EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE PROVISIONAL DEAL TO REDUCE PLASTIC BAGS USE
November 1st, 2014
REPRESENTATIVES of the European Parliament and the European Union’s (EU) Council of Ministers agreed on a provisional deal tonight to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags in the Union. However, the agreement still has to be confirmed in unanimity by EU member states’ top diplomats meeting in the so-called ‘Coreper’ committee on Friday, 21 November, after the European Commission, the initiator of the legislation, vetoed the measures laid down in the deal.Under it, EU member states would have a choice between adopting mandatory targets to reduce ...
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