EU EXTRACTIVE WASTE DIRECTIVE CONCILIATION COMMITTEE AGREEMENT
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA CONCILIATION committee linking the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has struck a final deal on the shape of a EU directive on the environmental control of extractive mine waste. MEPs and ministers agreed a formula on three key contested areas:*Proposed delays for Romania and Bulgaria to apply the legislation will go. They will now adopt it in full upon joining the EU, probably in 2007;*Financial guarantees secured by mine operators will now cover the restoration of mine waste facility buildings, roads, and ...
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