Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Ukraine on cooperation in the sphere of mercury waste recycling

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о сотрудничестве в области переработки ртутьсодержащих отходов

The Parties have agreed to promote and strengthen mutually beneficial and equal cooperation in the sphere of mercury waste recycling, mercury process optimization and utilization of mercury (art. 1). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following fields: (a) recycling of mercury waste of Russian enterprises in Gorlovka, Ukraine; (b) participation in the elaboration and implementation of state programmes and arrangementsthereof; (c) standardization, metrology and certification of mercury waste, conditions of storage and transportation thereof; (d) exchange of information and training of specialists (art. 2). Transportation, packaging and labelling of mercuric waste shall be carried out in conformity with related regulations in use between the Russian Federation and Ukraine (art. 3). All the mercuric waste shall be accompanied by certificates containing data on physical and chemical characteristics (art. 4).