Decree No.4 of the President of the People's Republic of China

The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Circular Economy was adopted by the fourth meeting of the 11th NPC Standing Committee in People's Republic of China (PRC) on August 29th, 2008, and is hereby promulgated, and shall come into force as of June 65438+ 10/day, 2009.

Hu Jintao, President of People's Republic of China (PRC)

August 29(th), 2008

Circular Economy Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China

(Adopted at the Fourth Session of the 11th NPC Standing Committee on August 29th, 2008)

catalogue

Chapter I General Principles

Chapter II Basic Management System

Chapter III Reduction

Chapter IV Reuse and Resource Utilization

Chapter V Incentive Measures

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Principles

Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to promote the development of circular economy, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, protect and improve the environment and realize sustainable development.

Article 2 Circular economy as mentioned in this Law refers to the activities of reduction, reuse and recycling in the process of production, circulation and consumption.

The term "reduction" as mentioned in this Law refers to the reduction of resource consumption and waste generation in the process of production, circulation and consumption.

Reuse as mentioned in this Law refers to the direct use of waste as a product or its continued use as a product after repair, renovation and remanufacturing, or the use of all or part of waste as a component of other products.

The term "recycling" as mentioned in this Law refers to the direct use of wastes as raw materials or the recycling of wastes.

Article 3 The development of circular economy is an important strategy for national economic and social development, and it should follow the principles of overall planning, rational layout, local conditions, practical results, government promotion, market guidance, enterprise implementation and public participation.

Article 4 The development of circular economy shall be carried out on the premise that the technology is feasible, the economy is reasonable, and it is conducive to saving resources and protecting the environment, in accordance with the principle of giving priority to reduction.

In the process of waste reuse and recovery, production safety should be ensured, and product quality should meet the standards set by the state to prevent re-pollution.

Article 5 The comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council is responsible for organizing, coordinating, supervising and managing the development of circular economy throughout the country. The State Council environmental protection and other relevant competent departments shall be responsible for the supervision and management of circular economy according to their respective responsibilities.

The comprehensive management department of circular economy development of local people's governments at or above the county level is responsible for organizing, coordinating, supervising and managing the development of circular economy within their respective administrative areas; Relevant competent departments of environmental protection of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of circular economy according to their respective duties.

Article 6 The industrial policies formulated by the state shall meet the requirements of developing circular economy.

People's governments at or above the county level shall formulate plans for national economic and social development and annual plans, and relevant departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall formulate plans for environmental protection, science and technology, etc. , which should include the development of circular economy.

Article 7 The State encourages and supports the research, development and popularization of circular economy science and technology, and encourages the publicity, education, popularization of scientific knowledge and international cooperation of circular economy.

Article 8 People's governments at or above the county level shall establish a target responsibility system for developing circular economy and take measures such as planning, finance, investment and government procurement to promote the development of circular economy.

Article 9 Enterprises and institutions shall establish and improve management systems, take measures to reduce resource consumption, reduce waste production and emissions, and improve the level of waste reuse and resource utilization.

Article 10 Citizens should enhance their awareness of saving resources and protecting the environment, and rationally consume and save resources.

The state encourages and guides citizens to use products that are energy-saving, water-saving and material-saving, and are conducive to environmental protection and recycled products, so as to reduce the amount and discharge of waste.

Citizens have the right to report acts of wasting resources and destroying the environment, and have the right to know the information of the government's development of circular economy and put forward opinions and suggestions.

Article 11 The State encourages and supports trade associations to play the role of technical guidance and service in developing circular economy. People's governments at or above the county level may entrust qualified trade associations and other social organizations to carry out public services to promote the development of circular economy.

The state encourages and supports intermediary institutions, societies and other social organizations to carry out circular economy propaganda, technology popularization and consulting services to promote the development of circular economy.

