Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) are calling for an EU-wide framework for soil protection that fully respects the subsidiarity principle.
A draft resolution calling on the European Commission to develop this common framework was adopted on Friday 16 April by a large majority (73 votes in favour, 7 against, no abstentions) (see EUROPE B12665A6).
Respecting subsidiarity would avoid the pitfall of the Soil Protection Directive proposed in 2006, but...