AUSTRIA CENSURED BY ECJ OVER HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL CONTROLS
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PARIS (ICIS news)--The European Commission is now assessing whether the Austrian government is successfully forcing four provinces (Länder) into complying the European Union (EU) 1996 directive 96/82/EC on preventing major accidents caused by dangerous substances. This legislation - which focuses on controlling potentially explosive chemical substances - should be implemented nationwide. But the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled the Austrian provinces of Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol and Upper Austria had failed to write all the directive's ...
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