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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9276
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/industry/better regulation

Commission proposes repeal of Community legislation on knots in wood industry

Brussels, 29/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - As part of its "Better Regulation" initiative, the European Commission on Friday proposed to repeal directive 68/89/EEC, which lays down Community-level regulations on the quality and size of the wood in the rough used as a raw material in wood-related industries, leaving it up to the standardisation bodies to define criteria relative to wood. In a press release, the Commission considers that "the trade in wood in the rough will not be negatively...

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