Strasbourg, 06/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - In line with Rapporteur Jonas Sjöstedt (UEL/NGL, Sweden), the EP has called for a tightening of legislation designed to improve the control of the production, treatment and storage of waste from the mining industry, learning lessons from the accidents at Baia Mare (Romania) and Donana National Park in Spain.
The amendments voted in the first reading are designed to i) extend the field of application of the Directive to prospecting for mineral...