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Council Decision (EU) 2022/549 of 17 March 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the second segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury as regards the adoption of a Decision to amend Annexes A and B to that Convention

Decision (EU) 2022/549 · Decision · 3 articles

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Article 1

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The position to be taken, on behalf of the Union, at the second segment of the fourth meeting of the COP to the Convention shall be to support the adoption of a Decision to amend Annexes A and B thereof, which: — is consistent with the proposal from the Union submitted to the Secretariat of the Convention on 30 April 2021 in accordance with Article 4(7) and Article 5(9) of the Convention; or — is consistent with the Union acquis ; or — concerns the phase-out of mercury-added products, which are neither regulated under Union law nor manufactured in the Union; or — concerns the mercury-containing lamp categories referred to by the Africa Region in its submission made in accordance with Article 4(7) of the Convention, and for which the requests for renewal of the exemptions on mercury use have been rejected, in accordance with Directive 2011/65/EU.

Article 2

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Refinement of the position referred to in Article 1 may be agreed to, in the light of developments at the second segment of the fourth meeting of the COP, by the representatives of the Union, in consultation with Member States during on-the-spot coordination meetings, without a further decision of the Council.

Article 3

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

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