
Article 1 
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 10 April 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 September 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the entry 18a is amended as follows:

((1)) paragraph 4 is deleted;
((2)) the following paragraphs 5 to 8 are added:
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5. 

((a)) barometers;
((b)) hygrometers;
((c)) manometers;
((d)) sphygmomanometers;
((e)) strain gauges to be used with plethysmographs;
((f)) tensiometers;
((g)) thermometers and other non-electrical thermometric applications.

The restriction shall also apply to measuring devices under points (a) to (g) which are placed on the market empty if intended to be filled with mercury.

6. 

((a)) sphygmomanometers to be used:

((i)) in epidemiological studies which are ongoing on 10 October 2012;
((ii)) as reference standards in clinical validation studies of mercury-free sphygmomanometers;
((b)) thermometers exclusively intended to perform tests according to standards that require the use of mercury thermometers until 10 October 2017;
((c)) mercury triple point cells which are used for the calibration of platinum resistance thermometers.

7. 

((a)) mercury pycnometers;
((b)) mercury metering devices for determination of the softening point.

8. 

((a)) measuring devices more than 50 years old on 3 October 2007;
((b)) measuring devices which are to be displayed in public exhibitions for cultural and historical purposes.
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