Revision of the Mercury legislation - Related links

European Commission

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions, COM(2023) 395 final
• Annex - Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions, COM(2023) 395 final
• Press release - ZERO POLLUTION: Commission proposes to ban all remaining intentional uses of mercury in the EU, 14 July 2023
• Executive Summary of the Impact Assessment Report - Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions, SWD(2023) 395
• Commission Staff Working Document Impact, Assessment Report, Impact Assessment - Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions, SWD(2023) 396 final
• Commission Staff Working - Subsidiarity Grid Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions, SWD/2023/397 final, 14 July 2023
• Have your say, Mercury revision of EU law
• Press release: Commission publishes delegated acts ending the use of mercury in lamps, 24 February 2022
• Delegated Directive, Electrical equipment – Revoking exemptions for mercury in single capped (compact) fluorescent lamps for general purposes C(2021)8962, 13 December 2021
• Delegated Directive, Electrical equipment (hazardous substances) – revoking exemptions for mercury in double-capped linear fluorescent lamps , C(2021)9156, 16 December 2021
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for light sources and separate control gears pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009, (EC) No 245/2009 and (EU) No 1194/2012
• RoHS Directive - Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment

European Parliament

• Legislative Train Schedule:  Revision of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 on mercury
• EPRS, Mercury: Aligning EU Legislation with Minamata, Briefing, May 2017

Other

• United Nations Environment Programme, Minamata Convention on Mercury
• Presentation of EU and international Legislation state of play, PPP from Elena Lymberidi-Settimo, EEB – from October 2018 but provides a very good overview and introduction into Mercury
• HBM4EU project was launched in 2016 with the aim of improving the collective understanding of human exposure to hazardous chemicals and developing HBM as an exposure assessment method. Scoping Document on Mercury, December 2020, and other links such as policy brief, infographic
• EEB (European Environment Bureau), press release, One step closer towards making mercury history in the EU, 14 July 2023
• EurEau, Letter to Commission - Phase out dental amalgam by 2025 - no delays to the Mercury Regulation , 12 December 2022 (together with HealthCare without Harm and HEAL (Health and Environment Alliance)
• EurEau, Answer to Mercury Regulation Public consultation, 14 April 2022
• Lighting Europe, Frequently Asked Questions on Mercury Related Legislation for Lamps, 26 July 2022
• EEB (European Environment Bureau), Contribution to the European Commission’s review of EU mercury legislation, 2 April 2021
• European Chemical Society (EuChemS), Response to the public consultation on the forthcoming repeal of the Mercury Regulation, 6 April 2021
• EEB (European Environment Bureau), NGOs applaud Commission’s move to turn the Mercury Lights out in the EU, 17 December 2021
• EEB (European Environment Bureau), Why hasn’t the European Commission banned wasteful lamps? Letter to Frans Timmermans, 5 February 2021
• EEB (European Environment Bureau), Making the case for a ban on mercury lamps, 20 January 2020
• SEA/CLASP report, Evidence of the availability of mercury-free alternative products to certain fluorescent lamps , 12 December 2019 (Revision, v.2)