# 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), Article 5: Export, import and manufacturing of mercury-added products

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Without prejudice to stricter requirements set out in other applicable assimilated law, the export, import and manufacturing in Great Britain of the mercury-added products set out in Annex II shall be prohibited as from the dates set out therein.
2. The prohibition laid down in paragraph 1 shall not apply to any of the following mercury-added products:
(a) products that are essential for civil protection and military uses;
(b) products for research, for calibration of instrumentation, or for use as a reference standard.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to the transport of mercury-added products from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, and from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, subject to the following modification.
4. Paragraph 1 is to be read as if for “export, import and manufacturing in Great Britain” there were substituted “transport from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, and from Great Britain into Northern Ireland,

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-5
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