DG Environment rethinks use of CEN standards in products policy

The European Commission's Environment Directorate is re-considering the feasibility of applying the EU's "New Approach" - based around CEN standards instead of prescriptive regulation - in products legislation. A perceived failure of the New Approach in packaging legislation means that it will almost certainly have to be modified if it is to be applied elsewhere in the environmental field.

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