{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Export restrictions",
  "text": "1. The export from Great Britain of mercury shall be prohibited.\n2. The export from Great Britain of the mercury compounds and of the mixtures of mercury listed in Annex I shall be prohibited as from the dates set out therein.\n3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the export from Great Britain of the mercury compounds listed in Annex I for the purposes of laboratory-scale research or laboratory analysis shall be allowed.\n4. The export from Great Britain, for the purpose of reclaiming mercury, of mercury compounds and of mixtures of mercury that are not subject to the prohibition laid down in paragraph 2 shall be prohibited.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 14(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 14(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/article/3",
    "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."
}