85/613/EEC: Council Decision of 20 December 1985 concerning… Article 2

Article 2

1. The Contracting Parties shall draw up specific programmes for mercury discharges by multiple sources which are not industrial plants and for which the emission standards referred to in Article 1 cannot be applied in practice. 2. The purposes of these specific programmes shall be to avoid or eliminate pollution. They shall include the most appropriate measures and techniques for the replacement, retention and recycling of mercury. 3. The specific programmes shall be in operation as soon as possible and in any case not later than 1 July 1989 and shall be communicated to the Commission.