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PART 8
Article 3.3 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Geneva on 19 January 2013
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Definitions - Part 8
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224.In this Part—
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“mercury” means elemental mercury (Hg(0), CAS No. 7439-97-6) and includes mixtures of mercury with other substances, including alloys of mercury, with a mercury concentration of at least 95 per cent by weight;
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“mercury-added product” means a product or product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added;
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“mercury compounds” means mercury (I) chloride (known also as calomel), mercury (II) oxide, mercury (II) sulphate, mercury (II) nitrate, cinnabar and mercury sulphide;
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“primary mercury mining” means mining in which the principal material sought is mercury.
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