Chapter II Basic Management System

Article 12 The comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council shall work out the national circular economy development plan jointly with the relevant competent departments of environmental protection in the State Council, and report it to the State Council for approval before promulgation and implementation. The comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the local people's government at or above the municipal level with districts shall, jointly with the relevant competent departments of environmental protection of the people's government at the corresponding level, prepare the circular economy development plan of the administrative region, and report it to the people's government at the corresponding level for approval before promulgation and implementation.

Circular economy development planning should include planning objectives, scope of application, main contents, key tasks and safeguard measures. , and set the resource output rate, waste reuse, resource utilization rate and other indicators.

Article 13 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall plan and adjust the industrial structure of their respective administrative regions according to the indicators for controlling the discharge of major pollutants, construction land and total water consumption issued by the people's governments at higher levels, so as to promote the development of circular economy.

New construction, renovation and expansion projects must meet the requirements of the main pollutant discharge, construction land and total water consumption control indicators in this administrative region.

Article 14 The comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council shall establish and improve the evaluation index system of circular economy jointly with the relevant departments of statistics and environmental protection in the State Council.

The people's government at a higher level shall regularly assess the development of circular economy of the people's government at a lower level according to the main evaluation indicators specified in the preceding paragraph, and take the completion of the main evaluation indicators as the content of the assessment and evaluation of the local people's government and its responsible persons.

Fifteenth enterprises that produce products or packages listed in the compulsory recycling list must be responsible for recycling abandoned products or packages; What can be used is used by all production enterprises; For those that do not have technical and economic conditions and should not be used, the production enterprises shall be responsible for the harmless disposal.

Where a producer entrusts a seller or other organization to recycle the waste products or packages specified in the preceding paragraph, or entrusts a waste utilization and disposal enterprise to utilize and dispose of them, the trustee shall be responsible for recycling or utilizing and disposing of them in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations and the contract.

For the products and packages listed in the compulsory recycling list, consumers shall hand over the abandoned products or packages to producers, sellers or other organizations entrusted by them for recycling.

The catalogue and management measures for products and packages that are subject to compulsory recycling shall be formulated by the comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council.

Article 16 The state shall implement a key supervision and management system for energy consumption and water consumption of key enterprises whose annual comprehensive energy consumption and water consumption exceed the total amount stipulated by the state, such as steel, nonferrous metals, coal, electric power, petroleum processing, chemical industry, building materials, construction, paper making, printing and dyeing.

Energy conservation supervision and management of key energy-using units shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Energy Conservation Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Measures for the supervision and management of key water users shall be formulated by the comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council in conjunction with relevant departments in the State Council.

Article 17 The state establishes and improves the statistical system of circular economy, strengthens the statistical management of resource consumption, comprehensive utilization and waste generation, and regularly announces the main statistical indicators to the society.

The competent department of standardization in the State Council shall, jointly with relevant departments such as the development of circular economy and comprehensive management of environmental protection in the State Council, establish and improve the standard system of circular economy, and formulate and improve the standards for energy saving, water saving, material saving, waste reuse and resource utilization.

The state establishes and improves the resource consumption labeling system for products such as energy efficiency labeling.

Chapter III Reduction

Article 18 The comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council shall, jointly with the relevant competent departments of environmental protection in the State Council, regularly publish the catalogue of technologies, processes, equipment, materials and products that are encouraged, restricted and eliminated.

It is forbidden to produce, import and sell equipment, materials and products listed in the elimination list, and it is forbidden to use technologies, processes, equipment and materials listed in the elimination list.

Article 19 When designing processes, equipment, products and packaging, materials and design schemes that are easy to be recycled, decomposed and degraded, non-toxic and harmless or with low toxicity and low harm shall be given priority in accordance with the requirements of reducing resource consumption and waste generation, and shall meet the mandatory requirements of relevant national standards.

For electrical and electronic products that may cause environmental pollution in the process of dismantling, toxic and harmful substances prohibited by the state shall not be designed and used. The list of toxic and harmful substances prohibited from being used in electrical and electronic products shall be formulated by the comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council in conjunction with the relevant competent departments of environmental protection in the State Council.

