Late in the afternoon of Tuesday 5 December, negotiators from the European Parliament, led by Maria Spyraki (EPP, Greek), the EU Council and the European Commission reached a political agreement on the revision of the European Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures (Regulation 1272/2008, known as CLP).
The aim of this revision is to put in place harmonised rules applicable to all suppliers before their chemicals are placed on the...