{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/852",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "Content of the national plan on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing referred to in Article 9",
  "text": "The national plan shall include the following information:\n(a) national objectives and reduction targets to eliminate the use of mercury and mercury compounds;\n(b) actions to eliminate:\n(i) whole ore amalgamation;\n(ii) open burning of amalgam or processed amalgam;\n(iii) burning of amalgam in residential areas; and\n(iv) cyanide leaching in sediment, ore or tailings to which mercury has been added without first removing the mercury;\n(c) steps to facilitate the formalization or regulation of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing sector;\n(d) baseline estimates of the quantities of mercury used and the practices employed in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing within its territory;\n(e) strategies for promoting the reduction of emissions and releases of, and exposure to, mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing, including mercury-free methods;\n(f) strategies for managing trade and preventing the diversion of mercury and mercury compounds from both foreign and domestic sources to use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;\n(g) strategies for involving stakeholders in the implementation and continuing development of the national plan;\n(h) a public health strategy on the exposure of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and their communities to mercury which shall include, inter alia, the gathering of health data, training for health-care workers and awareness-raising through health facilities;\n(i) strategies to prevent the exposure of vulnerable populations, particularly children and women of child-bearing age, especially pregnant women, to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;\n(j) strategies for providing information to artisanal and small-scale gold miners and affected communities; and\n(k) a schedule for the implementation of the national plan.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/annex/IV",
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  },
  "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."
}