{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1255",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part A of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) 2017/852",
  "text": "(1) Part A of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury is amended as follows.\n(2) After entry 2 insert—\n“\n2A. Very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay, except those used for research and development purposes.\n31.12.2025\n”.\n(3) After entry 3 insert—\n“\n3A. CFLs for general lighting purposes: CFL.i ≤ 30 watts not covered by entry 3, point (a).\n31.12.2025\n3B. The following CFLs for general lighting purposes:\n(a) CFL.ni ≤ 30 watts not covered by entry 3, point (b);\n(b) CFL.i > 30 watts;\n(c) CFL.ni > 30 watts.\n31.12.2026\n”.\n(4) After entry 4 insert—\n“\n4A. LFLs for general lighting purposes: triband phosphor not covered by entry 4, point (a).\n31.12.2027\n4B. LFLs for general lighting purposes: halophosphate phosphor not covered by entry 4, point (b).\n31.12.2026\n4C. Non-linear fluorescent lamps (NFLs) (e.g. U-bend or circular) for general lighting purposes: halophosphate phosphor.\n31.12.2026\n4D. NFLs for general lighting purposes: triband phosphor.\n31.12.2027\n”.\n(5) After entry 6 insert—\n“\n6A. CCFLs and EEFLs for electronic displays not covered by any of points (a) to (c) of entry 6.\n31.12.2025\n”.\n(6) After entry 9 insert—\n“\n10. Strain gauges to be used in or with plethysmographs and not covered by entry 9, point (f).\n31.12.2025\n11. The following electrical and electronic measuring devices:\n(a) melt pressure transducers;\n(b) melt pressure transmitters;\n(c) melt pressure sensors.\nThis entry does not cover devices installed in large-scale equipment or used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available.\n31.12.2025\n12. Mercury vacuum pumps.\n31.12.2025\n13. Tyre balancers and wheel weights.\n31.12.2025\n14. Photographic film and paper.\n31.12.2025\n15. Propellant for satellites and spacecraft.\n31.12.2025\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1255/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:59.532457+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}