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Waste - 15.12.2004
Environment Council: CEMR urges EU Ministers to be ambitious on future legislation on batteries and accumulators
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) calls on EU Environment ministers to include power tools in the cadmium ban and to set high collection targets for portable batteries at their next Council meeting.
The Council is expected to adopt rules to apply to batteries and accumulators on 20 December 2004, and CEMR believes that exempting power tools from the cadmium ban, as well as setting low collection targets for all portable batteries would send very negative signals.
EU diplomats discussed a draft Council agreement on 13 December. The Dutch ...
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