On Monday 18 December, there is a strong possibility that the Member States’ environment ministers will reach an EU Council agreement on the proposed regulation on packaging and packaging waste (see EUROPE B13074A7).
The twenty-seven ambassadors to the EU (Coreper), invited to react to the amended compromise submitted to them by the Spanish Presidency, did not all subscribe to it on Friday 15 December, but a blocking minority should be avoided with a few minor adjustments made over the...