World Business Briefing: Europe Approves Extensive Chemical Rules
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market, and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a new law. The European Parliament passed the law, one of the most complex and far-reaching commission regulations ever, after years of haggling marked by intense lobbying by the European chemicals industry and by protests from environmentalists who sought more restraints on the industry. The law, a compromise balancing health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business, puts the burden of proof on companies to show that industrial chemicals and substances used in everyday products are safe. It is likely to take effect in mid-2007.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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The European Parliament approves legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals in industry.
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By Geoff Meade; John Duckers  New laws on the testing of thousands of chemicals in daily use will be approved by Euro-MPs today - heralding the European Union's biggest-ever single piece of legislation.
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PARIS, Oct 29 (IPS) - The industrial lobby is putting the brakes on  European  Parliament debate of a bill for regulating and  ultimately eliminating  certain toxic chemicals. The U.S.  government also opposes the initiative.
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A round-up of the European press, Tuesday 12 September 2006.
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By Adam Mitchell  The organic revolution is sweeping across Europe, with the area of land dedicated to environmentally-friendly, pesticide-free food production more than doubling in the last decade.
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In the wake of the expansion of the European Union with 10 additional states, attention has been fixed on the development of the pharmaceutical industry in these and other Eastern European states.
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The huge outsourcer will offer PCs that comply with European laws that restrict the use of hazardous chemicals.
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By JAN SLIVA  STRASBOURG, France - Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.
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The European Union and other plaintiffs won a major victory against the US on Friday as the World Trade Organization approved a host of stiff sanctions on a broad range of American exports.
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The EU reached a settlement today of its long-running antitrust case against Coca-Cola under which the worldâs biggest soft drinks company agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the market in Europe.
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Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel  said it will be able to sell some of its British and Irish paint businesses as part of its divestment plan with European regulators who approved its 8 billion pound ($16.3 billion) acquisition of Britain's ICI
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By Diao Ying  The Chinese Government is telling enterprises to prepare to meet the latest European Union regulations on chemical substances, another of many international standards that stifles China's manufacturing-heavy foreign trade.
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Papers throughout Europe discuss the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.
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Three key anticompetitive issues addressed in agreement between European Commission and company, according to news report.