| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union |
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| Series Title | Official Journal of the European Union |
| Series Details | L 142 |
| Publication Date | 02/06/2017 |
| Content Type | Legislation |
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Summary: Council Decision of 11 May 2017 concluding, on behalf of the Union, a new International Convention on Mercury. The Convention addresses the whole life-cycle of mercury, from primary mercury mining to the management of mercury waste. Further information: The Minamata Convention addresses the whole life-cycle of mercury, from primary mercury mining to the management of mercury waste, with the objective to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions of mercury and mercury compounds to air, water and land. In particular, it sets restrictions on primary mining of mercury and on international trade of mercury, prohibits the manufacture, import and export of a wide range of mercury-added products, foresees prohibitions or operating conditions for several manufacturing processes using mercury, calls for discouraging new uses of mercury in products and industrial processes and measures to be taken to reduce mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and industrial activities, including through the use of best available techniques and requires interim storage of mercury and management of mercury waste to occur in an environmentally sound manner. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2017.142.01.0004.01.ENG |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Environment |
| Subject Tags | Chemicals, Mining | Extraction, Waste |
| Keywords | Minamata Convention on Mercury |
| International Organisations | European Union [EU] |
