ANNEX IV

The national plan shall include the following information: national objectives and reduction targets to eliminate the use of mercury and mercury compounds; actions to eliminate: whole ore amalgamation; open burning of amalgam or processed amalgam; burning of amalgam in residential areas; and cyanide leaching in sediment, ore or tailings to which mercury has been added without first removing the mercury; steps to facilitate the formalization or regulation of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing sector; baseline estimates of the quantities of mercury used and the practices employed in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing within its territory; strategies for promoting the reduction of emissions and releases of, and exposure to, mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing, including mercury-free methods; strategies for managing trade and preventing the diversion of mercury and mercury compounds from both foreign and domestic sources to use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing; strategies for involving stakeholders in the implementation and continuing development of the national plan; a public health strategy on the exposure of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and their communities to mercury which shall include, inter alia, the gathering of health data, training for health-care workers and awareness-raising through health facilities; strategies to prevent the exposure of vulnerable populations, particularly children and women of child-bearing age, especially pregnant women, to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing; strategies for providing information to artisanal and small-scale gold miners and affected communities; and a schedule for the implementation of the national plan.

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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.