Strasbourg, 11/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - Following its rapporteur, German Social Democrat Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, the European Parliament amended the Council's common position on amending the 1976 directive on cosmetic products (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.15). The Parliament insists on introducing a provision allowing for all tests on animals for verifying the harmful effects of ingredients and cosmetic products to be phased out. It also insists on a ban (already foreseen in the 1993 directive)...