When designing product packaging, product packaging standards should be implemented to prevent waste of resources and environmental pollution caused by excessive packaging.

Twentieth industrial enterprises should adopt advanced or applicable water-saving technologies, processes and equipment, formulate and implement water-saving plans, strengthen water-saving management, and control the whole process of production water.

Industrial enterprises should strengthen the management of water metering, equip and use qualified water metering instruments, and establish a system of water statistics and water analysis.

New construction, renovation and expansion projects shall be equipped with water-saving facilities. Water-saving facilities shall be designed, constructed and put into use simultaneously with the main project.

The state encourages and supports the desalination and direct utilization of seawater in coastal areas to save fresh water resources.

Article 21 The State encourages and supports enterprises to use energy-efficient products.

Enterprises in electric power, petroleum processing, chemical industry, steel, nonferrous metals and building materials must replace fuel oil with clean energy such as clean coal, petroleum coke and natural gas within the scope and time limit prescribed by the state, and stop using oil-fired generator sets and oil-fired boilers that do not meet the requirements of the state.

Enterprises producing internal combustion engines and motor vehicles shall, in accordance with the national fuel economy standards for internal combustion engines and motor vehicles, adopt fuel-saving technologies to reduce the consumption of petroleum products.

Article 22 The exploitation of mineral resources shall be planned as a whole, a reasonable development and utilization scheme shall be formulated, and a reasonable mining sequence, mining method and mineral processing technology shall be adopted. The mining license issuing organ shall examine the mining recovery rate, mining dilution rate, mineral processing recovery rate, mine water reuse rate and land reclamation rate in the development and utilization plan submitted by the applicant according to law; If the examination fails, no mining license shall be issued. The mining license issuing organ shall strengthen the supervision and management of mining mineral resources according to law.

While mining major minerals, mining enterprises should comprehensively mine and rationally utilize primary and associated minerals with industrial value; For minerals that must be mined at the same time and cannot be used temporarily and tailings containing useful components, protective measures should be taken to prevent resource loss and ecological damage.

Twenty-third building design, construction, construction and other units shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions and standards of the state, adopt energy-saving, water-saving, land-saving and material-saving technologies and small, light and recycled products for the buildings and structures they design, build and construct. Conditional areas should make full use of renewable energy such as solar energy, geothermal energy and wind energy.

The state encourages the use of non-toxic and harmless solid waste to produce building materials, encourages the use of bulk cement, and promotes the use of ready-mixed concrete and ready-mixed mortar.

It is forbidden to destroy cultivated land and burn bricks. The production, sale and use of clay bricks are prohibited within the time limit and area stipulated by the State Council or the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Article 24 People's governments at or above the county level and their competent agricultural departments shall promote the intensive use of land, encourage and support agricultural producers to adopt advanced planting, breeding and irrigation technologies that save water, fertilizer and medicine, promote the energy-saving of agricultural machinery, and give priority to the development of ecological agriculture.

In water-deficient areas, it is necessary to adjust planting structure, give priority to developing water-saving agriculture, promote rainwater collection and utilization, build and manage water-saving irrigation facilities, improve water use efficiency, and reduce water evaporation and leakage.

Article 25 State organs and other organizations that use fiscal funds shall practise economy, put an end to waste, take the lead in using products, equipment and facilities that are energy-saving, water-saving, land-saving, material-saving and conducive to environmental protection, and save office supplies. The State Council and the local people's governments at or above the county level shall, jointly with the relevant departments of the people's governments at the corresponding levels, formulate quota targets for energy and water consumption of state organs and other institutions at the corresponding levels, and the financial departments shall formulate expenditure standards according to the quota targets.

The people's governments of cities and the owners or users of buildings shall take measures to strengthen the maintenance and management of buildings and extend their service life. The people's government of a city shall not decide to demolish buildings that meet the standards of urban planning and engineering construction and are within a reasonable service life, except those required by public interests.

