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Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Fee Annotations

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Sale of Covered Electronic Devices (CEDs) to Foreign Diplomats, Foreign Consulates, Embassies, and Missions.

Personal Tax Exemption Cards issued by the United States Department of State, Office of Foreign Missions to duly accredited consulate, embassy, or eligible international organization employees do not provide a basis for exemption from the covered electronic waste recycling (eWaste) fee. Accordingly, the bearer of a Personal Tax Exemption Card is required to pay the eWaste fee when purchasing a CED from a retailer in California. However, a "foreign mission," "foreign consulate," "foreign embassy," "international organization," or any similarly-described entity is not included in the definition of "person" under the eWaste Act and is, therefore, not a "consumer" who is required to pay the eWaste fee. Accordingly, the eWaste fee does not apply to purchases of CEDs made by foreign consulates, embassies, international organizations, or similarly-described entities in California. Thus, for example, when an embassy employee can establish that he or she is purchasing a CED for embassy use, and not for the personal use of the employee, the fee is not due on the purchase. 4/20/09.