EU ROUND UP – ECJ BLASTS COMMISSION OVER FAILURE TO SET ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR CRITERIA
January 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censored the European Commission for failing to produce formal guidance on what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical, so that chemical industries such as the paint sector can comply with the EU biocidal product regulation. It has a rule that endocrine disrupting biocides should not be approved for use in the European Union (EU) and assessments of biocidal products under the regulation are under way – but the coatings industry still lacks clear legal guidance from the Commission on this key point. Brussels’ ...
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