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Mercury-added products
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Date from which the export, import and manufacturing of the mercury-added products are prohibited
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1. Batteries or accumulators that contain more than 0,0005 % of mercury by weight.
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31.12.2020
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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.
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31.12.2020
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▼M4
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2a. 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, except those used for research and development purposes.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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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.
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31.12.2018
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▼M2
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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.
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31.12.2025
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▼M3
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3b. All other compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are not included in entries 3 and 3a.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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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.
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31.12.2018
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▼M3
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4a. Tri-band phosphor lamps for general lighting purposes that are not included in entry 4, point (a).
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31.12.2026
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4b. Halophosphate phosphor lamps for general lighting purposes that are not included in entry 4, point (b).
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31.12.2025
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4c. Non-linear tri-band phosphor lamps.
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31.12.2026
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4d. Non-linear halophosphate phosphor lamps.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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5. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMVs) for general lighting purposes.
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31.12.2018
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▼M3
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5a. High pressure sodium (vapour) lamps (HPS) for general lighting purposes with:
(a) P ≤ 105 W exceeding 16 mg Hg;
(b) 105 W < P ≤ 155 W exceeding 20 mg Hg;
(c) P > 155 W exceeding 25 mg Hg.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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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 ≤ 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp;
(c) long length (> 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp.
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31.12.2018
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▼M2
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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.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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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 (1).
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31.12.2020
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8. Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics.
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31.12.2020
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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.
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31.12.2020
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▼M2
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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.
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31.12.2025
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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.
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31.12.2025
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▼B
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(1)
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).
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