CHAPTER II

TRADE AND MANUFACTURING RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING MERCURY, MERCURY COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OF MERCURY AND MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTS

Export, import and manufacturing of mercury-added products
Article 5
1
Without prejudice to stricter requirements set out in other applicable assimilated law, the export, import and manufacturing in Great 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.
3
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,
Art. 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Word 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)