The Swedish Presidency of the EU Council is keen to make progress on the proposal to amend the regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures (Regulation 1272/2008/EC, known as the ‘CLP’ regulation) in order to bring it into line with the latest scientific knowledge, to better protect human health and the environment and to make life easier for economic operators.
On 8 June, it submitted a revised compromise proposal to the Member States,...