Exenciones en virtud del Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio

Paragraph 1 of article 6 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury provides that any State or regional economic integration organization may register one or more exemptions from the phase-out dates listed in annex A and annex B for mercury-added products and for manufacturing processes in which mercury or mercury compounds are used, respectively. Paragraph 5 of article 6 provides that such exemptions expire five years after the phase out date listed in annex A or B unless a shorter period is indicated by a party. Paragraph 6 of article 6 provides that the Conference of the Parties may, at the request of a Party, decide to extend an exemption for five years unless the party requests a shorter period. The Conference of the Parties, at its 6th meeting in 2025, decided on extensions of some exemptions.  

The registered exemptions are shown in the following tables. 

Exenciones de las fechas de eliminación enumeradas en la parte I del anexo A del Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio
Parte Indicate the specific category/subcategory for which the exemption is registered and whether the exemption is for manufacture Explicación de la exención Fecha de vencimiento de la exención
Argentina

The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e):

Manufacture of:

  1. clinical thermometers
Inglés 2025
Bangladesh

Expiry date: 2025

Import for the following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in largescale equipment or those used for high-precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a) - (e)

Manufacture and export for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.
  2. Pesticides, biocides and tropical antiseptics.

Manufacture, import and export for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner.
  2. Linear fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).
  3. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).
  4. Cosmetics (with mercury content above 1ppm), including skin lightening soaps and creams, and not including eye area cosmetics, where mercury is used as a preservative and no effective and safe substitute preservatives are available.

Expiry date: 2027

Import  for High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes

Expiry date: 2028

Import  for Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.

Expiry date: 2030

Import  for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Batteries, except for button zinc silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2 % and button zinc air batteries with a mercury content < 2 %.
  2. Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics.

Information on the extended exemption: UNEP/MC/COP.6/28 (to be issued)

Inglés 2030
Botswana

Import for all mercury-added products, as listed in Part I of Annex A of the Convention

Inglés 2025
Canadá

Linear flourescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).

Manufacture, import and export of:

  1. triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content exeeding 5 mg per lamp

Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode flourescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).

Manufacture, import and export of CCFLs and EEFLs:

  1. short length (≤ 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 3.5 mg per lamp
  2. medium lenth (> 500 mm and ≤ 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp
Inglés 2025
China

The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e).

Manufacture of:

  1. clinical thermometers
  2. sphygmomanometers
Inglés , Chinese 2025
Ghana

Manufacture, import and export for all mercury-added products, as listed in Part I of Annex A of the Convention.

Inglés 2025
India

Manufacture, import and export for all mercury-added products, as listed in Part I of Annex A of the Convention.

Inglés 2030
Irán (República Islámica del)

Import for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Batteries, except for button zink silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2 % and button zink air batteries with a mercury content < 2 %.

Manufacture, import and export for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.
  2. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner.
  3. Linear flourescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).
  4. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes.
  5. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode flourescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).

Manufacture and export for the following mercury-added products:

  1. The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e).
Inglés 2025
Lesotho

Import for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Batteries, except for button zink silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2 % and button zink air batteries with a mercury content < 2 %.
  2. Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.
  3. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner.
  4. Linear flourescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).
  5. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes.
  6. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode flourescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).
  7. The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e).
Inglés 2025
Madagascar

Import for all mercury-added products, as listed in Part I of Annex A of the Convention.

Inglés 2025
Perú

The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e).

Manufacture, import and export of:

  1. Thermometers
  2. Sphygmomanometers
Inglés 2025
Eswatini

Import for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Batteries, except for button zink silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2 % and button zink air batteries with a mercury content < 2 %.
  2. Switches and relays, except very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments with a maximum mercury content of 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.
  3. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner.
  4. Linear flourescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).
  5. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes.
  6. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode flourescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).
  7. The following non-electronic measuring devices except non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: (a)-(e).
Inglés 2025
Tailandia

Manufacture, Import and Export for the following mercury-added products:

  1. Switches and relays.
  2. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner.
  3. Linear flourescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a)-(b).
  4. High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes.
  5. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode flourescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: (a)-(c).
  6. Topical antiseptics.
  7. Barometers, Hygrometers, Manometers, Thermometers and Sphygmomanometers.
Inglés 2030
Exenciones de las fechas de eliminación enumeradas en la parte I del anexo B del Convenio de Minamata sobre el mercurio
Parte Categoría / subcategoría específica para la que se registra una exención Explicación de la exención Fecha de vencimiento de la exención
Argentina

Chlor-alkali production

Inglés 2030
Ghana

Chlor-alkali production

Acetaldehyde production in which mercury or mercury compounds are used as a catalyst

Inglés 2030
India

Acetaldehyde production in which mercury or mercury compounds are used as a catalyst

Inglés 2023
Irán (República Islámica del)

Chlor-alkali production

Inglés 2030
Perú

Chlor-alkali production

Inglés 2030
Estados Unidos de América

Chlor-alkali production

Inglés 2030