Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) voted, on Wednesday 17 March, on compromise amendments to the draft legislative initiative report by Antonius Manders (EPP, Netherlands) to call on the European Commission to strengthen EU rules on the liability of companies for environmental damage.
While the outcome of the votes was not yet known at the time of going to press, the vast majority of the compromise amendments, if not all, were expected to be approved.