Government restricted mercury-containing batteries in 2001

December 31, 1997, China Light Industry Association, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Internal Trade, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, State Environmental Protection Bureau, General Administration of Customs, State Bureau of Technical Supervision, the National Progressive export commodity inspection bureau, etc.
Nine ministries jointly issued a “restriction regarding mercury batteries Product NOTICE.” The circular requires that all products related to battery production, import, sale of units and individuals should strengthen the battery Product mercury pollution prevention and control work to protect and improve the living environment and ecological environment, and the implementation of the provisions with immediate effect.

The first inspiron 4000 battery products in order to strengthen the mercury pollution prevention and control work to protect and improve the ecological environment in our country, according to “People’s Republic of China Standardization Law,” “Environmental Protection Law of People’s Republic of China” and “People’s Republic of China Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law” made the final version provisions.

Article II of this provision applies to all inspiron 4100 battery production, import, sale of units and individuals.

Article III of the relevant departments in accordance with their respective terms of reference for battery production, import, sales and equipment to introduce the implementation of inspection and supervision and management.

1 Article IV, according to China’s latitude cpx  industry, the actual situation, restrictions on mercury content in batteries to be implemented step by step job, first of all realize low mercury, mercury-free eventually reached. The meaning of low-mercury batteries in the battery is less than the weight of mercury content of 0.025%; the meaning of mercury-free batteries in the mercury content of less than 0.0001% of battery weight.

2, limiting mercury content in batteries provided into the corresponding national standard latitude c600 .

Article V since January 1, 2001, the ban on domestic production of various kinds of mercury content in batteries is greater than 0.025% weight of the battery; from January 1, 2001 onwards, where to enter the domestic market and external battery Products (including with electric battery supporting apparatus), at monomer latitude c610  must be marked on the mercury content (such as: use of “low mercury” or “mercury-free” annotated), did not mark mercury batteries are not allowed to enter the market; since 2002 January 1, the prohibition of mercury distribution in the domestic market with more than 0.025 percent of the weight of the battery cell.

Article VI since January 1, 2005, the ban on domestic production of mercury latitude c640  is greater than 0.0001% weight of the alkaline zinc manganese dioxide battery; since January 1, 2006, the prohibition of domestic distribution at mercury content in batteries is greater than the weight of 0.0001 % of the alkaline manganese dioxide batteries.

Article VII for a new battery factory in China (including Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperation and wholly foreign-owned enterprises) and the newly introduced dell 1691p  production lines, according to the relevant provisions of the approval.

Article eight of imports battery involving health and safety, environmental protection, from January 1, 2001 onwards, by the commodity inspection department to implement mandatory inspection.

Article IX of the waste inspiron 700m battery  collection, processing, and relevant departments must work together to actively create conditions and adopt a variety of ways, such as waste classification, collection, sale of TM, at the same time to step up publicity efforts to improve universal environmental awareness. To encourage waste battery treatment processing unit, from the National policy, funding and support is tilted to give up, and enjoy preferential policies for comprehensive utilization of national resources.

Article X abandoned mercury inspiron 710m battery control the environmental pollution caused by the application of “Solid Waste Pollution Prevention Law” the relevant requirements.

Article XI of this provision by the department responsible for overseeing the implementation of functions.

The provisions of Article XII by the China Light Industry Association is responsible for the explanation.

Article XIII of this provision since come into force upon promulgation.

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