1.Without prejudice to stricter requirements set out in other applicable [F1[F2assimilated] law], the export, import and manufacturing in [F3Great Britain] of the mercury-added products set out in Annex II shall be prohibited as from the dates set out therein.
2.The prohibition laid down in paragraph 1 shall not apply to any of the following mercury-added products:
(a)products that are essential for civil protection and military uses;
(b)products for research, for calibration of instrumentation, or for use as a reference standard.
[F43.Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to the transport of mercury-added products from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, and from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, subject to the following modification.
4.Paragraph 1 is to be read as if for “export, import and manufacturing in Great Britain” there were substituted “transport from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, and from Great Britain into Northern Ireland,]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 16(2)(a)
F2Word in Art. 5(1) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 118(3)
F3Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 16(2)(b)
F4Art. 5(3)(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 16(3)