# The Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury (EUR 2017/852) (“the Mercury Regulation”). These amendments extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.
Annex 2 to the Mercury Regulation is amended to align it with the following decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Cm 9688)—
(a) decision MC - 4/3, adopted at the 4th Conference of the Parties (CP 1079), and
(b) decision MC - 5/4, adopted at the 5th Conference of the Parties (UNEP/MC/COP.5/Dec.4. A copy of the decision is available at: https://minamataconvention.org/en/documents/amendments-annexes-and-b-and-feasibility-mercury-free-alternatives-manufacturing).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. A de minimis impact assessment is available from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1255/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-amendment-regulations-2025/note
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