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Jointly promulgated by Ministry of Information Industry, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, General Administration of Industry and Commerce, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and State Environmental Protection Administration on February 28, 2006, and effective on March 1, 2007
Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1
These Methods are hereby developed to control and reduce pollution to the environment caused after disposal of electronic information products, promote production and sale of low-pollution electronic information products, and safeguard the environment and human health, according to the “Law of the People’s Republic of China for the Promotion of Clean Production”, the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes,” and other statutes and administrative regulations.

Article 2
These Methods shall apply control and reduction of pollution and other public hazards to the environment caused during the production, sale, and import of electronic information products in the People’s Republic of China. However, these Methods shall not apply to the production of products destined for export.

Article 3
As used herein, these terms have the following meanings:
(1) Electronic information products refers to products such as electronic radar products, electronic communications products, radio and television products, computer products, home electronic products, electronic instrument measuring products, specialized electronic products, electronic components and parts, electronic applications, electronic materials, and accessories.
(2) Pollution by electronic information products refers to the destruction, damage, waste,
or other negative effects caused by electronic products to the environment, resources, human bodies, life and health, and the safety of properties as the result of toxic and hazardous substances or elements contained in electronic information products or due to the fact that toxic and hazardous substances or elements contained in electronic information products exceed State standards or industry standards.
(3) The control of pollution by electronic information products shall mean the following measures undertaken to reduce or eliminate toxic and hazardous substances or elements contained in electronic information products:
1 During the design and production processes, technical measures, such as changing research and design proposals, adjusting the technological processes, replacing the materials used, and using innovative manufacturing methods, etc.;
1 During the design, production, importation, and sales processes, measures such as identifying the names of toxic and hazardous substances and elements and their content levels, and the terms for environmental use of electronic information products, etc.;1
1 During the sales processes, the strict control of purchase channels, restraint from selling electronic information products that contain toxic and hazardous substances and elements or electronic information products whose toxic and hazardous substances and elements fail to meet State standards or industry standards for the control of pollution by electronic information products, etc.;
1 To ban the importation of electronic information products that fail to meet State standards or industry standards for the control of toxic and hazardous substances or elements in electronic information products; and
1 Other pollution control measures specified by these Methods.
(4) Toxic and hazardous substances or elements shall refer to the following substances or elements contained in electronic information products:
1 Lead;
1 Mercury;
1 Cadmium;
1 Hexavalent chromium;
1 Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB);
1 Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE); and
1 Other toxic and hazardous substances or elements as specified by the State.
(5) The term for the environmental use of electronic information products shall refer to
1 This reflects the replacement of the "Safe" use term with "environmental" use. As discussed, significant
China RoHS Committee advocacy will need to be focused on this over the near term while implementing
measures are being developed.

the term during which toxic and hazardous substances or elements contained in
electronic information products will not leak out or mutate,2 thus eliminating the
possibility of serious environmental pollution resulting from the use by users of
electronic information products or serious harm to their persons and properties
resulting from such use.