Equitable Accountability: Legal and Regulatory Paths in the EU’s Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

The revision of the European Union’s Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) presents significant legal and regulatory challenges for the cosmetics sector. A legal challenge is currently underway pointing to a discrepancy in the Directive’s impact assessment which targets only the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors as responsible for the cleanup and associated costs, estimated in billions of Euros. During this panel presentation, Jean-Philippe Montfort will discuss the regulatory and legal advocacy paths to find a more equitable allocation of financial responsibilities among all sectors contributing to pollution.

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