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CHAPTER IV DISPOSAL OF WASTE AND MERCURY WASTE

1. Overview

Summary	Regulation
Article 11 Waste	Article 11 Waste Without prejudice to point (5) of Article 2 of this Regulation, mercury and mercury compounds, whether in pure form or in mixtures, from any of the following large sources shall be considered to be waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC and be disposed of without endangering human health or harming the environment, in accordance with that Directive: (a) the chlor-alkali industry; (b) the cleaning of natural gas; (c) non-ferrous mining and smelting operations; (d) extraction from cinnabar ore in the Union. Such disposal shall not lead to any form of reclamation of mercury.
Article 12 Reporting on large sources
Article 13 Storage of mercury waste
Article 14 Traceability
Article 15 Contaminated sites

Requirements
Source	Requirement

Standards
Source	Requirement

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