Brussels, 27/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Representatives of employers (UNICE), Chambers of Commerce (Eurochambres), small and medium-sized companies (UEAPME), and insurers (BIPAR and the European Committee of Insurers) share the same concerns about the future environmental liability system that the proposal of directive of January 2002 aims to set in place.
They mainly fear the principle of unlimited liability and the compulsory nature of the insurance schemes for all kinds of environmental...