TOUGH EU BIOCIDE RULES DETER ASIAN COATING EXPORTERS FROM SEEKING EUROPEAN SALES
April 1st, 2011
BY WANG FANGQING, MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, KARRYN MILLER and KEITH NUTHALL
EMERGING market coatings exporters sometimes claim tough environmental rules in rich jurisdictions are nothing but a form of protection. And while such arguments can always be contested, it is certainly true that the European Union's (EU) ongoing and longstanding biocide review will throw up obstacles to Asia-Pacific coatings manufacturers wanting to secure sales in Europe. The review is being staged under the 1998 biocidal products directive 98/8, which mandates only biocides receiving a ...
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