EU’S SEVESO III LAW TO IMPROVE PREVENTION OF MAJOR-ACCIDENT HAZARDS INVOLVING DANGEROUS METAL PROCESSING CHEMICALS
June 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Union (EU) is set to improve prevention of major-accident hazards involving dangerous chemicals used for metal processing. The EU Council of Ministers yesterday (June 26) approved a new EU directive that will replace the existing Seveso II chemical explosion prevention directive by June 1, 2011. The new law will be called Seveso III: the legislation is named after an Italian town that was devastated by an industrial chemical explosion in 1976. The law insists on high standards regarding the storage and handling of potentially ...
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