Such new activities should therefore be prohibited unless an assessment demonstrates that the new mercury-added product or new manufacturing process would provide significant environmental or health benefits and pose no significant risks either to the environment or to human health, and that no technically practicable mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits are available.
Ba cheart na gníomhaíochtaí nua sin a thoirmeasc mar sin ach amháin má thaispeánann measúnú go mbeadh tairbhí móra don chomhshaol nó don tsláinte ag baint leis an táirge nua a mbeadh mearcair curtha leis nó le próiseas táirgthe nua agus nach mbeadh rioscaí suntasacha acu don chomhshaol ná do shláinte an duine agus nach mbeadh aon roghanna eile saor ó mhearcair ar fáil a bheadh indéanta go teicniúil a mbeadh na tairbhí sin ag baint leo.