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Japan to be implemented to prevent mercury pollution bill
Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japanese Ministry of Environment (MoE) proposed bill to prevent mercury pollution of the environment, to ensure compliance with the contents of the Minamata Convention, to further prevent mercury pollution of the environment and human health.
This bill sets than Minamata Convention (Minamata Convention on Mercury) requirements deprecated earlier deadline date (phase-out dates), the provisions of the manufacturer, importer or exporter after the date on deprecated shall manufacture, import or export row Appendix a to the Convention particular portion of the first mercury-added products. Details are as follows:
| Specific mercury-added products | Deprecation Date |
|
Batteries (except for the following) - Button zinc silver oxide battery (mercury content less than 1%) - Zinc-air button batteries (mercury content of less than 2%) |
End of 2017 (Alkaline button batteries can be the end of 2020) |
| Switches Adapter and relays | End of 2020 |
| And not more than 30W rated power each lamp mercury content of more than 5 mg of compact fluorescent lamps and energy-saving light bulbs | End of 2017 |
|
Linear fluorescent general lighting purposes (LFLs) - Use tricolor fluorescent powder lamp, rated power of less than 60W and each lamp mercury content of more than 5 mg - Halogenated phosphate phosphor lamp, rated power of less than 40W and each lamp mercury content of more than 10 mg |
End of 2017 |
| General lighting with a high pressure mercury vapor lamp (HPMV) | End of 2020 |
|
Cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) used in the electronic display and the external electrode fluorescent lamp (EEFL) - Short lengths (≦ 500 mm) and each lamp mercury content of more than 3.5 mg - Length (> 500mm and ≦ 1500 mm) and each lamp mercury content of more than 5 mg - Long length (> 1500mm) and mercury lamp containing more than 13 mg each |
End of 2017 |
| cosmetic | End of 2017 |
| Insecticides, fungicides and topical disinfectants |
End of 2017 (Topical disinfectant is the end of 2020) |
|
The following non-electronic measuring device (except currently no alternative device for high-precision measuring devices) - Barometer - Hygrometer - Pressure Gauge - Thermometer - Sphygmomanometer |
End of 2020 |
Effective Date
Although the relevant decree was in January 2016 announcement, but must wait until the entry into force of the Minamata Convention (must be at least 50 Member States to sign consent) after the entry into force.
Source：http://www.intertek-twn.com/FrontEnd/newseventsview.aspx?lang=C&no=1159
