P9_TA(2024)0191 – Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions – European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 April 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions (COM(2023)0395 – C9-0309/2023 – 2023/0272(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-04-10
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU production, cosmetic product, dental medicine, environmental protection, export restriction, import restriction, lighting equipment, market approval, mercury, metal pollution




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P9_TA(2024)0191

Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions


European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 April 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions (COM(2023)0395 – C9-0309/2023 – 2023/0272(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2025/1299)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0395),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0309/2023),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 October 2023
                   (1),










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after consulting the Committee of the Regions,










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 21 February 2024 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0002/2024),











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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2);










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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/894, 6.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/894/oj.

(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 17 January 2024 (Texts adopted, P9_TA(2024)0019).






P9_TC1-COD(2023)0272


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 April 2024 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to export, import and manufacturing restrictions



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1849.)




ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1299/oj
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