Article 1
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.