The European Parliament and the Council of the EU failed to reach an interinstitutional agreement on the draft directive on carcinogens and mutagens during the negotiation meeting held on the evening of Wednesday, 17 November, mainly due to the issue of including hazardous drugs in the annex.
Despite a significant relaxation of the negotiating mandate obtained by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU—notably regarding the inclusion of reprotoxic substances...