MEPs have tabled over 220 amendments designed to toughen up European Commission proposals to keep toxic chemicals out of Europe's lakes and rivers, with the first round of the legal battle in March and with commission plans to set criminal penalties for polluters to dovetail with the "priority substances" directive.
The priority substance bill - first put together back in 2001 as part of the water framework directive - aims to establish EU-wide limits on "maximum allowable concentratio...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.