International Environmental Monitor

The McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P./Technology Sciences Group Inc. International Environmental Monitor provides companies doing business around the world with notice of important regulatory, technical, and enforcement policy developments concerning chemicals, pesticides, drugs, and related products in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Relevant international developments also are reported.

Articles in this Issue: EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS Commission Amends Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC to Include 2,4-D

The e-Economy in Europe

Commission Proposes to Amend Seveso II Directive on Industrial Accidents

Commission Supports Council Common Position on PentaBDE

Pesticides Threatened by Zero-Emission Standard Established under the WFD

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading

NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees Increase Nearly 50%

NAS to Study Use of Human Subjects in Toxicity Assessments

EPA Issues Guidance on Expedited Review of Experimental Use Permits

EPA Continues to Cancel Residential Uses of Organophosphates

EPA Provides Status of Proposed Rule to Amend TSCA IUR

U.S. HPV Chemicals Testing Update

HAZMAT Reauthorization Bill Introduced in the Senate

D.C. Circuit Upholds NTP Interpretation of Regulations Classifying Carcinogenicity

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Canada to Expand Release Reporting for Toxic Chemicals

Harmonized Integrated Classification System Published

Canada Begins Review of Existing Substances on Inventory

Facilitating Access to Pesticide and Biocide Reviews

OECD Report on the Future Environmental Outlook for the Chemicals Industry

OECD Workshop on the Economics of Pesticide Risk Reduction

OECD Pesticide Program is Ten Years Old

China GM Cotton Acreage Doubles

FOOD & DRUG DEVELOPMENTS Compromise Reached on Animals Used for Experimental Purposes in Cosmetics Testing

FDA Chief Counsel to Pre-Approve Warning Letters

European Parliament Gives Green Light to European Food Safety Authority

EU Issues Questions and Answers on the European Food Safety Authority

FAO and WHO to Hold First Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators

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