{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-11.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": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Waste",
  "text": "Without prejudice to point (5) of Article 2 of this Regulation, mercury and mercury compounds, whether in pure form or in mixtures, from any of the following large sources shall be considered to be waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC and be disposed of without endangering human health or harming the environment, in accordance with legislation which, immediately before IP completion day, implemented that Directive:\n(a)the chlor-alkali industry;\n(b)the cleaning of natural gas;\n(c)non-ferrous mining and smelting operations;\n(d)extraction from cinnabar ore ....\nSuch disposal shall not lead to any form of reclamation of mercury.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 22(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 22(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:55.559369+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."
}