MEPs have been accused of delaying the new EU chemical legislation by Italian socialist Guido Sacconi.
In an interview with an EU online newspaper, Mr Sacconi (who is also the rapporteur for the REACH regulation in the Committee for Environment of the EP) said that MEPs have tried to block the EU’s controversial new chemical law by debating on the procedures and form, and not going into the content of the legislation.
EU competition ministers met in Brussels on 11 March 2004 to look at proposals on the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals, known as REACH.
Related links
Procedural file of the REACH regulation
Agenda of the Competitiveness Council, 11 March 2004
