Guidance Document on Mercury and Mercury Compounds

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Table of content

Background .4

1. Identification and quantification of sources.5

1.1 Production and Use.5

1.1.1 Contracting Parties6

1.2 Sources of emissions and discharges 6

2. Pathways to the marine environment, monitoring data, and assessment of the extent of

problems.10

2.1 Pathways to the marine environment .10

2.2 Monitoring data10

2.3 Assessment of the extent of problems .12

3. Identification of possible measures and instruments .13

3.1 Measures required by EU legislation or international agreements 13

3.1.1. EU requirements .13

3.1.2. HELCOM requirements.14

3.2 Other existing or new measures and instruments16

4. Proposals for possible HELCOM actions .17

4.1 Evaluation of the need for actions at HELCOM level .17

4.2 Proposals for such HELCOM actions .18

5. List of References .19

6. Abbreviations20