• Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the banning of exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury



• Commission Recommendation of 22 December 2008 on the safe storage of metallic mercury no longer used in the chlor-alkali industry (notified under document number C(2008) 8422)



• 2003/33/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC



• Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste



• Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste



• Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances




Additional mercury reference documents

• GLOBAL MERCURY CHALLENGES - Council conclusions



• Recommendation from the Commission to the Council on the participation of the European Community in negotiations towards a legally binding instrument on mercury further to Decision 24/3 of the Governing Council of the United Nations environment programme (UNEP)



• Directive 2007/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 September 2007 amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Directive 2007/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 September 2007 amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury



• Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs



• European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury



• European Parliament resolution on the Community strategy concerning mercury



• Commission staff working document - Accompanying document to the PROPOSAL FOR A Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury - Summary of the impact assessment



• Commission staff working document - Accompanying document to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury impact assessment



• Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Community Strategy Concerning Mercury



• Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air



• Commission Directive 2005/4/EC of 19 January 2005 amending Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffs



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Commission Directive 2005/4/EC of 19 January 2005 amending Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffsText with EEA relevance



• Report from the Commission to the Council concerning Mercury from the Chlor-alkali Industry



• Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Directive 2008/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the market



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission



• Corrigendum to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directives 91/157/EEC



• NATIONAL PROVISIONS COMMUNICATED BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING: Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC

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