Considerations on COM(2018)657 - EU position on adopting guidelines on environmentally sound interim storage of mercury, other than waste mercury, as per art. 10, paragraphs 2, 3 of the Minamata Convention - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2018)657 - EU position on adopting guidelines on environmentally sound interim storage of mercury, other than waste mercury, as per ... |
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| document | COM(2018)657  |
| date | November 12, 2018 |
| (2) | Pursuant to Decision MC-1/1 on rules of procedure, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first meeting, the Parties are to make every effort to reach agreement on all matters of substance by consensus. |
| (3) | During its second meeting from 19 to 23 November 2018, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention is to adopt guidelines on the environmentally sound interim storage of mercury, other than waste mercury (the ‘guidelines’). |
| (4) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, as the guidelines will have legal effects since the Parties to the Convention have to take such guidelines into account when taking measures with regard to interim storage. |
| (5) | The Union contributed to the revision of the draft guidelines in the framework of the intersessional expert work launched by Decision MC-1/18, which was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first meeting. The Union did not consider it necessary to propose further amendments to the revised draft guidelines resulting from that intersessional work. |
| (6) | Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, complies with the provisions of Article 10(2) of the Convention, as complemented by the revised draft guidelines. |
| (7) | The revised draft guidelines should therefore be supported, |