Strasbourg, 15/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following its rapporteur, German Social Democrat Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, the European Parliament approved, on Wednesday in Strasbourg, the joint draft Directive on cosmetics, as reached after conciliation with the Council. The text, which amends the earlier 1976 Directive, introduces a new deadline for effective application of the general ban on animal testing. This will be gradually applied between now and 2009 except for three categories of...