CPCB Registration for Plastic Packaging for Clearance of Import Cargo
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Registration
of Importers of Plastic Raw Material on Centralized EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging
as per Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
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A person who imports for commercial
use, any plastic packaging or any commodity with plastic packaging or carry bags
or plastic sheets or like material, or plastic raw material including in the form
of resin or pellets, or intermediate material to be used for manufacturing plastic
packaging such as films or preforms” and all such importers are required to
be registered on the EPR Plastic Portal as per Section 6 of the EPR Guidelines.
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It
is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under
your jurisdiction for verification of proof of Registration on the 'Centralized
EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging' as importers of plastic raw material at the time
of clearing their consignments of Plastic raw material.
[CBIC
Instruction No. 21/2025-Customs dated 02.07.2025]
Sub:- Registration of Importers of
Plastic Raw Material on Centralized EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging as per Plastic
Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended).
Reference is invited to the CBIC Instruction
No. 14/2023- Customs dated 17.04.2023 and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
letter F. No. CP-20/10/2024-UPC-II-HO-CPCB-HO-Part(3) dated
13.06.2025 (copy enclosed), on the above subject.
2. As per the provisions of Plastic Waste
Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024 dated 14-03-2024, Importer means "a person who imports for commercial use, any
plastic packaging or any commodity with plastic packaging or carry bags or plastic
sheets or like material, or plastic raw material including in the form of resin
or pellets, or intermediate material to be used for manufacturing plastic packaging
such as films or preforms” and all such importers are required to be registered
on the EPR Plastic Portal as per Section 6 of the EPR Guidelines.
3. In view of the above, it is requested
that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction
for verification of proof of Registration on the 'Centralized EPR Portal for
Plastic Packaging' as importers of plastic raw material at the time of clearing
their consignments of Plastic raw material.
4. The difficulties, if any, may be
brought to the notice of the Board.
F. No.401/11/2022-Cus.Ill