Canada Published SOR/2024-109 to Amend the Products Containing Mercury Regulations
| Targeted audience |
Canada domestic manufacturers, Canada importers and upstream suppliers |
| Products concerned |
Battery |
Key industries
concerned with this insight |
Battery |
| Application date |
June 19, 2025 |
| Main content or requirements |
Canada published SOR/2024-109 to revised requirements for mercury content in batteries. |
| Reference |
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2024/2024-06-19/html/sor-dors109-eng.html |
On June 19, 2024, Canada published SOR/2024-109 Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations to amend the SOR/2014-254 the Products Containing Mercury Regulations. The amendment will come into force on June 19, 2025, which is the first anniversary of the day it is published in the Canada Gazette.
The amendments to the chemical requirements are mainly the removal of homogeneous materials in battery and the elimination of the distinction between button cells and other batteries. The highlights are as below:
| SOR/2014-254 |
Amendment Regulation SOR/2024-109 |
(l) a battery, other than a button cell battery, that has a mercury concentration of 0.0005% or less by weight in homogeneous materials.
(m) beginning on January 1, 2016, a button cell battery that has a mercury concentration of 0.0005% or less by weight in homogeneous materials.
(n) from January 1, 2016 until December 31, 2019, a button cell battery that is incorporated into a medical device that is intended to remain in the body for at least 30 consecutive days. |
(l) a battery that has a mercury concentration of 0.0005% or less by weight. |
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