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Tse Chin-wan: All Cross-border E-commerce Supplying Home Electrical Appliances in HK Must Comply with Local Electrical Safety Requirements
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan today (10th) issued a written reply to a lawmaker’s question, stating that at present, if anyone purchases household electr...
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Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan today (10th) issued a written reply to a lawmaker’s question, stating that at present, if anyone purchases household electrical products through a cross-boundary e-commerce platform, or imports them in person for personal use, these conducts are not regarded as a supply in Hong Kong.

If a cross-boundary e-commerce platform only provides product price comparison or buyer-seller matching services, and the transportation is handled by a third-party logistics provider, the platform and logistics company is also not considered as a supplier or seller. Therefore, the aforementioned products do not fall within the regulatory scope of the relevant legislations, viz. the Electrical Products (Safety) Regulation, the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance, and the Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance.

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In the first four months of 2026 a total of 22 incidents involving household electrical products were recorded after preliminary investigation. None of them was found to involve household electrical products supplied via cross-boundary e-commerce platforms.

The EMSD has proactively established regular communication mechanism with Chinese Mainland e-commerce platforms and reminded them that household electrical products supplied in Hong Kong must comply with local legislative requirements regarding electrical safety standards, and affix energy efficiency labelling.

The EPD has already contacted relevant cross-boundary e-commerce platforms, if their business models involve the distribution or sale of REE in Hong Kong, they are required to register with the EPD as registered suppliers and/or sellers, submit quarterly returns to the EPD for the assessment and payment of recycling levies in accordance with the law.

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As for cross-boundary e-commerce platforms that provide matching services for merchants and buyers only and without engaging in the distribution or sale of REE, the EPD has urged them to avoid unregistered merchants to distribute REE in Hong Kong through their platforms. The EPD will continue to monitor the modus operandi of cross-boundary e-commerce platforms in Hong Kong, to ensure that their business activities in Hong Kong comply with the relevant legislative requirements.

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