The following products are excluded from this Annex:

a) Products essential for civil protection and military uses;

b) Products for research, calibration of instrumentation, for use as reference standard;

c) Where no feasible mercury-free alternative for replacement is available, switches and relays, cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays, and measuring devices;

d) Products used in traditional or religious practices; and

e) Vaccines containing thiomersal as preservatives.

Part I: Products subject to Article 4, paragraph 1

Mercury-added products | Date after which the manufacture, import or export of the product shall not be allowed (phase-out date)

Batteries, except for button zinc silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2% and button zinc air batteries with a mercury content < 2% | 2020

Button zinc silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 2% and button zinc air batteries with a mercury content < 2% | 2025

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 | 2020

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, except those used for research and development purposes | 2025

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 2020

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are > 30 watts | 2026

Compact fluorescent lamps with an integrated ballast (CFL.i) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 2025

Compact fluorescent lamps with a non-integrated ballast (CFL.ni) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 2026

Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: a) Triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp; b) Halophosphate phosphor ≤ 40 watts with a mercury content exceeding 10 mg per lamp | 2020

Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: a) Halophosphate phosphor ≤ 40 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 10 mg per lamp b) Halophosphate phosphor > 40 watts | 2026

Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: a) Triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg/lamp b) Triband phosphor ≥ 60 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp c) Triband phosphor ≥ 60 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp | 2027

Non-linear fluorescent lamps (NFLs) (e.g., U-bend and circular) for general lighting purposes: a) Triband phosphor, all wattages | 2027

b) Halophosphate phosphor, all wattages | 2026

High pressure mercury vapour lamps (HPMV) for general lighting purposes | 2020

Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays: a) Short length (≤ 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 3.5 mg per lamp b) Medium length (> 500 mm and ≤ 1,500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp c) Long length (> 1,500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp | 2020

Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) and external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL) of all lengths for electronic displays, not included in the listing directly above | 2025

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 available1) | 2020

Cosmetics, 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 available1) | 2025

Pesticides, biocides and topical antiseptics | 2020

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) Barometers; b) Hygrometers; c) Manometers; d) Thermometers; e) Sphygmomanometers. | 2020

Strain gauges to be used in plethysmographs; | 2025

The following electrical and electronic measuring devices, except those installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury-free alternative is available: a) Melt pressure transducers, melt pressure transmitters and melt pressure sensors | 2025

Mercury vacuum pumps | 2025

Tyre balancers and wheel weights | 2025

Photographic film and paper | 2025

Propellant for satellites and spacecraft | 2025

1) The intention is not to cover cosmetics, soaps or creams with trace contaminants of mercury.

Part II: Products subject to Article 4, paragraph 3

Mercury-added products | Provisions

Dental amalgam | Measures to be taken by a Party to phase down the use of dental amalgam shall take into account the Party’s domestic circumstances and relevant international guidance and shall include two or more of the measures from the following list: (i) Setting national objectives aiming at dental caries prevention and health promotion, thereby minimizing the need for dental restoration; (ii) Setting national objectives aiming at minimizing its use; (iii) Promoting the use of cost-effective and clinically effective mercury-free alternatives for dental restoration; (iv) Promoting research and development of quality mercury-free materials for dental restoration; (v) Encouraging representative professional organizations and dental schools to educate and train dental professionals and students on the use of mercury-free dental restoration alternatives and on promoting best management practices; (vi) Discouraging insurance policies and programmes that favour dental amalgam use over mercury-free dental restoration; (vii) Encouraging insurance policies and programmes that favour the use of quality alternatives to dental amalgam for dental restoration; (viii) Restricting the use of dental amalgam to its encapsulated form; (ix) Promoting the use of best environmental practices in dental facilities to reduce releases of mercury and mercury compounds to water and land.

In addition, Parties shall: (i) Exclude or not allow, by taking measures as appropriate, the use of mercury in bulk form by dental practitioners; (ii) Exclude or not allow, by taking measures as appropriate, or recommend against the use of dental amalgam for the dental treatment of deciduous teeth, of patients under 15 years and of pregnant and breastfeeding women, except when considered necessary by the dental practitioner based on the needs of the patient.

In addition, Parties that have not yet phased out dental amalgam shall: (i) Submit to the secretariat a national action plan or a report based on available information with respect to progress they have made or are making to phase down or phase out dental amalgam every four years as part of national reporting.