The Council of the EU is making progress on the Regulation on the prevention of plastic pellet losses in order to reduce pollution (see EUROPE B13272A3), on which a political agreement (General approach) is due to be adopted at the ‘Environment’ Council on 17 December.
One of the aims is to include maritime transport in the text, which our Contexte colleagues published on Tuesday 22 October. Contacted by Agence Europe, a source close to the matter explained that this inclusion is...