Policy paper

EM on EU mercury products legislation (COM(23)395 and C(23)4683)

The government's summary of a proposal to amend EU regulation 2017/852 on the manufacture, import and export of mercury products.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 November 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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EM on EU mercury products legislation

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This explanatory memorandum is a about a European Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions and a European Commission delegated regulation (EU) /… amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export prohibitions.

It was submitted by Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience, Department for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs.

Published 1 November 2023