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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7895
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/environment

Parliament wants to tighten proposal on progressive elimination of short chain chlorinated paraffins

Brussels, 02/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - Adopting the report by Guiseppe Nistico (Forza Italia) the European Parliament approved, by tightening it, the Commission proposal aiming to limit the use and marketing of short chain chlorinated paraffins due to the danger presented by the hydrocarbon compounds for the environment and human health.

The main amendments voted by the plenary session aim to extend the scope of the proposal (on the twentieth technical amendment to Directive 76/769/EEC) so...

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