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(1) Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 requires Member States to provide to the Commission and make publicly available on the internet, by 1 January 2020 and at appropriate intervals thereafter, a report with information concerning the implementation of that Regulation, as well as certain other types of information referred to in that provision. The questionnaires to be used for that report, and the format and frequency of the reporting, are laid down in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752. 

(2) In order to take into account the Commissions’ simplification objectives, it is necessary to remove obsolete reporting items and streamline the reporting dates. 

(3) It is also necessary to introduce additional reporting items in view of the changes introduced in the context of the recent review of Regulation (EU) 2017/852, in particular the requirement for Member States to provide the Commission with a summary of the information on the amounts of mercury used for dental amalgam for specific medical needs and of the measures implemented on the basis of the Commission guidance on abatement technologies for emissions of mercury from crematoria. 

(4) To ensure clarity and legal certainty, Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752 should be repealed. 

(5) Even though reporting questionnaires under Regulation (EU) 2017/852 must, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 18(2) of that Regulation, not duplicate reporting obligations of the Parties to the Convention as laid down in Decision MC-1/8 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first meeting, it is appropriate that they address certain reporting items covered by Decision MC-1/8 in order to specify in more detail the information required so as to enable an effective assessment of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/852. 

(6) The questionnaires should be used by the Member States for reporting in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 and drawn up in a way that helps the Commission report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation and review of that Regulation, whilst ensuring consistency and harmonisation with regard to uniform conditions for its implementation. They should also allow the Union to fulfil its reporting obligation under Article 21 of the Minamata Convention on mercury adopted in Kumamoto, Japan, on 10 October 2013 (‘the Convention’), without duplicating the reporting obligations of the Parties to the Convention. 

(7) The questionnaire should address key provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/852, including on the phasing-out of manufacturing processes involving the use of mercury or mercury compound and dental amalgam and should also require the provisions of information on key performance indicators, including data on trade of mercury and on amounts of mercury stored or disposed. 

(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 22(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852,