Press Release: Biocides: Commission asks France to comply with a Court ruling

The European Commission sent a formal request to France in January 2004 asking it to comply with a 2003 ruling of the Court of Justice. The Court ruled that France had failed to adopt and communicate its national law texts required to implement an EU law on biocides (also known as non-agricultural pesticides). The law in question obliges Member States to put in place an authorisation system for the marketing of certain biocides, such as wood preservatives and disinfectants. National rules should have been put in place by 14 May 2000. Failure to establish these rules could result in fines being imposed on France.

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/biocides/index.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/biocides/index.htm

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