EU lawmakers agree on chemical limit law
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Governments of EU nations and lawmakers agreed on new legislation to control the use of chemicals in industry after years of haggling over how to balance health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business.
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PARIS, March 9 -- European Union leaders agreed Friday to take the 27-country bloc beyond the targets of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, agreeing to legally binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- The European Parliament voted today to approve legislation calling for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), in a form which will unnecessarily stifle trade and innovation.
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LISBON - European Union leaders gathering here last night agreed on a treaty that they hoped would end the drift plaguing the bloc since the French and the Dutch rejected a European constitution two years ago.
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European Union lawmakers finally approved a new executive commission, ending three weeks of limbo sparked by an unprecedented row over the line-up.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union environment ministers agreed yesterday on an ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in one of the boldest moves yet to contain global warming -- a goal likely to lead to mandatory limits for cars and pollution allowances for airlines.
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EU leaders agree to adopt a binding renewable energy target, a day after backing cuts in carbon emissions.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (IPS) - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are  seeking that pesticide use be halved within a decade in order to  reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals in the environment.
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EU plans to tightly regulate chemicals found in many household items will  put many companies out of business, an industry spokesman has warned.
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By Helen Logan  Firms were today warned to start gearing up for Europe's biggest- ever single piece of legislation.   Euro-MPs have given the green light to new laws on the testing of thousands of chemicals in daily use.
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EU lawmakers endorsed a deal Wednesday to cap mobile phone roaming fees in the 27-nation bloc
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EU ministers ended 18 months of squabbling on Tuesday over new rules for organic farming and came up with a labelling system that will tell consumers exactly what they are buying on the supermarket shelves.
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The European Parliament today finally approved Jose Manuel Barrosoâs revamped executive European Commission, ending a three-week political standoff that boosted the power of MEPs.
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The European Union on Friday opened its new chemicals agency in Helsinki, tasked with implementing the EU&#39;s new chemicals regulation to eliminate dangerous chemicals through tightened regulation.
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By LARA JAKES JORDAN  WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans agreed Thursday to let the government shut down chemical plants that fail to meet security standards. The deal would expand federal oversight of an industry vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
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New rules intended to stop the dumping of toxic waste in developing countries come into force in the EU.
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The European Union head office imposed fines totaling about &#36;283 million on three companies on Wednesday for carving up among themselves the European market for a chemical used to produce detergents, food and cosmetics.