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EU to waive asbestos ban in second-hand products

ENDS Europe
Thursday 26 February 2009

The re-sale of asbestos-containing products that were in use before a 2005 EU ban on the cancer-causing substance can continue indefinitely, according to a draft derogation adopted last Friday and seen by ENDS.

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

Denmark took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January.

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