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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8321

18 October 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Council political agreement on revision of directive on packing and packing waste

Luxembourg, 17/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Environment Council reached a political agreement by majority qualified voting on the revision of the directive on packing and packing waste (directive 94/62/EC), which sets out to fix very ambitious objectives for collection and recycling. The agreement respects the general guideline set out by the Council on 25 June, using the same figures agreed upon: for collections: the general objective of a minimum of 60% packing weight; for...

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