E Waste Management license or EPR Certificate, full form, Extended Producer Responsibility / EPR Authorisation certificate is a mandatory authorization for producers from electronic sectors. The term, Electronic Waste Management, means disposing electronic waste in a manner that doesn’t have any negative impact on the environment. For technological waste management license, the E wastes should be recycled which might include the following:

1. Personal computers
2. Laptops
3. battery
4. Chargers
5. Mini computer
6. mainframe
7. washing machine
8. other products that have electrical circuit in them.

You have to dispose the electronic wastes as per the guidelines set by the Central Pollution Control Board. And once you show that you can, you’re granted the E Waste Management or EPR License.

EPR Certificate means accepting the responsibility of dealing the electronic wastes. That’s why, just the electronic companies, but EPR certification is also suitable for E waste management companies; businesses that specifically deal with managing electronic wastes.

Other than the e waste management companies, EPR certificate for import in India – another rendition EPR certificate India is issued to those who import e waste from other countries. 

That said, to show that you can deal with the electronic dregs, you have to take on the legal procedure for seeking EPR Authorization. The EPR License process is jarring, and if not handled correctly, can take a long time.

But you don’t have to worry about taking on that challenge on your own. Registrationwala is a team of business registration experts who have helped many, get their EPR Licenses.

Following are the documents required to acquire the extended producer Responsibility certificate.

1. Address proof
2. Legal documents of Manufacturer/exporter
   1. Certificate of Incorporation
   2. IE Code
   3. Directorate of industries
   4. Certificate by Municipal corporations or local bodies if applicable
3. Contact details
4. Copy of PAN card
5. Details and documents of the authorized person signing the documents (Aadhar Card)
6. Details of the products including model numbers and import history
7. Copy of BIS License (if applicable)
8. Details of RoHS compliance (Reduction of Hazardous wastes)
9. Details of the recycler
10. Estimation of E-waste
11. The estimated budget on the Electronic Producer Responsibility
12. Details of the awareness programme to make folks aware of the waste management
13. EPR Plan
14. Copy of agreement with the collection centres, dealers, recyclers, storage and disposal.
15. Website content detailing the commitment towards E-waste management.

Note: Once you acquire the EPR certificate, you’d have to specially careful about plastic wastes. The extended producer responsibility plastic guidelines specifically define that plastic, unlike other resources, can’t be disposed of easily. For it, recycling is the only option.

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Timeline

• This duration can be reduced if all the required information and documents are submitted promptly by the applicant.

EPR Authorization is valid for 5 years and it can be renewed subsequently. Few documents and fees will be needed to get renewal.

The followings are the mandatory declarations required on a packet that have been imported and available for sale:

1. Name and Address of the Importer OR packer OR Manufacturer.
   ii. The common and generic names of the commodities.
   iii. Net quantity in terms of Standard Unit of weight or measure.
   iv. Month and Year of Packing/importing.
   v. Maximum Retail Price MRP Rs ..………. (Inclusive of All Taxes).
   vi. Contact no./ email of the manufacturer/packer/importer.
   vii. Declaration may be printed on a Label securely affixed to the package or on a package itself.
   viii. Declaration shall be printed in Hindi or in English.

Two categories of electrical and electronic equipment namely:

1. IT and Telecommunication Equipment and

2. Consumer Electricals and Electronics such as TVs, Washing Machines, Refrigerators Air Conditioners including fluorescent and other mercury containing lamps are covered under these Rules.

Central Pollution Control Board directs producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment to obtain EPR – Authorization

The Central Pollution Control Board (“CPCB”) has, in a recent notice, emphasized the requirement for all producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“EEE”), under the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016, to obtain Extended Producer Responsibility – Authorization (“EPR – Authorization”) from CPCB. The EPR – Authorization can be obtained by applying in Form-I.

The EPR – Authorization is needed to be obtained for ensuring that end – of – life EEE generated from the products of the producers are channelized to authorised dismantlers/ recyclers.

Failure to obtain EPR– Authorization will be considered a violation of the Rules and will be punishable under Section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 i.e., with imprisonment upto 5 years with fine upto Rs. 1 Lac, or with both.

EPR-Authorization Process: (FOR PRODUCERS)

• Step-1: In case you are a producer, check the electronic equipment list in schedule-I. If you are engaged in producing the electrical and electronic equipment mentioned in the list, proceed for the Extended Producer Responsibility authorization procedure.
• Step-2: The producer shall make an application in Form –I, for the grant of Extended Producer Responsibility authorization. The application must be made within a period of three months starting from the date of commencement of these rules to State Pollution Control Board when you are selling the product in one state and to the Central Pollution Control Board when you are selling the product in more than one state.
• Step-3: Once the receipt of the application by the respective board, it shall be scrutinized and if found complete in all respects shall be proceeded further or otherwise shall raise inquiry, thereafter on being satisfied that the producer has an effective system to manage Extended Producer Responsibility in the country, shall recommend granting Extended Producer Responsibility authorization by Central Pollution Control Board.
  The authorization is provided in Form-1(aa) within a period of one hundred and twenty days.
  The evaluating committee is basically constituted by the Central Pollution Control Board with the representative members of State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees. Such Committee is constituted after evaluating the State-specific EPR Plan.

