Brussels, 30/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The outgoing Dutch Presidency of the Council of Ministers has been true to its word in managing to get a last-gasp agreement on Thursday 30 June between the European Parliament and the Council on revision of the directive on national emissions ceilings for certain air pollutants (Directive 2003/35/EC, known as the NEC directive).
After the fourth trialogue meeting on this crucial text of the “clean air for Europe” package on 21 June, the permanent...