Twenty-sixth catering, entertainment, hotels and other service enterprises should use energy-saving, water-saving, material-saving and environmentally friendly products, reduce the use or not use products that waste resources and pollute the environment.

Newly-built service enterprises such as restaurants, entertainment and hotels after the implementation of this Law shall adopt technologies, equipment and facilities that are energy-saving, water-saving and material-saving, and are conducive to environmental protection.

Article 27 The State encourages and supports the use of reclaimed water. In areas with reclaimed water, the use of tap water as urban road cleaning, urban greening and landscape water is restricted or prohibited.

Article 28 The state restricts the production and sale of disposable consumer goods on the premise of ensuring product safety and hygiene. The specific list shall be formulated by the comprehensive management department of circular economy development in the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments in charge of finance and environmental protection in the State Council.

For the production and sale of disposable consumer goods listed in the catalogue specified in the preceding paragraph, the competent departments of finance, taxation and foreign trade of the State Council shall formulate restrictive tax and export measures.

Chapter IV Reuse and Resource Utilization

Twenty-ninth people's governments at or above the county level shall make overall plans for the regional economic layout, rationally adjust the industrial structure, promote the cooperation of enterprises in the field of comprehensive utilization of resources, and realize the efficient utilization and recycling of resources.

All kinds of industrial parks should organize enterprises in the area to comprehensively utilize resources and promote the development of circular economy.

The state encourages enterprises in various industrial parks to carry out waste exchange and utilization, cascade utilization of energy, intensive utilization of land, classified utilization of water and recycling, and jointly use infrastructure and other related facilities.

The construction and transformation of various industrial parks shall be subject to environmental impact assessment according to law, and ecological protection and pollution control measures shall be taken to ensure that the regional environmental quality meets the prescribed standards.

Article 30 An enterprise shall, in accordance with state regulations, make comprehensive use of industrial wastes such as fly ash, coal gangue, tailings, waste rocks, waste materials and waste gas produced in the production process.

Thirty-first enterprises should develop series water system and circulating water system to improve the reuse rate of water.

Enterprises should adopt advanced technologies, processes and equipment to recycle the wastewater generated in the production process.

Article 32 An enterprise shall adopt advanced or applicable recovery technologies, processes and equipment to comprehensively utilize the residual heat and pressure generated in the production process.

The construction of grid-connected power generation projects using low calorific value fuels such as waste heat, residual pressure, coalbed methane, coal gangue, coal slime and garbage shall be subject to administrative licensing or filing in accordance with the laws and the provisions of the State Council. Power grid enterprises shall, in accordance with the provisions of the state, sign a grid-connected agreement with enterprises that comprehensively utilize resources to generate electricity, provide internet services, and purchase the full amount of grid-connected power generation projects.

Thirty-third construction units should make comprehensive use of construction waste generated in engineering construction; If the conditions for comprehensive utilization are not met, qualified producers and operators shall be entrusted for comprehensive utilization or harmless disposal.

Article 34 The State encourages and supports agricultural producers and related enterprises to adopt advanced or applicable technologies, comprehensively utilize crop straws, livestock manure, by-products of agricultural product processing industry, and waste agricultural films, and develop and utilize biomass energy such as biogas.

Article 35 People's governments at or above the county level and their competent forestry departments shall actively develop ecological forestry, encourage and support forestry producers and related enterprises to adopt wood saving and alternative technologies, carry out comprehensive utilization of forestry wastes, secondary fuelwood and desert shrubs, and improve the comprehensive utilization rate of wood.

Article 36 The State supports producers and operators to establish an industrial waste exchange information system and promotes enterprises to exchange industrial waste information.

If an enterprise does not have the conditions for comprehensive utilization of the wastes generated in the production process, it shall provide them to qualified producers and operators for comprehensive utilization.

Article 37 The State encourages and promotes the construction of a waste recovery system.

Local people's governments shall, according to urban and rural planning, rationally arrange waste recycling outlets and trading markets, and support waste recycling enterprises and other organizations to carry out waste collection, storage, transportation and information exchange.

