Brussels, 17/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has come out in favour of a system of labelling that guarantees a minimum product lifetime.
For the very first time, an EU institution has highlighted a key issue for sustainability-obsessed Europe: the planned obsolescence of widely consumed products. On 17 October, the ESC adopted an opinion drafted by Thierry Libaert (Group III, France), aided by his fellow-countryman Jean-Pierre Haber of the EESC's...