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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8099

26 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Political agreement at Council over compulsory non-animal testing of cosmetics but no date set for banning animal testing

Brussels, 26/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Monday, the Consumer Council managed to reach qualified majority political agreement on the proposal to ban animal testing under the directive on the marketing of dangerous substances (amending Directive 76/769/ECC). This ban has already been put off on two occasions in the past due to lack of progress in alternative testing methods. The last remaining hiccough (the ban on marketing products tested on animals and whether or not a definite...

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