EU REBUFFS CRITICISM AT WTO OF COBALT AND TITANIUM LABELLING PLANS
November 1st, 2019
Diplomats at the World Trade Organisation’s goods council have attacked the European Union (EU) over its plans to integrate titanium dioxide and cobalt into its health and safety laws, claiming this could impose unnecessary red tape restrictions on exporting certain stainless steels to the EU. The European Parliament is considering regulating these steel inputs under its classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) regulation. The proposals have already received support from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European ...
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