Berlin is likely to back the European Parliament's new deal on REACH, after German conservative MEP Hartmut Nassauer drafted the compromise in close contact with chancellor-designate Angela Merkel.
REACH stands for registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals.
The new law is designed to cut cancer and pollution by making companies register data on substances used in everyday products, with pro-green and pro-industry groups scrapping over the text for year...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.