Japan - 13 - Environment and health protection, Safety
- 29 - Electrical engineering
Specified mercury-using products listed below:
| Specified mercury-using products | Entry Date |
| Button zinc silver oxide batteries with a mercury content < 1% [1]and button zinc air batteries with a mercury content < 2% | 1.1.2026 |
| Compact fluorescent lamps with an integrated ballast (CFL.i) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 1.1.2026 |
| Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) and external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL) of all lengths for electronic displays, not included in the listing directly below. (a) short length (≤ 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 3.5 mg per lamp (b) medium length (> 500 mm and ≤ 1 500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 5 mg per lamp (c) long length (> 1500 mm) with mercury content exceeding 13 mg per lamp | 1.1.2026 |
| The following electrical and electronic measuring devices, except those installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury- free alternative is available: (a) Melt pressure transducers, melt pressure transmitters and melt pressure sensors | 1.1.2026 |
| Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are > 30 watts | 1.1.2027 |
| Compact fluorescent lamps with a non-integrated ballast (CFL.ni) for general lighting purposes that are ≤ 30 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp burner | 1.1.2027 |
| Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a) Halophosphate phosphor ≤ 40 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 10 mg per lamp (b) Halophosphate phosphor > 40 watts | 1.1.2027 |
| Non-linear fluorescent lamps (NFLs) (e.g., U-bend and circular) for general lighting purposes: (b) Halophosphate phosphor, all wattages | 1.1.2027 |
| Linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) for general lighting purposes: (a) Triband phosphor < 60 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5 mg per lamp (b) Triband phosphor ≥ 60 watts with a mercury content not exceeding 5mg per lamp (c) Triband phosphor ≥ 60 watts with a mercury content exceeding 5mg per lamp | 1.1.2028 |
| Non-linear fluorescent lamps (NFLs) (e.g., U-bend and circular) for general lighting purposes: (a) Triband phosphor, all wattages | 1.1.2028 |
[1] "silver oxide batteries (limited to those with a mercury content of less than one percent by weight that are button batteries)" are already Specified Mercury-using Products on the Enforcement Order (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4280)
Revision of the "Enforcement Order of the Act on Preventing Mercury Pollution of the Environment"; (2 page(s), in English)
Based on Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Preventing Mercury Pollution of the Environment, the above products will be designated as specified mercury-using products whose manufacture is particularly in need of regulation. Their usage as components in the manufacture of other products will also be regulated.