Article 2 Definitions

‘mercury’ means metallic mercury (Hg, CAS RN 7439-97-6);

‘mercury compound’ means any substance consisting of atoms of mercury and one or more atoms of other chemical elements that can be separated into different components only by chemical reactions;

‘mixture’ means a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances;

‘mercury-added product’ means a product or product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added;

‘mercury waste’ means metallic mercury that qualifies as waste as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

‘export’ means any of the following:

‘import’ means the physical introduction into the customs territory of the Union of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products that are placed under a customs procedure other than the external Union transit procedure for movement of goods through the customs territory of the Union;

‘disposal’ means disposal as defined in point (19) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

‘primary mercury mining’ means mining in which the principal material sought is mercury;

‘conversion’ means the chemical transformation of the physical state of mercury from a liquid state to mercury sulfide or a comparable chemical compound that is equally or more stable and equally or less soluble in water and that presents no greater environmental or health hazard than mercury sulfide;

‘placing on the market’ means supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party. Import shall be deemed to be placing on the market.