The waste recycling market shall comply with the relevant state regulations on environmental protection, safety and fire control.

Article 38 The dismantling or reuse of discarded electrical and electronic products, discarded motor vehicles and boats, discarded tires, discarded lead-acid batteries and other specific products shall comply with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations.

Thirty-ninth recovered electrical and electronic products sold after repair must meet the standards of recycled products and be marked as recycled products in a prominent position.

Electrical and electronic products that need to be dismantled and recycled shall be sold to qualified dismantling enterprises.

Article 40 The state supports enterprises to carry out remanufacturing and tire retreading of motor vehicle parts, construction machinery, machine tools and other products.

The quality of remanufactured products and refurbished products sold must meet the standards stipulated by the state, and be marked as remanufactured products or refurbished products in a prominent position.

Article 41 People's governments at or above the county level shall make overall planning and construction of facilities for classified collection and resource utilization of urban and rural domestic waste, establish and improve the system of classified collection and resource utilization, and improve the resource utilization rate of domestic waste.

People's governments at or above the county level shall support enterprises to build facilities for sludge resource utilization and disposal, improve the comprehensive utilization level of sludge, and prevent secondary pollution.

Chapter V Incentive Measures

Article 42 the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall set up special funds for the development of circular economy to support the research and development of circular economy science and technology, the demonstration and popularization of circular economy technology and products, the implementation of major circular economy projects and the development of circular economy information services. The specific measures shall be formulated by the finance department of the State Council in conjunction with the comprehensive management of circular economy development in the State Council and other relevant competent departments.

Article 43 The people's governments of the State Council and provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and their relevant departments shall incorporate the independent innovation research, application demonstration and industrialization development of major scientific and technological key projects of circular economy into the national or provincial scientific and technological development plan and high-tech industry development plan, and arrange financial funds to support them.

If financial funds are used to introduce major technologies and equipment for circular economy, an innovative scheme for digestion and absorption shall be formulated, submitted to the relevant competent department for examination and approval, and implemented under supervision; The relevant competent departments shall, according to the actual needs, establish a coordination mechanism to coordinate the introduction, digestion, absorption and innovation of major technical equipment, and give financial support.

Article 44 The state gives tax incentives to industrial activities that promote the development of circular economy, encourages the import of advanced technologies, equipment and products such as energy-saving, water-saving and material-saving, and restricts the export of products with high energy consumption and heavy pollution in the production process. The specific measures shall be formulated by the competent departments of finance and taxation of the State Council.

Enterprises that adopt or produce technologies, processes, equipment or products listed in the List of Cleaner Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Resources Encouraged by the State shall enjoy preferential tax treatment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 45 The comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the people's government at or above the county level shall list energy saving, water saving, land saving, material saving and comprehensive utilization of resources as key investment areas when formulating and implementing investment plans.

Financial institutions should give priority loans and other credit support to projects that conform to national industrial policies, such as energy saving, water saving, land saving, material saving and comprehensive utilization of resources, and actively provide supporting financial services.

Financial institutions shall not provide any form of credit support to enterprises that produce, import, sell or use technologies, processes, equipment, materials or products listed in the elimination catalogue.

Article 46 The state implements a price policy that is conducive to resource conservation and rational utilization, and guides units and individuals to conserve and rationally use resource products such as water, electricity and gas.

The competent price departments of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with the national industrial policies, implement restrictive price policies for restricted projects in industries with high resource consumption.

For grid-connected power generation projects using low calorific value fuels such as waste heat, residual pressure, coalbed methane, coal gangue, coal slime and garbage, the competent pricing department shall determine its on-grid electricity price according to the principle of comprehensive utilization of resources.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the economic and social development of their respective administrative regions, implement a garbage discharge charging system. The fees collected shall be used exclusively for garbage sorting, collection, transportation, storage, utilization and disposal, and shall not be used for other purposes.

