The decision of the European Commission refusing to re-examine the authorisation granted in 2016 to three recycling companies for the use of recycled PVC plastic containing phthalate DEHP should be annulled on the basis of a poor assessment of the socio-economic benefits of that authorisation, Advocate General Juliane Kokott said in her Opinion delivered on Thursday 25 February (Case C-45//19 P).
Due to its toxic properties for reproduction and the resulting risks to human health,...