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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8250

8 July 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 54
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment
Parliament goes much further than Commission in amending Seveso II Directive on major industrial risks

Strasbourg, 08/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - Last Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted in Strasbourg the report by Giorgio Lisi (EPP-ED, Italy) on the proposal for a directive amending the Seveso II Directive on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, so that its provisions might be reinforced. By taking this decision at first reading, the plenary assembly went well beyond the adjustments proposed by the Commission in order to draw the lessons to be learnt...

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