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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8653

26 February 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environement/enlargement
Commission proposes granting additional deadline to accession states to allow them to implement recycling objectives and packaging evaluation

Brussels, 25/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has just met the request of the eight accession states seeking another transition period for implementing the objectives of the "revised" directive on packaging and packaging waste. In consideration that these countries have barely begun to put into place their recycling and packaging assessment systems, it has adopted a draft directive in which it will plans to allow accession countries to postpone the deadline for the revised...

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