Considerations on COM(2016)42 - Conclusion of the Minamata Convention on Mercury - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2016)42 - Conclusion of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. |
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| document | COM(2016)42  |
| date | May 11, 2017 |
| (2) | The Convention was adopted in Kumamoto on 10 October 2013. The Convention provides for a framework for the control and limitation of the use, and of anthropogenic emissions and releases, of mercury and mercury compounds to air, water and land, with a view to protecting human health and the environment. |
| (3) | Mercury is a substance characterised by its transboundary nature. Global action is therefore necessary to ensure the protection of individuals and of the environment within the Union as a complement to domestic measures. |
| (4) | The Seventh Environmental Action programme (3) establishes the long-term objective of a non-toxic environment and states that, for that purpose, action is needed to ensure the minimisation of significant adverse effects of chemicals on human health and the environment by 2020. |
| (5) | The 2005 Community Strategy Concerning Mercury, as reviewed in 2010, seeks to reduce mercury emissions, cut the supply and demand of mercury, protect against exposure to mercury, and promote international action on mercury. |
| (6) | The Council reaffirms its commitment, as expressed in its Conclusions of 14 March 2011, to the overall objective of protecting human health and the environment from releases of mercury and its compounds by minimising and, where feasible, ultimately eliminating global anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land. The Convention contributes to the achievement of those objectives. |
| (7) | In accordance with Article 30(3) of the Convention, the Union should, in its instrument of approval, declare the extent of its competence in respect of the matters governed by the Convention. |
| (8) | The Convention should be approved, |