The risk of Europe's landmark chemicals safety law - REACH - getting bogged down in EU internal debate until mid-2007 became higher on Monday night (27 November), as compromise talks between MEPs and the Finnish EU presidency broke down after just one hour.
The dispute hinges on "substitution," with most socialist, liberal and green MEPs keen to force companies to present binding timetables for when they will substitute toxic chemicals with safer alternatives whenever they apply for RE...
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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.