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UK enacts Control of Mercury Amendment Regulations 2025 implementing Minamata COP-4 and COP-5
Minamata Convention on MercuryUK GovernmentUnited Kingdom
Announced
Dec 15, 2025
Implementation
Dec 31, 2025
Description
The UK has enacted the Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1255), implementing decisions from COP-4 and COP-5 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The regulations phase out various mercury-added products including compact fluorescent lamps, linear fluorescent lamps, cold cathode fluorescent lamps, strain gauges, mercury vacuum pumps, and tyre balancers with staggered deadlines through December 31, 2027. The regulations apply to England, Wales, and Scotland, with Northern Ireland following EU Mercury Regulation under the Windsor Framework.
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UK enacts Control of Mercury Amendment Regulations 2025 implementing Minamata COP-4 and COP-5
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO THE CONTROL OF MERCURY (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 2025 No. 1255 1. Introduction 1.1 This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and is laid before Parliament by Command of His Majesty. 1.2 This memorandum contains information for the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. 2. Decl
UK enacts Control of Mercury Amendment Regulations 2025 implementing Minamata COP-4 and COP-5
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