Case Studies

With the UK leaving the EU, other countries are going to have to take the UK’s place of being in the minority. In the Council, across all policy areas, the UK were on the loosing side more than any other country. They were followed by Austria, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. In the Envirornment field, … Read more

If your substance is put forward for classification or re-classification under the CLH, you need to expect that the proposal is going to be adopted. From 2020 to 2018 the RAC has considered the classification proposals for 131 substances. Most of the time, they agreed with the dossier submitter and backed a classification. In 3 … Read more

I came across this chart tracking the link between environmental regulation and economic prosperity in the USA.       It’s a common statement from some that new environmental legislation will lead to economic devastation. I have never used this line.  I only use lines that I think will persuade, and are real facts, not … Read more

President Carter’s Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordon, was infamous for shooting from the hip. It harmed the Carter Presidency. Early on in Brussels, I learned never to shoot from the hip. I spent months re-launching a report for a client that had been shot down by the Commission. It was politically dead on arrival. The … Read more