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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… the world. Countries without facilities of their own can export mercury waste for the purpose of environmentally sound … require- ments of the Basel Convention on the import and export of hazardous waste; regulations on interprovincial … interprovincial movement of hazardous waste Regulations on export and import of hazardous waste Pollution prevention …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… of chlor-alkali plants as well as on mercury export and import. DEFINITION AND SCOPE While Article 2 of … 3 TRADE OF MERCURY Export and import controls are one of the main instruments to … it is a Party or non-Party, must be obtained before an export ;  trade with non-Parties is allowed, provided the …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Acting Now!

… Schematic mercury trade flow. Data from 2007, prior to the export bans in the European Union (2011) and the USA (2013). … – ACTING NOW!8 2 000 1 000 250 20 Country without mercury export ban Country with mercury export ban Estimates based on plant capacity Sources: World …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… receive consent from the importing country and may only export mercury for a use allowed under the Convention or … in trade in mercury with Non-Parties: Parties wishing to export mercury to Non-Parties must obtain consent in writing … http://www.informea.org/terms/export/ http://www.informea.org/terms/party/ …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… or alternative uses. 6. Each Party shall not allow the export of mercury except: (a) To a Party that has provided … that it maintains comprehensive restrictions on the export of mercury and has domestic measures in place to … to the Secretariat, including information describing its export restrictions and domestic regulatory measures, as well …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Implementation of key operational articles of the Minamata Convention

… purposes only Article 3 - Key provisions on stocks No export of mercury except: To a Party that has provided the … 2) • Phase-out date (2020) for the manufacture, import or export of mercury-added products in part 1 of Annex A except …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… It also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage and its disposal once as …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… treaty also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage and its disposal once as …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

… of gaseous oxidized mercury from the atmosphere, and a net export of gaseous elemental mercury. In the Arctic, gaseous …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds

18 Jun 2026 Document