EU ROUND UP – CEPE WARNS PAINT BIOCIDE LEGALITY AT RISK IN EU
July 2nd, 2020
CEPE, the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry, has warned that an upcoming European Union (EU) toxic chemical law could see biocidal paints banned within the EU. Its concerns have been raised in consultation on a planned chemicals strategy for sustainability that the European Commission is to draft and release by September 30. “Under the current circumstances the future availability of biocides for paints is at jeopardy,” said CEPE, because such products “goes against the principles” of the European Green Deal, the ...
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