Part A — Mercury-added products

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). Mercury-added products Date from which the export, import and manufacturing of the mercury-added products are prohibited 1. Batteries or accumulators that contain more than 0,0005 % of mercury by weight. 31.12.2020 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. 31.12.2020 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. 31.12.2018 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. 31.12.2018 5. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMVs) for general lighting purposes. 31.12.2018 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 ≤ 1500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp; (c) long length (> 1500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp. 31.12.2018 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 . 31.12.2020 8. Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics. 31.12.2020 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. 31.12.2020

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.