The European Parliament passed today the first EU directive on soil protection which will create a legal framework duplicating already existing national legislation.
Speaking from Strasbourg, Glenis Willmott, Member of the European Parliament's Environment Committee, said: "As it stands, the directive on soil protection is over prescriptive. It does not take into account existing and well functioning legislation that is already in place in member states."
Glenis Willmott MEP continued: "Labour MEPs voted against the soil directive, because we were not convinced of its necessity as this is an area already covered by existing legislation."
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