In the early morning hours on Tuesday 3 December, the European Parliament and EU Council negotiators reached an interim Interinstitutional Agreement on the future Regulation which will establish minimum standards for the safe reuse of urban waste water for agricultural irrigation.
The text still needs to be consolidated and submitted to the Member States' ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) on 18 December before it can be endorsed by the EU Council. This agreement, which was reached at the...