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India Adds Solar Panels and Medical Devices to E-Waste Schedule II
India E-Waste Management RulesMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)India
Announced
Jan 30, 2023
Implementation
Apr 1, 2023
Description
The E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 2023 (G.S.R. 61(E)) add two new items to Schedule II of the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. Item 36 covers cadmium and lead in solar panels, cells, and photovoltaic modules. Item 37 covers lead in medical devices, excluding implanted and infected products. The amendment also modifies Rule 16(5), replacing the requirement for information in product user documentation with submission 'as and when required by the Central Pollution Control Board.' Producers, manufacturers, and importers of solar equipment and medical devices must now comply with EPR obligations for these product categories. Effective April 1, 2023.
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India Adds Solar Panels and Medical Devices to E-Waste Schedule II
No. 56] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2023/MAGHA 10, 1944 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-30012023-243285 CG-DL-E-30012023-243285 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] रटप् पण : मूल जनर्म भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उपखंड (i), में संख र्ांक सा.का.जन. 801(अ), तारीख 2 नवम्बर, 2022 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थे । MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th January,