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Several other points were raised on divergence from the Minamata convention. The EU’s dental amalgam provisions go beyond the current requirements in the Minamata convention. At the last Conference of the Parties, COP 5, in October/November 2023, there was a proposal to phase out the manufacture, import and export of dental amalgam by 2030. There was no consensus, so parties agreed to discuss this at the next COP, which is happening next week. Parties, however, agreed to phase down dental amalgam and that parties yet to phase out or prohibit dental amalgam would report on their process to phase down or phase out amalgam, which is what we are doing.