EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND EU COUNCIL TO CLASH OVER WATER QUALITY LAW
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL A POLITICAL struggle is looming between the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over a directive controlling hazardous substances within surface waters in the EU. Ministers have rejected amendments passed by MEPs that would add an additional 28 substances to the 33 earmarked for maximum contamination limits in surface water within initial proposals from the European Commission. The MEPs' additional substances included certain pesticides, PVC softeners, pharmaceuticals and brominated flame retardants. However, in a ...
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