| Title: |
Community Strategy Concerning Mercury
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| Resource Type: |
document --> policy documents
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| Country: |
European Union
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| Year: |
2005 |
| Availability: |
COM(2005) 20 final, {SEC(2005) 101}
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| Author 1/Producer: |
European Commission
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Heavy metals
Diffuse pollution-->Processes
Soil-->Soil quality
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
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| Short description: |
In December 2002 the Commission presented a report to the Council concerning
mercury from the chlor-alkali industry. This considered the fate of 12-15 thousand
tonnes of surplus mercury resulting from the sector’s conversion away from the
mercury cell process. The Council reacted by inviting the Commission to present “a
coherent strategy ... with measures to protect human health and the environment from
the release of mercury based on a life-cycle approach, taking into account
production, use, waste treatment and emissions”. The strategy also provides a basis
for the Community’s input to international debate on mercury at the UNEP
Governing Council in February 2005.
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Link to Organisation(s):
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EC European Commission
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 25/05/2007
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