What You Need to Know About the Products Containing Mercury Regulations

The objective of the Once they come into force in November 2015, the Regulations is to protect Regulations will: human health and the • Prohibit the manufacture and import of most environment by reducing products that contain mercury or any of its releases of mercury from compounds into Canada; products used in Canada to the lowest level that is technically • Exempt and set content limits on the m [...] It is the responsibility of the importer and manufacturer to ensure that the products they import or manufacture are in compliance with the Regulations. [...] If the product is too small to accommodate the required information, labelling information must be: • In a readily visible location on the product’s package; or • In a notice attached to the product or in a manual that accompanies the product if there is no package or if the package is too small to accommodate the required information; o In the case of a notice, in both official languages; and o I [...] If the mercury is contained in a component of a product, the information must be indicated: • In a readily visible location on the product; or • In a notice attached to the product or in a manual that accompanies the product; o In the case of a notice, in both official languages; and o In the case of a manual, it must be in English, French or both official languages, as requested by the first reta [...] Since the headlamps are components of the vehicle, and the car is not packaged, the required labelling information could go in a notice or manual (see paragraph 8(3)(b) of the Regulations).