The state encourages the recycling of waste through trade-in and deposit.

Article 47 The state implements a government procurement policy that is conducive to the development of circular economy. Where financial funds are used for procurement, priority should be given to the procurement of energy-saving, water-saving and material-saving products and recycled products that are conducive to environmental protection.

Forty-eighth people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall commend and reward units and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in circular economy management, scientific and technological research, product development, demonstration and promotion.

Enterprises and institutions shall commend and reward the collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of circular economy.

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Article 49 If the comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the people's government at or above the county level or other relevant competent departments find violations of this law or refuse to investigate and deal with them after receiving reports of illegal acts, or have other behaviors that fail to perform supervision and management duties according to law, the people's government at the same level or the relevant competent departments of the people's government at the next higher level shall order them to make corrections, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law.

Fiftieth production and sale of products and equipment included in the elimination list shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Product Quality Law.

Where technologies, processes, equipment and materials listed in the elimination list are used, the comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order them to stop using them, confiscate the illegally used equipment and materials, and impose a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the people's government at or above the county level shall put forward opinions and report to the people's government at the same level for ordering to suspend business or close down according to the authority prescribed by the State Council.

Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this law, imports equipment, materials or products listed in the elimination list shall be ordered by the customs to return the goods and may be fined not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan. If the importer is unknown, the carrier shall bear the responsibility for returning the goods or bear the relevant disposal expenses.

Article 51 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, designs and uses toxic and harmful substances that may pollute the environment and are listed in the list of electrical and electronic products prohibited by the state during dismantling or disposal shall be ordered by the product quality supervision department of the local people's government at or above the county level to make corrections within a time limit; If no correction is made within the time limit, a fine of 20 thousand yuan or more and 200 thousand yuan or less shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the product quality supervision department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall inform the administrative department for industry and commerce at the corresponding level, and the administrative department for industry and commerce shall revoke its business license according to law.

Article 52 In violation of the provisions of this Law, enterprises such as electric power, petroleum processing, chemical industry, steel, nonferrous metals and building materials fail to stop using oil-fired generator sets or oil-fired boilers that do not meet the national requirements within the prescribed scope or time limit, and the comprehensive management department of circular economy development of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order them to make corrections within a time limit; If it fails to make corrections within the time limit, it shall be ordered to dismantle the oil-fired generator set or oil-fired boiler, and a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.

Article 53 If, in violation of the provisions of this Law, a mining enterprise fails to reach the legally determined indexes such as mining recovery rate, mining dilution rate, mineral processing recovery rate, mine water circulation rate and land reclamation rate, the competent department of Geology and Mineral Resources of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit and impose a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; If no correction is made within the time limit, the mining license shall be revoked by the mining license issuing organ according to law.

Article 54 Where, in violation of the provisions of this Law, the production, sale and use of clay bricks are prohibited in the State Council or the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, or within the region, the departments designated by the local people's governments at or above the county level shall order them to make corrections within a time limit; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If production and sales continue beyond the time limit, the business license shall be revoked by the administrative department for industry and commerce of the local people's government according to law.

Article 55 If, in violation of the provisions of this Law, a power grid enterprise refuses to purchase the electricity produced by the enterprise using low calorific value fuels such as waste heat, residual pressure, coalbed methane, coal gangue, coal slime and garbage, the state electricity regulatory agency shall order it to make corrections within a time limit; If losses are caused to the enterprise, it shall be liable for compensation according to law.

Article 56 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, commits any of the following acts shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce of the local people's government to make corrections within a time limit and may be fined between 5,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan; If no correction is made within the time limit, the business license shall be revoked according to law; If losses are caused, it shall be liable for compensation according to law:

(1) Selling recycled electrical and electronic products without the logo of recycled products;

(two) sales of remanufactured and refurbished products without the logo of remanufactured and refurbished products.

Article 57 Whoever violates the provisions of this Law and constitutes a crime shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Article 58 This Law shall come into force as of June 5, 2009.