# The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017, Paragraph 1 The provisions of the Mercury Regulation are— Provision Subject matter Article 3(1) Prohibits the export of mercury Article 3(2) Prohibits the export of listed mercury compounds Article 3(4) Prohibits the export of mercury compounds not listed under Article 3(2) for the purposes of reclaiming mercury) Article 4(1) Prohibits the import of mercury and listed mixtures of mercury including mercury waste for purposes other than disposal as waste Article 4(2) Prohibits the import of other mixtures of mercury and mercury compounds for purposes of reclaiming mercury Article 4(3) Prohibits the import of mercury for use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing Article 4(5) Applies the prohibitions in Article 4(1) to (3) to the transport of mercury etc., except mercury waste, from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, subject to modifications Article 4(9) Applies the prohibitions in Article 4(1) to (4) to the transport of mercury etc. from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, subject to modifications Article 5(1) Prohibits the export, import and manufacturing of listed mercury-added products Article 5(3) Applies the prohibition in Article 5(1) and (2) to the transport of mercury-added products from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, and from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, subject to a modification Article 7(1) Prohibits the use of mercury compounds in listed manufacturing processes Article 7(2) Makes the use of mercury compounds in other listed manufacturing processes subject to certain requirements Article 8(1) Prohibits manufacturing new mercury-added products or placing them on the market Article 8(2) Prohibits new manufacturing processes involving the use of mercury or mercury compounds Article 9(1) Prohibits the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining With respect to Northern Ireland, Article 10(2a), subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule Prohibits the use of dental amalgam for dental treatment, except when deemed necessary Article 10(4) Requires the operators of certain dental facilities to have amalgam separators Article 10(6) first subparagraph (but see paragraph 2 of this Schedule which contains the definition of “authorised waste management establishment”) Requires dental practitioners to ensure that amalgam waste is handled and collected by authorised waste management establishment Article 10(6) second subparagraph Requires dental practitioners not to release amalgam waste into the environment under any circumstances With respect to Northern Ireland, Article 10(7) first subparagraph Prohibits the export of dental amalgam With respect to Northern Ireland, Article 10(7) second subparagraph, subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule Prohibits the import and manufacturing of dental amalgam Article 12(1) Requires operators in listed industries to report on large sources of mercury Article 13(3) first subparagraph Requires operators to convert mercury before its permanent disposal Article 13(3) second subparagraph Requires operators to use one of a list of facilities to permanently dispose of mercury Article 13(3) third subparagraph Requires operators of permanent storage facilities to store converted mercury separately Article 14(1) first subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the temporary storage of mercury to establish a register Article 14(1) second subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the temporary storage of mercury to issue a certificate for mercury waste leaving temporary storage Article 14(1) third subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the temporary storage of mercury to transmit the certificate about mercury waste leaving temporary storage Article 14(2) first subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the conversion of mercury to establish a register Article 14(2) second subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the conversion of mercury to issue a certificate for mercury waste after the conversion Article 14(2) third subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the conversion of mercury to transmit the certificate about conversion Article 14(3) first subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the permanent storage of converted mercury to issue a certificate relating to its permanent disposal Article 14(3) second subparagraph Requires operators of facilities for the permanent storage of converted mercury to transmit the certificate about the mercury's permanent disposal With respect to Northern Ireland, Article 18(1a) Requires importers and manufacturers of dental amalgam to report amounts of dental amalgam imported or manufactured --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1200/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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