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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7735

10 June 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/public health
Arvidsson Report invites plenary to approve and strengthen proposal aimed at protecting children from danger of phtalates in soft PVC toys

Brussels, 09/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - On the basis of the report by Per-Arne Arvidsson (EPP-ED, Sweden), the parliamentary committee on the environment, public health and consumer policy invited the plenary to considerably extend the scope of the Commission proposal aimed at introducing into the Union a permanent ban on six phtalates (substances used for making plastic softer) in soft PVC toys and baby products that children under the age of three put into their mouths, and to impose a...

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