EU MINISTERS AND MEPs STRIKE AGREEMENT OVER EU CADMIUM CAP FOR FERTILISERS
November 1st, 2018
Representatives of the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers have struck a provisional deal over legislation insisting that the content of cadmium within phosphate fertilisers sold within the EU should be capped at 60 mg/kg.
Under the agreement, which will need to be confirmed by the full European Parliament and Council of Ministers, the limit would apply three years after the new rules enter into force. If approved, the new regulation, (amending EU regulations (EC) No 1107/2009 and 1069/2009), would insist the European Commission ...
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