EPR-Authorization Process: (FOR Manufacturer)

The process for the EPR-Authorization is same as that for the producer with minute changes as given below:

• The manufacturer shall make an application in Form 1(a) to the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee for grant of authorization
• Grant is provided within a period of ninety days an authorization in Form-1(bb) to the applicant to carry out safe operations in the authorized place only, which shall be valid for a period of five years;
• In Form 2 such persons involved are required to prepare and submit to the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee,
• An annual return in Form 3 containing the details specified shall be submitted on or before the 30th day of June in the following the financial year to which that return relates;

To get the EPR certificate, apply for it using the steps given below

1. Step 1: Understand the requirements of EPR pollution Certificate via reading the EPR certificate format.
2. Step 2: Prepare and gather the complete documentation
3. Step 3: Filing the EPR certificate online application along with the required documents, and submit that to CPCB office along with the EPR certificate cost. The online EPR registration form that you’re required to fill in this step would entail many nuanced details. Which is why, make sure that you have an  expert on the speed dial.
4. Step 4: Wait for the central board to assess EPR registration online application. And if any issues are raised, rectification of discrepancies will be done.
5. Step 5: Get the EPR certificate or the E Waste Management authorization letter. It only happens if you’ve filed the EPR pollution certificate correctly and have paid the required EPR registration fees.

Whether you’re a manufacturer, an E waste management or someone who is just seeking EPR registration for import, the process shall remain the same.

a. Batteries as covered under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
b. Radioactive wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and rules made thereunder.

1) Subject to the provisions of rule 6, every package kept, offered or exposed for sale or sold shall bear conspicuously on it, the name and complete address of the manufacturer, or where the manufacturer is not the packer, the name and address of the manufacturer and the packer and in case of imported packages, the name and address of the importer:
Provided that for packages of capacity 5 cubic cm or less, it shall be a sufficient compliance of this sub- rule, if a mark or inscription which would enable the consumer to identify the manufacturer or packer or the importer, as the case may be, is made on the package:
Provided further that where any commodity manufactured outside India is packed in India, the package shall also contain on the principal display panel the name and complete address of the packer or the importer in India.
Explanation – In this sub-rule, ‘complete address’ means, the postal address at which the factory is situated, and in any other case, the name of the street, number (if any) assigned to the premises of the manufacturer or packer and either the name of the city and State where the business is carried on by the manufacturer or packer or the Postal Index Number [PIN] Code so that a consumer can identify and locate the manufacturer or packer or importer, as the case may be.
(2) The name of the manufacturer or packer or importer shall be the actual corporate name, or if not incorporated, the name under which the business is conducted by such manufacturer or packer or importer in India.

Every wholesale package shall bear thereon a legible, definite, plain and conspicuous declaration as to —
(a) The name and address of the manufacturer or importer or where the manufacturer or importer is not the packer, of the packer;
(b) The identity of the commodity contained in the package; and
(c) The total number of retail package contained in such wholesale package or the net quantity in terms of standard units of weights, measures or number of the commodity contained in wholesale package;
Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply in relation to a wholesale package if a declaration similar to the declarations specified in this rule, is required to be made on such wholesale packages by or under any other law for the time being in force.

India is a rapidly growing market in the field of Electrical and electronic products such as computers, Mobile, Printers, Scanner, refrigerators, LEDs, TV, transformers, capacitors etc. Electrical and electrical equipment contain a plethora of toxic components including cadmium, lead, mercury it affects the nearly every system in the human body, Polybrominated flame retardants, barium and lithium even the plastic casing of electronic product contains polyvinyl chloride.
Manufacturers and brand owners (Producers) are compelled to follow rules of Extended Producers Responsibility(EPR) producers have the responsibility to manage electrical and electronic equipment after its “End of life” thus the producers are responsible for their products once the consumer discards them.
Producer may analyze their individual requirements and design a collection or product take-back system as they deem appropriate as long as it facilitates channelization of E-Waste for environmentally sound management.
Producers are responsible for collection center for the collection of electrical and electronic waste from individual and bulk consumers and channelize the waste to collection centers or recyclers/dismantlers.
Electronic Equipment contain a toxic component which is harmful to human body

For more details, click http://cpcb.nic.in/epr-authorization/