The European Parliament amended and tightened up the Commission’s text of a Regulation on detergents by including stricter conditions on derogations from biodegradability rules and clearer labelling for consumers.
MEPs also took a stand on phosphates by urging the Commission to table a new legislative proposal specifically to phase out phosphates or restrict them to specific applications, three years after the Regulation takes effect.
The Parliament supported the rapporteur’s view (Mauro NOBILIA UEN, Italy) that too much cryptic information on labels can lead to confusion which contradicts the reason for such label information.
MEPs also adopted an amendment saying that if a detergent product carries any claim to be ’green’ but not the European Eco-label, then it must clearly indicate which of the Eco-label criteria it does not fulfil.
This must be indicated on the packaging next to and in same letter size as the ’green’ claim (amendment number 48).
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