In Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 February, the European Parliament opposed the European Commission's plan for special dispensation for small quantities of lead to be allowed in recycled PVC products again, on public health and environmental protection grounds.
MEPs objected to the proposal to amend Annex IV of the REACH regulation by 394 votes to 241, with 13 abstentions. This means in effect that they have sent the Commission back to the drawing board (see EUROPE B12408A12).
Although the...