The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) believes updating of the European directive on drinking water should be based on WHO guidelines. The European consultative body defends its point of view in an opinion adopted on 12 July on revision of the 1998 directive (98/83/EC), proposed by the European Commission in February this year to ensure clean drinking water is available to everyone in the EU (see EUROPE 12048, 11952).
Although hailing the Commission’s proposal, the EESC...