Mercury Regulation

02017R0852-20221225 → 02017R0852-20231016

ANNEX II Mercury-added products referred to in Article 5 Part A — Mercury-added products Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59). Mercury-added products Date from which the export, import and manufacturing of the mercury-added products are prohibited 1. Batteries or accumulators that contain more than 0,0005 % of mercury by weight. 31.12.2020 2. Switches and relays, except 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. 31.12.2020 3. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a) CFL.i ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 2,5 mg per lamp burner; (b) CFL.ni ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 3,5 mg per lamp burner. 31.12.2018 3a. Compact fluorescent lamps with an integrated ballast (CFL.i) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 2,5 mg per lamp burner. 31.12.2025 4. The following linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a) Triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp; (b) Halophosphate phosphor ≤ 40 watts with a mercury content exceeding 10 mg per lamp. 31.12.2018 5. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMVs) for general lighting purposes. 31.12.2018 6. The following mercury-added cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs and EEFLs) for electronic displays: (a) short length (≤ 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 3,5 mg per lamp; (b) medium length (> 500 mm and ≤ 1500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp; (c) long length (> 1500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp. 31.12.2018 6a. Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) and external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL) of all lengths for electronic displays, that are not included in entry 6. 31.12.2025 7. Cosmetics with mercury and mercury compounds, except those special cases included in entries 16 and 17 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council . 31.12.2020 8. Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics. 31.12.2020 9. The following non-electronic measuring devices: (a) barometers; (b) hygrometers; (c) manometers; (d) thermometers and other non-electrical thermometric applications; (e) sphygmomanometers; (f) strain gauges to be used with plethysmographs; (g) mercury pycnometers; (h) mercury metering devices for determination of the softening point. This entry does not cover the following measuring devices: non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available; measuring devices more than 50 years old on 3 October 2007; measuring devices which are to be displayed in public exhibitions for cultural and historical purposes. 31.12.2020 10. The following electrical and electronic measuring devices except those installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a) melt pressure transducers; (b) melt pressure transmitters; (c) melt pressure sensors. 31.12.2025 11. Other mercury-added products: (a) Mercury vacuum pumps; (b) Tyre balancers and wheel weights; (c) Photographic film and paper; (d) Propellant for satellites and spacecraft. 31.12.2025 Part B — Additional products excluded from the list in Part A of this Annex Switches and relays, cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs and EEFLs) for electronic displays and measuring devices, when they are used to replace a component of larger equipment and provided that no feasible mercury-free alternative for that component is available, in accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles (OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34). and Directive 2011/65/EU.