Water
Industry groups continue to fight Wastewater Treatment Directive despite court setback
EFPIA has lost their legal battle, but hope that national cases will address their concerns.
Europe’s pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries have pledged to continue challenging the EU’s revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) after the General Court dismissed separate legal actions brought by their trade associations on procedural grounds.
The rulings, which rejected cases from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and Cosmetics Europe for lack of legal standing, mean the court did not examine the legality of the directive’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme...

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