Mercury-added products | Date after which the manufacture, import or export of the product shall not be allowed (Phase-out date) |
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Batteries, except for button zinc silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2% and button zinc air batteries with a mercury content < 2% | 2020 |
Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay | 2020 |
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are < 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 2020 |
Compact fluorescent lamps with an integrated ballast (CFL.i) for general lighting purposes that are < 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 2025 |
Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes:(a)Triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp;(b)Halophosphate phosphor < 40 watts with a mercury content exceeding 10 mg per lamp | 2020 |
Mercury-added products | Date after which the manufacture, import or export of the product shall not be allowed (Phase-out date) |
High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes | 2020 |
Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays:(a)short length (< 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 3.5 mg per lamp(b)medium length (> 500 mm and < 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp(c)long length (> 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp | 2020 |
Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) and external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL) of all lengths for electronic displays, not included in the listing directly above | 2025 |
Cosmetics (with mercury content above 1ppm), including skin lightening soaps and creams, and not including eye area cosmetics where mercury is used as a preservative and no effective and safe substitute preservatives are available1/ | 2020 |
Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics | 2020 |
The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available:(a)barometers;(b)hygrometers;(c)manometers;(d)thermometers;(e)sphygmomanometers. | 2020 |
Strain gauges to be used in plethysmographs | 2025 |
The following electrical and electronic measuring devices except those installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury free alternative is available:(a)Melt pressure transducers, melt pressure transmitters and melt pressure sensors | 2025 |
Mercury vacuum pumps | 2025 |
Tyre balancers and wheel weights | 2025 |
Photographic film and paper | 2025 |
Propellant for satellites and spacecraft | 2025 |