On Thursday 17 March, the Environment Ministers of the EU Member States adopted their position (‘general approach’) on the proposed regulation on batteries and battery waste, unanimously confirming the EU Council’s support for the compromise concocted by the French Presidency.
This opens the way for negotiations with the European Parliament.
This emblematic text of the circular economy was presented in December 2020 under the German Presidency (see EUROPE B12620A13). The general...