Reporting under the Mercury Regulation

Reporting cycle for 2018 reporting year

• 13 December 2019: The tool is open for your reports. Our letter explaining the reporting cycle is available here: download here
• By 31 January 2020: Deadline for reporting.
  • Please note that the European Commission has decided to extend the deadline for the first year to 31 January 2020. Please see here the official letter confirming that. As from 2021, the deadline will be 1 January.

Resources for reporters

• Manual of reporters: download here
• Tutorial demo on the reporting tool: view here
• Presentation from the Mercury Expert Group meeting (12/04/2021): download here
• Implementing Decision establishing the reporting questions: download here
• Status of reporting: Check the reporting status here

Contact point at EEA for this data flow

Please contact Mercury Reporting Helpdesk for any technical queries you may have around this reporting obligation.

Obligations to report under the Mercury Regulation

The Mercury regulation requires countries to report on several aspects which have been grouped in four specific obligations as follows:

• Reporting on activities involving the use of mercury: learn more
• Import restrictions of mercury and mercury mixtures (non-waste): learn more
• Import restrictions - Mercury as waste: learn more
• [Copy of the] Report under Article 21 of the Minamata Convention: learn more