conversion — 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 (10)

disposal — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (8)

export — any of the following: the permanent or temporary export of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products meeting the conditions of Article 28(2) TFEU; the re-export of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products not meeting the conditions of Article 28(2) TFEU which are placed under a customs procedure other than the external Union transit procedure for movement of goods through the customs territory of the Union (6)

import — 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 (7)

mercury — metallic mercury (Hg, CAS RN 7439-97-6) (1)

mercury compound — 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 (2)

mercury waste — metallic mercury that qualifies as waste as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC (5)

mercury-added product — a product or product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added (4)

mixture — a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances (3)

placing on the market — 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 (11)

primary mercury mining — mining in which the principal material sought is mercury (9)