REACH DELAYS
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA ROW amongst European parliamentarians over which committee should review the controversial REACH system could delay consideration of the chemical control proposal until a new parliament is elected in June. Left wing MEPs are keen for the proposal to be examined by the environment committee, which would be able to exploit its responsibility to table amendments to beef up REACH's controls. However, right wing MEPs want parliament's industry committee to have the lead role; it could be expected to be more sympathetic to the interests of the ...
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