Legal provisions of COM(2023)542 - EU position at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury as regards the adoption of a Decision to amend Annexes A and B to that Convention

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dossier COM(2023)542 - EU position at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury as regards the ...
document COM(2023)542
date October 23, 2023


Article 1

The position to be taken, on behalf of the Union, at the fifth meeting of the COP to the Agreement shall be to support the adoption of a Decision to amend Annex A thereof, which:

— is consistent with the Union acquis; or

— is consistent with Council Decision (EU) 2021/727 of 29 April 2021; or

— aims to support a phase-out of mercury-containing lamp categories referred to by the Africa Region in its submission made in accordance with Article 4(7) of the Agreement, and for which the requests for renewal of the exemptions on mercury use have been rejected, in accordance with Directive 2011/65/EU; or

— aims to support a phase-out of the use of dental amalgam.

Article 2

Refinement of the position referred to in Article 1 may be agreed to, in the light of developments at the fifth meeting of the COP, by the representatives of the Union, in consultation with Member States during on-the-spot coordination meetings, without a further decision of the Council.

Article 3


This Decision is addressed to the Commission.