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Common Position on a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronics equipment (ROHS) submitted to the European Parliament on 13 December 2001.

Common Position on a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment submitted by the European Commission to the european Parliament on 13 December 2001. This updates the DTI's Explanatory Memorandum 10802/00 (Part 1) of 2 October 2000 and DTI's Explanatory Memorandum submitted as OTNYR of 7 December 2000.

Article 1 - In order to prevent, control and reduce pollution and other public hazards to the environment in the process of using and discarding electronic information products, to realize clean production of products, to raise efficiency of resource utilization, to safeguard human life, health and property, and to promote the sustainable development of the [electronic] industry,

Article 1
Pursuant to relevant regulations promulgated in the Law of P.R.C on Environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as Law of Environmental Protection) and the Law of P.R.C. on Promotion of Cleaner Production (hereinafter referred to as Law of Promotion of Cleaner Production Promotion), in order to strengthen the prevention and control of pollution from production of electronic information products from the source, minimize the environmental pollution and public hazard from the disposal of the these products, realize cleaner production and sustainable development in the industry, safeguard human health, and improve the resources utilization efficiency, this regulation is drafted.