ECPI: Industry protests French bill banning phthalates / Legislation takes first parliamentary hurdle in May

摘要

European plasticiser manufacturers are beating the drum against final passage of French legislation that would impose a sweeping ban on phthalates, parabens and alkylphenols, some of which are used in cosmetics, others in plastics. The bill proposed by MP Yvan Lachaud unexpectedly took its first hurdle, the National Assembly, on 3 May despite rejection by the majority party of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. It is not expected to pass the upper house, the Senate, in the same form but the European Council of Plasticisers and Intermediates (ECPI, Brussels / Belgium; www.epci.org) does not want to be unpleasantly surprised again.