Luxembourg, 24/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Netherlands has won its case at the European Court of Justice for cancellation of a provision of the 1999 Commission Directive that allowed Austria and Sweden to continue to apply, until 31 December 2002, stricter restrictions than the European norms in respect of use of cadmium. Cadmium, together with tin and pentachlorophenol (PCP), is considered as a dangerous substance whose marketing and use is governed by a 1976 Council directive amended...