In export-import trade, permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forest is required if such export or import goods contain hazardous wastes. In India, the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forest) is the licensing authority to issue such import export license for hazardous waste. The exporter or importer has to apply for MOEF Approval with the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in the specified format for importing/exporting hazardous/recyclable wastes to use as raw materials. The material permitted shall be fully insured for transit as well as for any accidental occurrence and its cleanup operation, the adequate facility to handle imported hazardous waste in the form of raw material with details.
Importers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Spare Parts, Instruments etc. have to get a NOC from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) to confirm their End Use and identification as E-Waste or not prior to Customs Clearance. One has to prepare a report to declare the Nature & Type of goods, Residual Life of the Equipment under Import w.r.t the guidelines of customs circular on Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary) Rules, 2008. After the satisfactory submission of the Report to MOEF, the import then receives the NOC from MOEF on the basis of this Permission of MoEF in Import Export, the clearance is initiated with customs authority.
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