Companies in the EU that store dangerous chemicals on their premises will have to adhere to tougher management standards to prevent industrial accidents by 2015.
This is because the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers have struck an agreement on the contents of a new law – the Seveso III directive – that will include new safety rules for chemical-using businesses. Named after the site (in Italy) of a notorious 1976 chemical industry accident, the…
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