{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-852/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing",
  "text": "1. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing in which mercury amalgamation is used to extract gold from ore shall be prohibited.\n2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article ..., where there is evidence of there being more than isolated cases of non-compliance with the prohibition laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent authority ... shall develop and implement a national plan in accordance with Annex IV.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 20(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1620), regs. 2(2), 20(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/852/article/9",
    "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."
}