Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1)

‘mercury’ means metallic mercury (Hg, CAS RN 7439-97-6);

(2)

‘mercury compound’ means any substance consisting of atoms of mercury and one or more atoms of other chemical elements that can be separated into different components only by chemical reactions;

(3)

‘mixture’ means a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances;

(4)

‘mercury-added product’ means a product or product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added;

(5)

‘mercury waste’ means metallic mercury that qualifies as waste as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

(6)

‘export’ means any of the following:

(a)

the permanent or temporary export of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products meeting the conditions of Article 28(2) TFEU;

(b)

the re-export of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products not meeting the conditions of Article 28(2) TFEU which are placed under a customs procedure other than the external Union transit procedure for movement of goods through the customs territory of the Union;

(7)

‘import’ means the physical introduction into the customs territory of the Union of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures of mercury and mercury-added products that are placed under a customs procedure other than the external Union transit procedure for movement of goods through the customs territory of the Union;

(8)

‘disposal’ means disposal as defined in point (19) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

(9)

‘primary mercury mining’ means mining in which the principal material sought is mercury;

(10)

‘conversion’ means the chemical transformation of the physical state of mercury from a liquid state to mercury sulfide or a comparable chemical compound that is equally or more stable and equally or less soluble in water and that presents no greater environmental or health hazard than mercury sulfide;

(11)

‘placing on the market’ means supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party. Import shall be deemed to be placing on the market.