Without prejudice to the prohibition of such use and in addition to the implementation of effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties by Member States in respect of infringements of this Regulation, it is also appropriate to provide for a national plan in the event of there being more than isolated cases of non-compliance with that prohibition, in order to tackle the problem of artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing in which mercury amalgamation is used to extract gold from ore.
Gan dochar do thoirmeasc na húsáide sin agus sa bhreis ar phionóis éifeachtacha, chomhréireacha agus athchomhairleacha a bheith á gcur chun feidhme ag na Ballstáit i leith sáruithe ar an Rialachán seo, is iomchuí freisin foráil a dhéanamh maidir le plean náisiúnta i gcás níos mó ná cásanna ar leith de neamhchomhlíonadh leis an toirmisc sin, chun dul i ngleic le fadhb na mianadóireachta agus na próiseála óir ceardaíochta agus mionscála inar úsáideadh malgamú mearcair chun mearcair a eastóscadh ó mhian.