(Utkast) Delegert kommisjonsforordning (EU) .../… av 17. desember 2025 om endring av europaparlaments- og rådsforordning (EU) 2017/852 med hensyn til kvikksølvtilsatte produkter som er underlagt produksjons-, import- og eksportforbud
Kvikksølvforordningen 2017: endringsbestemmelser om produkter som er underlagt forbud
(Draft) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) .../… of 17 December 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export prohibitions
Utkast til delegert kommisjonsforordning sendt til Europaparlamentet og Rådet for klarering 17.12.2025
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(1) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2017/852, the export, import and manufacturing in the Union of the mercury-added products set out in Annex II to that Regulation is prohibited as from the dates set out in that Annex. The prohibition does not apply to products that are essential for civil protection and military uses and products for research, calibration of instrumentation, or for use as a reference standard.
(2) The Minamata Convention on Mercury (‘the Convention’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2017/939 and entered into force on 16 August 2017. Article 4(1) of the Convention prohibits the export, import and manufacturing of mercury-added products listed in Part I of Annex A to that Convention after the phaseout date specified for those products. Article 4(8) of the Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (‘COP’) to review Annex A to the Convention no later than five years after the date of its entry into force.
(3) The COP, at its fifth meeting, held from 30 October to 3 November 2023, adopted Decision MC-5/4 amending Part I of Annex A to the Convention by including five mercury-containing lamp categories as well as batteries, very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge switch or relay, except those used for research and development purposes, and cosmetics to that Annex, and specifying applicable phaseout dates. That Decision was supported by the Union by means of Council Decisions (EU) 2022/549 and (EU) 2023/2417.
(4) In order to align Regulation (EU) 2017/852 with Decision MC-5/4, it is necessary to include the following mercury-added products in Part A of Annex II to that Regulation: very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay, except those used for research and development purposes.
(5) Regulation (EU) 2017/852 should therefore be amended accordingly.