European Commission adopts article 11 acts of Drinking Water Directive
In October the European Commission (EC) opened the public consultation on the draft ‘Implementing Decisions and Delegated Regulations related to the implementation of Article 11’ of the Drinking Water Directive. More than 300 comments were sent in. After incorporating input from the market, the European Commission adopted new Europe-wide hygiene standards for materials and products that come into contact with drinking water.