US and Australia criticise EU's proposed EDC restrictions
Date:11-17-2017
The US and Australia have complained to the WTO that hazard-based EU proposals to regulate endocrine-disrupting substances (EDCs) in biocidal and plant protection products will harm international trade.
The US went a step further, arguing that the proposals could violate a WTO agreement on agricultural sanitation measures.
On 4 October, the European Parliament vetoed the European Commission's pending EDC proposal for plant protection products. The action was based on objections to provisions that would exempt some substances with endocirne-disrupting properties from the criteria.
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