After more than three years of implementing "the Administration 
on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology together with other relevant agencies of the State 
Council is jointly revising it so as to adapt to the development needs of new situations.  The 
revision will continue to set limitations on six categories of lead, mercury, cadmium, 
hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls  and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.  The 
important modifications are listed as follows: 
– The scope of this rule will be extended from "electronic information product" to 
"electrical and electronic product", thus the title of the rule will be revised as the "Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electrical and Electronic 
Products".  The definition of "electrical and electronic product" means the 
equipment and its supporting products w ith a voltage rating not exceeding 1500 
volts for alternating current and 1000 volts for direct current. G/TBT/N/CHN/140/Rev.1 
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  – In order to encourage producers to subs titute and reduce the use of toxic and 
hazardous substances, the title of "Key Ma nagement Catalogue for the Control of 
Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products" will be revised as "Management Catalogue of Standard-Reach ing for the Control of Pollution caused 
by Electrical and Electronic Products". 
– The former rule requires "the electronic information products listed in the Key 
Catalogue should be subject to compulso ry product certification", and it will be 
revised as "the electrical and electronic products listed in the Management Catalogue will be subject to certification according to the national certification system for the control of pollution caused by electrical and electronic product". 
– In respect of the joint ministerial cooperation mechanism, the Ministry of Finance 
and the Ministry of Science and Technol ogy will be added to the Coordination 
Working Group. 
The revised "Administration on the Contro l of Pollution Caused by Electrical and 
Electronic Products" has four chapters with twenty nine articles. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To achieve the clean production of electrical a nd electronic industry, improve the efficiency 
of utilizing resources, control and reduce th e environmental pollution caused by wasted 
electrical and electronic products, protect envi ronment and human health, and promote the 
sustainable development of electrical and electronic industry. 
8. Relevant documents: :  "Law of the People's Republic of China for the Promotion of Clean 
Production", "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes", "Law of the People's Republic of China on Product Quality", "Regulations on the Manage ment of the Recovery and Treatment of 
Wasted Electronic and Electrical Products"., 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   sometime in 2011 
sometime in 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry po int [X], or address, telephone or fax 
numbers, e -mail and website address, if available of the other body:  
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Ce nter of the People's Republic of China  
Tel.:  +86 10 84603768/84603882 Fax:  +86 10 84603811 E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn
 
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/CHN/10_3897_00_x.pdf