Some lessons learned from the new CLP Delegated Act on new hazard classes

Sometime tomorrow, 20 February, a new Delegated Act will be published.  amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures  I will add the final text tomorrow. I thought I’d take a quiet Sunday to try and recreate the key dates from my … Read more

The lack of public scrutiny of EU secondary legislation

  I remember folklore children’s tales making the point that lawmaking should be public. Draft laws were posted in the town square giving all – peasants, traders and rich – the opportunity to give feedback. It is something I wish the Commission adopted. Most EU laws don’t benefit from public feedback. In tandem with this, … Read more