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News 19th January 2005 Chemical regulation: Conservatives call for simpler, quicker law "The lesson we draw from the European Parliament's REACH hearing is that we must focus on substances of real concern, identified on the basis of risk. To facilitate the process of assessment and registration, we support the simplified system of 'One Substance, One Registration' (OSOR) based on action by consortia of companies". This was the conclusion of Conservative Spokesman on the Environment in the European Parliament, Caroline Jackson MEP, and EPP-ED Co-ordinator on the EP Environment Committee, John Bowis MEP, at the end of today's hearing on chemicals.
They added: "This proposal would speed up effective implementation, reduce cost and dramatically reduce the number of tests on animals. There was widespread support for the OSOR solution but we regret that the Commission is still clinging to its original, cumbersome proposal. We would like to see it incorporate the OSOR process into its proposals. If it does not, MEPs' dialogue with the Commission may become meaningless, since it is highly likely that the Council will move to adopt OSOR in principle, before the Parliament has even completed its first reading." |
