On Thursday 23 October, the European Parliament approved the European Commission’s request to postpone the dates of application of the new European laws on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals, by 441 votes to 108, with 11 abstentions.
This postponement, proposed by the European Commission through what is known as the ‘stop-the-clock’ mechanism, is aimed at simplification and forms part of the ‘Omnibus VI’ legislation on chemicals, which was presented in July...