Brussels, 20/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - Alongside the political agreement on collecting and recycling batteries and accumulators, the Environment Council on Monday also agreed in principle on two pieces of legislation to transpose the Aarhus Convention into EU law to strengthen citizens' involvement in environmental matters. The EU committed itself to transposing the Aarhus Convention into EU law by signing the Convention in 1998. Two Directives concerning access to environmental information...