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Council adopts radioactive shipment rules

ENDS Europe
Wednesday 22 November 2006

EU farm ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday rubber-stamped new rules on cross-border shipments of radioactive waste.  The revision introduces a right of consent for receiving states and extends controls to nuclear spent fuel (EED 21/12/05).  In other business, a German proposal to review "old" active substances in the 1991 pesticide directive was backed by several countries.   Ministers also debated aid for energy crops and a commission plan to halt biodiversity loss (EED 22/05/06).  Some participants called for stricter controls to keep non-authorised GMOs off the market.  See council minutes.

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The Danish government presents the programme of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union ‘Europe at work'

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