Annexes to COM(2023)541 - 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 establishing a threshold for mercury waste, in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 2, of that Convention

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https://mercuryconvention.org/en/documents/minamata-convention-mercury-text-and-annexes

2Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-3), Geneva, Switzerland, 25 – 29 November 2019, https://mercuryconvention.org/en/meetings/cop3

3Decision adopted by the third Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury – MC-3/5 - Mercury waste thresholds, 7 January 2020,

https://mercuryconvention.org/sites/default/files/documents/decision/UNEP-MC-COP3-Dec5-MercuryWasteThresholds.EN.pdf

4Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-2), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 – 23 November 2018

https://mercuryconvention.org/en/meetings/cop2

5Decision adopted by the first Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - MC-1/1: Rules of procedure, 22 November 2017,

https://mercuryconvention.org/sites/default/files/documents/decision/UNEP-MC-COP1-Dec1-RulesProcedure.EN.pdf

6First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-2), Geneva, Switzerland, 24 – 29 September 2017, https://mercuryconvention.org/en/meetings/cop1

7Decision adopted by the second Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury – MC-2/2: Mercury waste thresholds, 6 December 2018,

https://mercuryconvention.org/sites/default/files/documents/decision/UNEP-MC-COP2-Dec2-MercuryWasteThresholds.EN.pdf

8Decision adopted by the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury – MC-4/6: Mercury waste thresholds, 8 April 2022,

https://mercuryconvention.org/en/documents/mercury-waste-thresholds-1

9UNEP/MC/WT.2/L.1 Draft report of the meeting of the group of technical export on mercury waste threshold, available at: https://mercuryconvention.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/2_L1_meeting_report_final.pdf

10Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste

11Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste

12Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC7

13Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste

14Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 October 2014, Germany v Council, C-399/12, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2258, paragraphs 61 to 64.

15Certified copy of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, available at: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/2013/10/20131010%2011-16%20AM/CTC-XXVII-17.pdf

16Council Decision (EU) 2017/939 of 11 May 2017 on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (OJ L 142, 2.6.2017, p. 4).

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