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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8457

8 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment/industry
Commission launches 8 week consultation exercise on its draft new chemicals legislation - NGOs say this means it won't be possible to pass the legislation in 2004

Brussels, 07/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the scan published its draft new legislation on chemicals on the internet and launched a consultation exercise involving all interested parties to consider the new legislation that will cover all chemicals (whether or not they were already on sale in September 1981) with a view to ending the current distinction between legislation for "existing products" and "new products". The new legislative framework will replace the 60 current...

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