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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)
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The national plan shall include the following information:
national objectives and reduction targets to eliminate the use of mercury and mercury compounds;
actions to eliminate:
whole ore amalgamation;
open burning of amalgam or processed amalgam;
burning of amalgam in residential areas; and
cyanide leaching in sediment, ore or tailings to which mercury has been added without first removing the mercury;
steps to facilitate the formalization or regulation of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing sector;
baseline estimates of the quantities of mercury used and the practices employed in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing within its territory;
strategies for promoting the reduction of emissions and releases of, and exposure to, mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing, including mercury-free methods;
strategies for managing trade and preventing the diversion of mercury and mercury compounds from both foreign and domestic sources to use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;
strategies for involving stakeholders in the implementation and continuing development of the national plan;
a public health strategy on the exposure of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and their communities to mercury which shall include, inter alia, the gathering of health data, training for health-care workers and awareness-raising through health facilities;
strategies to prevent the exposure of vulnerable populations, particularly children and women of child-bearing age, especially pregnant women, to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;
strategies for providing information to artisanal and small-scale gold miners and affected communities; and
a schedule for the implementation of the national plan.
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